Album · 2009 · 20 Songs.

Score! 20 Years of Merge Records.

Discover all of this album's music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Album by Les Savy Fav. Precision Auto. is a cover of. Precision Auto by Superchunk (1992).

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Album list The Brutalist Bricks. Living With The Living. Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead (EP). Treble In Trouble (EP). Hearts Of Oak. The Tyranny Of Distance. Tej Leo(?), Rx, Pharmacists. Score! 20 Years Of Merge Records. 暫存. Previous Page Mojim.

So Conor Oberst’s straight take on Papa Was a Rodeo for SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers doesn’t seem sacrilegious to these ears. This isn’t popular opinion, but the earnestness perceived here isn’t actually a problem–one has to recognize the tune’s comic absurdity to play it straight. Other possible sources of outrage about this cover: it takes balls to cover a modern classic from 69 Love Songs  . 3, which is also on the Merge anniversary record. After that mess, please someone plug Robert Schneider’s mouth with a beer. Bright Eyes, Papa Was a Rodeo (MP3). by. Released: April 7, 2009.

But today, Merge Records is one of the most revered labels in the business, with a large roster of remarkable talent. A Milestone For A Remarkable Label: Merge Turns 20 : All Songs Considered This year, Merge Records, home to artists such as M. Ward, Neutral Milk Hotel, Spoon, The Magnetic Fields, and many more, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Mac McCaughn and Laura Ballance started the label in 1989, in Chapel Hill, NC. In the beginning they sold homemade cassette tapes from local record stores. If they made 50 sales, they were ecstatic. But today, Merge Records is one of the most revered labels in the business, with a large roster of remarkable talent. All Songs Considered. Upgrade Your Playlist. Song: Beautiful Things. from Score! 20 Years of Merge Records.

Their fourth album, Boxer, was released on May 22, 2007, and also received widespread critical praise. The album features contributions from various guest artists, including Sufjan Stevens and Doveman. It was voted as the No. 2 best album of the year by Stereogum. com and the No. 1 album of the year by Paste. The song "Slow Show" from Boxer was featured on the NBC series Chuck and Parenthood, as well as on The CW's One Tree Hill in its fifth season. 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!. On May 6, 2009, the National performed "So Far Around the Bend" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The first country album to sell a million copies featured many previously released songs by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jennings' wife Jessi Colter. But unifying the songs under the theme of outlaw country - a concept gaining national traction - made this album a runaway hit. A big part of that was due to the perfect cover art, depicting all the singers as dangerous, wanted outlaws from the Old West.