Beautiful Songs - The Best of Jad Fair

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Jad Fair
Beautiful Songs - The Best of Jad Fair

[ Fire Records / 3 CD ]

Release Date: Monday 7 February 2011

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This album includes every type of song that Jad has ever dreamed, other than the 'Monster songs and love songs', "I do have other songs that aren't monster songs or love songs" explains Jad, "but for the most part they are monster songs.

"Jad Fair is the godfather of minimalist monster art rock - a gentleman and a beast." Edwin Pouncey, The Wire.

Fitting, as this album includes every type of song that Jad has ever dreamed, other than the 'Monster songs and love songs', "I do have other songs that aren't monster songs or love songs" explains Jad, "but for the most part they are monster songs. I wanted to have something from each of the albums - so it's not like a dozen songs from one album, and 10 from another. It's supposed to be an overview of everything I've done. So this selection of songs pretty much fits that bill.

Everett True tells us "I love him for his boundless enthusiasm and shy genius...maybe it's wrong to call Jad naive because he knows what he's doing, but he has a child-like wonderment that to me is at the core of most great music I can name. The Shaggs, Leadbelly, Jonathan Richman. He makes my feet want to move, and there's no higher compliment, I've seen Jad play concerts with a rolled-up newspaper and upturned wastebasket for rhythm, with just his voice for colour. I've also seen Jad play stadiums in precisely the same fashion - with a band behind him, sure, but with the spirit intact - in front of crowds of over 15,000, in support to Nirvana on their final tour.

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1. All The Angels Said Go To Her - Half Japanese
2. A Real Mix Up - Jad Fair & Nao
3. Go Go Go
4. True Love Will Find You In The End
5. Principal Punishes Students With Bad Impressions
6. Do You Have A Friend?
7. School Of Love - Half Japanese
8. Big Boots
9. I Know How It Feels... Bad - Half Japanese
10. Smile Pretender - Jad Fair & Nao
11. Frankenstein Meets Wolfman
12. On The Town
13. If I'd Only Known - Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston
14. Song Of Joy - Half Japanese
15. She Went Downtown
16. Lifted
17. Postcard From Far Away - Half Japanese
18. Amnesia
19. 1,000,000,000 Kisses - Half Japanese
20. Beverly
21. Sticky Cotton Candy Dress
22. Until Now
23. Girl Trouble
24. Firecracker - Half Japanese
25. Fish - Half Japanese
26. Don't Hang Up
27. Amy You Went Away
28. Ride Ride Ride - Half Japanese
29. Lucky
30. This Time
31. You Do That - Jad Fair & Nao
32. Honey Bee
33. Open Your Eyes / Close Your - Half Japanese
34. Diamonds And Rubies
35. Shy Around Girls - Half Japanese
36. U.S. Teens are Spoiled Bums - Half Japanese
37. Cinnamon Roll
38. I'm Gonna Come Back To You

Disc 2:
1. This Could Be The Night - Half Japanese
2. Apples And Strawberries
3. Vampire - Half Japanese
4. Tarzan Escapes
5. A Great Big Tiger
6. I Comb My Hair With My Hand
7. Dead Men Walks
8. True Believers - Half Japanese
9. We're Gonna Have A Party
10. Sex At Your Parents' House
11. Hillbillies
12. Miracles Happen Every Day - Half Japanese
13. Headless Horseman
14. Absolute Pure
15. Better Than Before - Half Japanese
16. Mule
17. Dreamy Eyes
18. Angela
19. If He Says He Did
20. Blue Horizon
21. The Only One Left
22. Daytona Beach - Half Japanese
23. Thing With The Atomic Brain
24. XXOO
25. Pajamas
26. I Want To Live
27. Blessed By Angels
28. It Walks At Night
29. Sweet Soda Pop
30. Penny In The Fountain - Half Japanese
31. Me And The Boys
32. The Wrong Man
33. Robot
34. Our Love Has Come - Jad Fair & Nao
35. A Little Bit More
36. Brigham's Coffee Shop - Jad Fair & Nao
37. The Invisible Ray
38. Charmed Life - Half Japanese
39. You Must Obey Me - Half Japanese

Disc 3:
1. The Zombies Of Mora-Tau
2. Outlaw Blues
3. Eyes On The Road
4. Circus Strongman Runs For PTA President
5. Twist And Shout
6. Silver and Katherine - Half Japanese
7. Ask Me About Vampires
8. Snake On My Head
9. Lonely Song
10. The Beast With A Million Eyes
11. Love And Comfort
12. OK
13. Loony Take Me Home
14. Everything Is Right
15. Eat That Cake
16. Goin Hog Wild
17. Ship Ahoy
18. Stationary
19. AOK
20. Starry Eyes
21. Put Some Sugar On It - Half Japanese
22. A Certain Smile
23. Pearl Earrings
24. Patty - Half Japanese
25. She Can't See Me
26. Star Power
27. Frankenstein Must Die
28. Checkers
29. Stand Up
30. Mothership Singapore
31. Red Dress - Half Japanese
32. Monster Island