From AMG: "When they released their first album in 1989, the Boston-based trio Buffalo Tom was written off as Dinosaur Jr. junior. Admittedly, their debut was in debt to J Mascis' thundering guitar and folk-tinged songs and it didn't help that Mascis produced the record, either. Over time, Buffalo Tom stripped away their grungier influences and developed into a straight-ahead rock group of the early '90s, capable of throttling rockers and beautiful ballads.

Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Bill Janovitz, bassist/vocalist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis, Buffalo Tom began to develop their own style with their second album, 1990's Birdbrain, which featured a noticeable improvement in songwriting. In 1992, Buffalo Tom released Let Me Come Over, a gritty set of driving rock and achingly melancholy ballads; several of its tracks became alternative radio staples, including the gorgeous ballad "Taillights Fade." Despite an increased amount of critical praise and some radio airplay, the album didn't sell. The follow-up, 1993's Big Red Letter Day, featured a more polished, radio-ready production, but the album received only a small push from radio and MTV. "Soda Jerk," the first single from the album, became a minor alternative radio and MTV hit. After a year-long tour, the group returned in the summer of 1995 with Sleepy Eyed, a return to the more direct sound of Let Me Come Over. Smitten followed in 1998, and two years later the best-of, Asides From Buffalo Tom, arrived."

Personally, I think Sleepy Eyed is sorely ocerlooked as a great album of the 1990's. A great band with a pretty damn good back catalogue. The hardest part was trying to stay away from the 'Greatest Hits' collection, especially when a band has 90 songs in their reportoire and 15 or so of them are on that. So, some are here as well, because they were too good to be left off (Tangerine, Taillights Fade...) but some will be new.

For All To See is one of my listmania songs as well.

1. Tangerine
2. For All To See
3. Would Not Be Denied
4. Impossible
5. Velvet Roof
6. Kitchen Door
7. Dry Land
8. Porchlight
9. White Paint Morning
10. Staples
11. Guy Who Is Me
12. 500,000 Warnings
13. Sundress
14. She Belongs To Me
15. Latest Monkey
16. Scottish Windows
17. When You Discover
18. Directive
19. Racine
20. Taillights Fade

'Mixed' Version (one track)



Individual tracks, with .m3u playlist

one of my favorite bands

favorite album?

for me its let me come over.....

i know alot of people say big red letter day

also bill's solo album, "Fireworks on TV" is pretty darn good. you have it / heard it? if not PM ME and i will sendspace it.

also missing frozen lake and summertime from your mix......2 great songs

BRLD was what introduced me to them. Let Me Come Over is their Nebraska, I think (i.e. indie fav) whereas the latter is more mainstream. Honestly, I think Sleepy Eyed is the most fun to listen to. Their music is best appreciated loud.

I LOVE this song... From my fav BT album

not familiar at all with these guys, so looking forward to checking this out. thanks for the post SP.

btw, dude, aren't you working like crazy? rick is pullin' in 70 hours or so a week? that's insane.

Yeah, I did 80 per last month, only about 70 this month...Ugh.

now if someone would ysi me the winrar program so i could open this

that's crazy. kevin sent me a camera phone pic of rick passed out on the couch. when i called rick he said "yeah, when i'm at home, it's only to sleep".

good on ya dude.

google winrar, its free

So tell techtardspoon something, should I be doing winrar instead of winzip? Is it faster or something?


<---doesn't actually know the answer

i do, since so many files are .rar nowadays and winrar opens both