{"product_id":"the-lemonheads-its-a-shame-about-ray-30th-anniversary-edition-green-vinyl","title":"The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray [30th Anniversary Edition]","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSome records just sound like being young. Released in June 1992, \u003cem\u003eIt's a Shame About Ray\u003c\/em\u003e was the album that turned Evan Dando from cult scuzz-punk into an unlikely alt-rock heartthrob, and it remains the Lemonheads' defining statement. Over thirteen songs and barely half an hour, Dando figured out how to bottle teenage longing and lust inside two-minute pop songs that never overstay their welcome. Critic Everett True called it \"a 30-minute insight into what it's like to live hard and fast and loose and happy with like-minded buddies, fuelled by a shared love for similar bands and drugs and booze and freedom,\" and that about covers it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe songwriting is the whole show here. \"My Drug Buddy\" drifts along on one of the great hungover melodies, \"Rudderless\" chimes and shrugs, and the title track packs a full coming-of-age story into a couple of verses. Juliana Hatfield's basslines and harmonies give everything a warm push, the Robb Brothers keep the production loose and sunlit, and the record never once tries too hard. It's effortless in the way only carefully made things can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eMore than three decades on, \u003cem\u003eIt's a Shame About Ray\u003c\/em\u003e still feels weightless and wise at once, a scruffy classic that captures a specific carefree moment better than almost anything from its era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThis edition, lovingly reissued by Fire Records, brings the album back to vinyl with a download card loaded with extras, including the 1992 KCRW session take of \"My Drug Buddy\" with Juliana Hatfield, B-sides from the \"It's a Shame About Ray\" and \"Confetti\" singles, and a track from the \"Mrs. Robinson\/Being Round\" EP. An essential pressing of an indie-pop landmark.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Redeye","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":47423880528034,"sku":null,"price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/5024\/3490\/files\/809236005441-CoverArtImage1.jpg?v=1784087673","url":"https:\/\/staticatx.com\/es\/products\/the-lemonheads-its-a-shame-about-ray-30th-anniversary-edition-green-vinyl","provider":"Static ATX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}