release date: Oct. 2001
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5]
producer: Paul Fox; Paul Kimble
label: Slash Records - nationality: USA
2 cd compilation album by Grant Lee Buffalo released 2 years after the disbandment. Disc 1 of the album is subtitled "Takes", which is a kind of best of compilation from the band's four studio albums, and disc 2 "Double Takes", is a collection of alternate recordings and rarities. The album basically documents the band's potential. There was an almost too slow acceptance among music lovers when it came to appreciate the qualities of this band. Contemporary critics and other artists praised the band, and the acclaimed position didn't cease to grow, which perhaps explains a need to compile the music. Grant-Lee Philips, who gave name to the band, and who is credited for all its compositions initiated his own solo career with his first studio album Ladies' Love Oracle (2000), but in 2011 and 2012 the band was back together in its original line-up to perform both in the US as well as in Europe. However, there are no plans of recording new material and / or of reestablishing the band. All members seem preoccupied with solo careers but their four studio albums and this fine collection are all worth more than a glance.
[ allmusic.com 3/ 5 stars ]
