Name: I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed and B-Sides
Brand: Morr Music
SKU: 1228541
Price: 13.74 USD
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I Thought I Was Over That

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Album: I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed and B-Sides
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Failure of the Leading Sign Industry, The - (previously unreleased)
2)	40 Days
3)	Clear Cut - (featuring Bomb the Bass)
4)	Awaiting an Accident - (Remix for Boom Bip, Lali Puna remix)
5)	It's Not the Worst I've Looked - (Remix for Two Lone Swordsmen, Lali Puna remix)
6)	Harrison Reverse
7)	Daily Match, The
8)	(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan - (Remix for Dntel, Lali Puna remix)
9)	Past Machine - (previously unreleased)
10)	Together in Electric Dreams
1)	Nin-Com-Pop - (Thomas Leboeg Remix, Thomas LeBoeg remix)
2)	Micronomic - (Boom Bip Remix, Boom Bip remix)
3)	Faking the Books - (Dntel Remix, Dntel remix, previously unreleased)
4)	Grin and Bear - (To Rococo Rot Remix, To Rococo Rot remix)
5)	Alienation - (Alias Remix, Alias remix)
6)	Left Handed - (Lali Puna Dub mix)
7)	Fast Forward - (Flowchart Remix, Flowchart remix)
8)	Small Things - (Sixtoo Remix, Sixtoo remix, previously unreleased)
9)	Nin-Com-Pop - (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix, Two Lone Swordsmen remix)

Album: I Thought I Was Over That: Rare, Remixed and B-Sides
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Failure of the Leading Sign Industry, The - (previously unreleased)
2)	40 Days
3)	Clear Cut - (featuring Bomb the Bass)
4)	Awaiting an Accident - (Remix for Boom Bip, Lali Puna remix)
5)	It's Not the Worst I've Looked - (Remix for Two Lone Swordsmen, Lali Puna remix)
6)	Harrison Reverse
7)	Daily Match, The
8)	(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan - (Remix for Dntel, Lali Puna remix)
9)	Past Machine - (previously unreleased)
10)	Together in Electric Dreams
1)	Nin-Com-Pop - (Thomas Leboeg Remix, Thomas LeBoeg remix)
2)	Micronomic - (Boom Bip Remix, Boom Bip remix)
3)	Faking the Books - (Dntel Remix, Dntel remix, previously unreleased)
4)	Grin and Bear - (To Rococo Rot Remix, To Rococo Rot remix)
5)	Alienation - (Alias Remix, Alias remix)
6)	Left Handed - (Lali Puna Dub mix)
7)	Fast Forward - (Flowchart Remix, Flowchart remix)
8)	Small Things - (Sixtoo Remix, Sixtoo remix, previously unreleased)
9)	Nin-Com-Pop - (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix, Two Lone Swordsmen remix)

Performer Notes

Audio Remixers: Brendon Whitney; Thomas Leboeg; Sean O'Neil; Jimmy Tamborello; Keith Tenniswood; Andrew Weatherall; Eric Anderson; Bryan Hollon.
Recording information: Bleibeil Studio, Berlin, Germany (2000-2005); Demsq Studio, Los Angeles, CA (2000-2005); Dying Song, CA (2000-2005); Home, Hamburg, Germany (2000-2005); The Humble Room Known As MonoHeat, Montreal, Canada (2000-2005); The Rotters Golf Club, London, England (2000-2005); Two Window Corner Studio, Oakland, CA (2000-2005).
There's rarely a better time in a group's career to gather up all the loose ends than after the third album. This is the case with Lali Puna, who use two discs to compile remixes, B-sides, and other assorted parts of their back catalog. If it were condensed down to one disc, it would appeal to more than the most devout. Even so, it's commendable to present a rather thorough set like this before followers spend too much time and money obtaining all the original releases. Most of I Thought I Was Over That's highlights are on disc one, including a lovely cover of Slowdive's "40 Days" (from Morr Music's Blue Skied an' Clear tribute album), a collaboration with Bomb the Bass ("Clear Cut") that benefits from an active breakbeat, and a wonderfully lazy-traipse remix of Two Lone Swordsmen's "It's Not the Worst I've Looked." And though it would've been more appropriate to contribute a version of "Dancevision" or "The World Before Last" to the Human League tribute album Reproductions, their blippy and subdued take on "Together in Electric Dreams" easily improves upon the mawkish Philip Oakey/Giorgio Moroder original. (Tribute albums would be a lot more enjoyable if more groups took this route.) In the middle of all this is a pair of recordings from 2005: "The Failure of the Leading Sign Industry" is a mood-setting opener, and "Past Machine" is a driving Krautrock-inspired song that gets noisier as it goes along. The second disc is reserved strictly for remixes of Lali Puna tracks, offered by the likes of Boom Bip, Two Lone Swordsmen, To Roccoco Rot, Flowchart, and Dntel. Most of the batch needn't be heard twice, but there they are. ~ Andy Kellman

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]his generous collection of rarities, B-sides and remixes shows Lali Puna's more adventurous side..."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.120) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he arcane wonders of glitch are subordinate to nagging melodies and a graceful, neon-lit melancholy."