{"product_id":"camera-obscura-biggest-bluest-hi-fi-new-lp","title":"Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi - New LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat New LP Label: 4AD Cat. No. \u003cspan\u003eMRG256LP \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReleased: 08\/05\/2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarcode: 673855025612\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamera Obscura celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith a vinyl reissue via Merge Records. Out-of-print on the format since its initial UK release on Andmoresound in 2001, the 25th anniversary edition is the most definitive version of of Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi ever pressed to vinyl, featuring both “Eighties Fan” B-sides — “Shine Like a New Pin” and “Let’s Go Bowling” — which were later added to expanded CD reissues of the album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003efirst reached Stateside in 2004, after the success of Camera Obscura’s 2003 Merge debut\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderachievers Please Try Harder.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew fans who weren’t keyed in to the UK import market or to what John Peel was spinning on his BBC Radio programs would be forgiven for mistaking\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas a follow-up to their breakthrough album as opposed to their first. The album is a remarkably-assured opening statement, a fully realized expression of a sound that has enthralled listeners from their first spin of the Stuart Murdoch (Belle \u0026amp; Sebastian) produced “Eighties Fan” to their last listen of the band’s 2024 return to the studio\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLook to the East, Look to the West.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose fans have clamored for Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi to receive the vinyl reissue it has long deserved. Setting the needle down on tracks like “Swimming Pool,” “Pen and Notebook,” and “Happy New Year,” it’s easy to hear why: each of the album’s 12 songs are perfectly-observed slices of life rendered cinematic through opulently-detailed arrangements. It’s eternal, bedrock pop music as only Camera Obscura could make it, suitable for the hi-fis of 1966 and 2026 alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Merge Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56738695512444,"sku":"673855025612","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/9763\/5678\/files\/256_cameraobscura_LP1.webp?v=1778081223","url":"https:\/\/offthebeatentracks.co.uk\/products\/camera-obscura-biggest-bluest-hi-fi-new-lp","provider":"Off The Beaten Tracks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}