''Scrapbook EP '' is a double 7-inch single and CD EP by the band
Portastatic
Portastatic is an American indie rock band founded in the early 1990s as a solo project of Mac McCaughan, singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Superchunk. The project has since expanded into a full band, sometimes including Superchunk gui ...
. It was released on the
Merge Records label in 1995.
"St. Elmo's Fire" is a
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop an ...
cover. "Why Pinch Yourself" and "A Bear That Chokes" were previously released on ''
Hello CD of the Month'' EP.
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo (YLT; Spanish for "I have her") is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, piano, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, piano, vocals), and James McN ...
appears on the EP.
Critical reception
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the dat ...
wrote that the EP "is the sort of work that sets a blueprint for things to come ... the record is fantastic in every respect."
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Spin'' called the version of "St. Elmo's Fire" a "stunner ... which sounds like a '70s country-rock tune piped into a truckstop diner in cyberspace."
Track listing
Double 7":
Side A:
# "St. Elmo's Fire"
Side B:
# "Why Pinch Yourself"
Side C:
# "A Bear That Chokes"
Side D:
# "My Favourite Sound"
CD EP:
# "St. Elmo's Fire"
# "Why Pinch Yourself"
# "A Bear That Chokes"
# "My Favourite Sound"
Personnel
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Mac McCaughan
Ralph Lee "Mac" McCaughan (; born July 12, 1967) is an American musician and record label owner, based in North Carolina. His main musical projects have been Superchunk since 1989 and Portastatic since the early 1990s. In 1989 he founded the inde ...
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Georgia Hubley "St. Elmo's Fire"
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Ira Kaplan
Ira Kaplan (born January 7, 1957) is a co-founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter in the American indie rock band Yo La Tengo. He is married to the band's co-founder Georgia Hubley.
A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Kaplan formed Yo La ...
"St. Elmo's Fire"
References
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1995 EPs
Merge Records EPs
Portastatic albums