2X4 - BONUS TRACKS
Released: Sep 7, 2004
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Released: Sep 7, 2004
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After the musical and commercial disappointment of Guadalcanal Diary's second album, the overcooked and overproduced Jamboree, the band took a simultaneous step back and leap forward on their third...
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Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man/Jamboree
Released: May 27, 2003
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Released: May 27, 2003
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Collectables combined Guadalcanal Diary's first two albums -- 1984's Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man and 1986's Jamboree, both originally released on Elektra -- for this 2003 release. The...
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Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man - RHINO HANDMADE
Released: 2003
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Released: 2003
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Listening to this limited-edition (2,500) expanded reissue of Guadalcanal Diary's debut album from 1984, it's remarkable that fellow Georgia neighbors R.E.M. found fame while this terrific band is...
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Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man
Released: 1984
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Released: 1984
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Like R.E.M., the B-52's, and Pylon, this fine band hailed from the unlikely independent-rock hotbed of Athens, GA. The long jangle pop shadow of R.E.M. is extremely strong on this release, with...
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Jamboree
Released: 1986
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Released: 1986
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The first six selections on this release encompass some of the best R.E.M.-style songs never written by that band. "Michael Rockefeller" is a breathlessly rushed masterpiece with echoes of that...
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2X4
Released: 1987
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Released: 1987
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After the musical and commercial disappointment of Guadalcanal Diary's second album, the overcooked and overproduced Jamboree, the band took a simultaneous step back and leap forward on their third...
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Flip-Flop
Released: 1989
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Released: 1989
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Guadalcanal Diary's final album is simultaneously their most stylistically consistent and their least effective. Most of the songs on this release uneasily mix walloping rock, arena stylings, and...
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