Last Exit to Garageland
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Last Exit to Garageland is the debut album of New Zealand
band Garageland
, released in June 1996 on Flying Nun Records
. The album was reissued in the UK on Discordant Records in September 1997, and in the US on Foodchain Records in September 1997. In 2003, Foodchain issued a newer release which included bonus tracks.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
band Garageland
Garageland
Garageland was an indie rock band on New Zealand's Flying Nun record label. Influenced by Pixies, Pavement, The Clean and The Velvet Underground, they were critically acclaimed in the UK and US for their well-crafted and catchy pop songs...
, released in June 1996 on Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is an independent record label formed in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1981 by music-store proprietor Roger Shepherd.-History:The label was formed in the flurry of new punk rock-inspired labels forming in the early 1980s...
. The album was reissued in the UK on Discordant Records in September 1997, and in the US on Foodchain Records in September 1997. In 2003, Foodchain issued a newer release which included bonus tracks.
1996 Flying Nun release
- "Fingerpops"
- "Classically Diseased"
- "Beelines to Heaven"
- "Come Back"
- "Nude Star"
- "Fire Away"
- "Tired and Bored"
- "I'm Looking For What I Can't Get"
- "Never Gonna Come Around Here Again"
- "Return to You"
- "Jesus I'm Freezing"
- "Underground Nonsense"
2003 Foodchain release
- Intro
- Fingerpops
- Classically Diseased
- Nude Star
- Pop Cigar
- Beelines To Heaven
- Come Back
- Fire Away
- Tired And Bored
- I'm Looking For What I Can't Get
- Never Gonna Come Around Here Again
- Return To You
- Jesus I'm Freezing
- Fay Ray
- Underground Nonsense
- So You Want To Be A Rock N' Roll Star
- Bus Stops
- Struck
- Graduation From Frustration
- One Shot
- Shouldn't Matter But It Does
- Cherry Cola Vodka (Hold The Ice)
Personnel
- Jeremy Eade - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, lead guitar, organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with... - Andrew Gladstone - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, organ - Mark Silvey - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Debbie Silvey - guitar
- Murray Smith - keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
on "Beelines to Heaven" - Margaret Cooke - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
on "Beelines to Heaven" - 'The most Rev. Jimmy Deep plays on "intro" and "outro"' (liner notes)