release date: Jan. 25, 2011
format: 2 cd
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: Johan Duncansson, Martin Larsson
label: Labrador Records - nationality: Sweden
Double compilation album by The Radio Dept. containing A-side and B-side singles released from 2002 to 2010 including online-only singles. Disc 1 is labeled 'A-sides' and disc 2 'B-sides'. The concept is great, and it really proves the strengths of this fairly unknown band. It's quite extraordinary how well it works as an album with tracks taken from three albums released over a seven year period and originating from various eps and single releases. Three tracks are taken from the debut album Lesser Matters (2003), one is from the follow-up album Pet Grief (2006), and three are from their most recent album Clinging to a Scheme (2010). It works, and it's great.
Recommended.
[ allmusic.com, PopMatters 4 / 5 stars ]
