El Camino Real (Camper Van Beethoven album)

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El Camino Real
A blue-tinted cartoon drawing of two men gripping a telephone pole
Studio album by
Camper Van Beethoven
ReleasedMay 30, 2014 (2014-05-30)
Studio
  • East Bay Recorders in Berkeley, California, United States
  • Guerrilla Recording in Oakland, California, United States
  • Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California, United States
  • Various living rooms
GenreAlternative rock
Length39:52
LanguageEnglish
Label429
Camper Van Beethoven chronology
La Costa Perdida
(2013) 		El Camino Real
(2014)

El Camino Real is a 2014 studio album by American alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven, a companion piece to La Costa Perdida released the year prior, which found the band with enough extra songs written to immediately record a second album.[1] A concept album about Southern California,[2] the work has received positive reviews from critics.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Louder Sound
[6]
PopMatters7⁄10[7]
PopMatters[8]

According to the review aggregator

Louder Sound, Stephen Dalton highlighted that this music mixes "sardonic social commentary with sincerity", with "a surprisingly big-hearted, warm-blooded empathy" that draws comparison to Bruce Springsteen.[6] PopMatters' John Garratt wrote that the band "do not seem too preoccupied with sounding like their former selves" on this recording and "no one else sounds quite like them" with their mix of "themes of work, joy, paranoia and peace"; his ranking was a 7 out of 10.[7] In Record Collector, Paul McGuinness gave this work 2 out of 5 stars, ending his review, "There’s plenty of sun throughout, but it’s a rougher road and they’re a wearier set of travellers this time around... It feels as though CVB may have overstretched themselves with this second leg; while La Costa Perdida was worth the wait, El Camino Real leaves the listener having enjoyed the trip, but glad to be getting home."[8]

Track listing

  1. "The Ultimate Solution" – 2:56
  2. "It Was Like That When We Got Here" – 4:28
  3. "Classy Dames and Able Gents" – 2:15
  4. "Camp Pendleton" – 4:56
  5. "Dockweiler Beach" – 2:50
  6. "Sugartown" – 2:26
  7. "I Live in LA" – 4:23
  8. "Out Like a Lion" – 4:00
  9. "Goldbase" – 3:50
  10. "Darken Your Door" – 4:38
  11. "Grasshopper" – 3:06

iTunes bonus tracks

  2. "City of Industry" – 4:33
  3. "Camp Pendleton" (demo) – 4:59
  4. "Summer Days" – 5:40

Personnel

Camper Van Beethoven

Additional personnel

  • Myles Boisen –
    engineering
    at Guerrilla Recording
  • Jason Carmer – engineering at Sharkbite Studios
  • Joe Lambert –
    mastering
  • Adam Myatt – engineering at East Bay Recorders
  • Sanna Olsson – backing vocals
  • Michael Rosen – engineering at East Bay Recorders
  • Drew Vandenburg – mixing at Chase Park Transduction, Athens, Georgia, United States
  • Michael Wertz – artwork, design

See also

References

  1. ^ Garratt, John (February 13, 2013). "Someday Our Love Will Sell Us Out: An Interview with Camper Van Beethoven". Features. PopMatters. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Deming, Mark (n.d.). "Camper Van Beethoven – El Camino Real". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  3. ^
    Fandom, Inc.
    n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^
    OCLC 17342741
    . Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  5. ^
    Consequence of Sound
    . Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  6. ^
    Louder Sound
    . Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Garratt, John (June 12, 2014). "Camper Van Beethoven: El Camino Real". Reviews. PopMatters. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  8. ^
    ISSN 0261-250X
    . Retrieved August 10, 2023.

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