Bakesale is the fifth album

Album

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 by American

United States

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 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band, Sebadoh

Sebadoh

Sebadoh is an American indie rock band, formed in 1986 in Westfield, Massachusetts by Eric Gaffney and Dinosaur Jr bass player Lou Barlow. Along with such bands as Pavement and Guided by Voices, Sebadoh helped pioneer lo-fi music, a style of indie rock characterized by low-fidelity recording...

. It was released by Sub Pop

Sub Pop

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 in 1994.

Bakesale was the first Sebadoh album released following the departure of founding member, Eric Gaffney

Eric Gaffney

Eric Gaffney is a songwriter and recording artist. In 1989, he co-founded the indie rock band Sebadoh, and since 1998 has been performing and recording with his own project Fields of Gaffney. In 2007 a reformed Sebadoh began touring again.-External links:...

, though he did drum on four of the album's tracks from a session engineered by Bob Weston

Bob Weston

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. Tara Jane O'Neil

Tara Jane O'Neil

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 also contributed drums to three tracks on the album. Bob Fay, who had previously filled in for the unreliable Gaffney, officially joined the band for this record.

The album cover is a photograph of a one-year-old Lou Barlow, taken by his mother.

Sound

As a result of Gaffney's departure, the songwriting on Bakesale was handled primarily by Barlow and Loewenstein, with Fay contributing the lone track, "Temptation Tide." The album continues the band's departure from the largely acoustic

Acoustic guitar

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, lo-fi sound and shorter song structures that characterized their first three albums, and boasts a more polished production value than previous Sebadoh albums. This helped the band not only expand its underground following but flirt with mainstream success, and several singles and even a few music video

Music video

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s were released from the album.

Reception

Critics cited Bakesale as the band's most accessible album to date, with the strong songwriting of Barlow and Loewenstein benefiting from the more polished production.

The album was included in a number of year-end lists in 1994, including Spin's "20 Best Albums of '94" (#16), the Village Voice's "1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll" (#20), the NME's

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"25 Best Albums of 1994" (#27), and Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" (unranked).

In July 2008, it was listed by Pitchfork Media

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as one of the publication's 20 favorite Sub Pop albums, with Stuart Berman writing that it represented "a long overdue document of the band's pop prowess" for many longtime fans.

Singles

"Rebound

Rebound (song)

"Rebound" is a song by Sebadoh from their 1994 album Bakesale. It was released as a CD Single and 7" vinyl record.A music video was made for the song.-Tracklisting:US CD Single #"Rebound"#"Social Medicine"# "On Fire "...

" was released as the album's first single in 1994, as a 7" vinyl record

Gramophone record

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 in the U.K.. The second single was for the song "Skull

Skull (song)

"Skull" is a song by Sebadoh from their 1994 album Bakesale. It was released as a CD single, and a 7" vinyl record.A music video was made for the song.It reached number 96 on the UK Singles chart.-Track listing:US 7" Single #"Skull "...

," released in 1994 as a 7" in the U.S. and as a CD in the U.K., both versions featuring the same three b-sides, but the U.S. version featuring a remix

Remix

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ed of "Skull." The U.K. releases were handled by Domino, while the U.S. release was put out by Sub Pop.

The following singles, both on CD, were for the songs "Careful," released in 1994 in Germany

Germany

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 by City Slang, and "Magnet's Coil

Magnet's Coil

"Magnet's Coil" is a song by Sebadoh from their 1994 album Bakesale. It was released as a CD Single in Australia.The additional tracks are the same as those on the Bonus 7" vinyl record, included with initial vinyl pressings of Bakesale.-Tracklisting:...

," released in 1995 in Australia

Australia

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 by Shock

Shock Records

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. The final single was for the song "Not Too Amused," released in 1995 as a CD and 7" in the U.K. by Domino. A "Rebound" EP

Extended play

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 was released by Sub Pop in 1995, featuring different b-sides and cover art from the 1994 U.K. 7".

Track listing

1. "License to Confuse" - 1:45
2. "Careful" - 2:44
3. "Magnet's Coil" - 2:27
4. "Not a Friend" - 3:40
5. "Not Too Amused" - 4:15
6. "Dreams" - 2:39
7. "Skull" - 2:24
8. "Got It" - 2:16
9. "S. Soup" - 3:16
   • Short for "Shit Soup"
10. "Give Up" - 2:27
11. "Rebound
    Rebound (song)
    "Rebound" is a song by Sebadoh from their 1994 album Bakesale. It was released as a CD Single and 7" vinyl record.A music video was made for the song.-Tracklisting:US CD Single #"Rebound"#"Social Medicine"# "On Fire "...
    
    " - 2:12
12. "Mystery Man" - 3:08
13. "Temptation Tide" - 1:53
14. "Drama Mine" - 2:42
15. "Together or Alone" - 4:03

Album charts

Year	Album	Chart	Position
1994	Bakesale	Official UK Albums Chart	No. 40

Charting singles

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1994	Skull	UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	No. 94

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