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Bakesale (Album) by Sebadoh

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Sebadoh Is An Indie-Rock Band Originally Formed In 1986 In Westfield Massachusetts By Dinosaur Jr. Bass Player Lou Barlow And Eric Gaffney. The Band Began As A Side Project But When Barlow Was Kicked Out Of Dinosaur Jr In 1989 Sebadoh Became His Full-Time Concern. Along With Such Bands As Pavement And Guided By Voices Sebadoh Helped Pioneer Lo-Fi A Style Of Indie-Rock Characterized By Low-Fidelity Recording Techniques Often On Four-Track Machines. The Band's Early Output Such As Weed Forestin 1990 And III 1992 Was Typical Of This Style And Wavered Between Barlow's Wry Introspective Folk And Gaffney's Psychedelic Noise-Rock Experiments. Following 1993's Bubble And Scrape Gaffney Left The Band. His Replacement Bob Fay Appeared On The Band's Most Acclaimed And Consistent Effort 1994's Bakesale Which Saw The Emergence Of The Songwriting Talents Of Multi-Instrumentalist Jason Loewenstein And The Follow-Up Harmacy In 1996. Fay Left The Band Before The Sessions For The Sebadoh 1999 To Be Replaced By Russ Pollard. Following The Tour To Promote This Album 2000 The Band Went On Hiatus With Barlow Concentrating On His Other Project The Folk Implosion And Loewenstein Working On Material For His Debut Solo Album At Sixes And Sevens Released In 2002. The Two Reunited To Play Concerts In Late 2003 And The Spring Of 2004. In 2006 III Was Reissued With A Bonus Disc And Expanded Liner Notes. In 2007 The Band Reunited With Eric Gaffney Was Touring. In 2013 Defend Yourself Was Released Followed By Act Surprised In 2019. Discography * The Freed Man 1989 * Weed Forestin' 1990 * The Freed Weed 1990 * III 1992 * Rocking The Forest 1992 * Sebadoh Vs. Helmet 1990 * Smash Your Head On The Punk Rock 1992 * Bubble And Scrape 1993 * 4 Song CD 1994 * Bakesale 1994 * Harmacy 1996 * The Sebadoh 1999 * Defend Yourself 2013 * Act Surprised 2019

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Bakesale Is The Fifth Album By American Indie Rock Band Sebadoh. It Was Released By Sub Pop In 1994. Bakesale Was The First Sebadoh Album Released Following The Departure Of Founding Member Eric Gaffney. The Band Remained A Three Piece With The Addition Of Drummer Bob Fay Who Joined Other Founding Member Lou Barlow And Jason Loewenstein. The Album Cover Is A Photograph Of A One-Year-Old Lou Barlow Taken By His Mother. As A Result Of Gaffney's Departure The Songwriting On Bakesale Was Handled Primarily By Barlow And Loewenstein With Fay Contributing The Lone Track "Temptation Tide." The Album Continues The Band's Departure From The Largely Acoustic Lo-Fi Sound And Shorter Song Structures That Characterized Their First Three Albums And Boasts A More Polished Production Value Than Previous Sebadoh Albums. This Helped The Band Not Only Expand Its Underground Following But Flirt With Mainstream Success And Several Singles And Even A Few Music Videos Were Released From The Album. Critics Cited Bakesale As The Band's Most Accessible Album To Date With The Strong Songwriting Of Barlow And Loewenstein Benefiting From The More Polished Production. The Album Was Included In A Number Of Year-End Lists In 1994 Including Spin's "20 Best Albums Of '94" #16 The Village Voice's "1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll" #20 The NME's "25 Best Albums Of 1994" #27 And Mojo's "25 Best Albums Of 1994" Unranked . In July 2008 It Was Listed By Pitchforkmedia As One Of The Publication's 20 Favorite Sub Pop Albums With Stuart Berman Writing That It Represented "a Long Overdue Document Of The Band's Pop Prowess" For Many Longtime Fans.