{"product_id":"biggest-bluest-hi-fi","title":"Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"Description_reasons-to-buy-wrapper__0CthD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Content_description-wrapper__XbO9z\" data-is-open=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Content_inner-wrapper__xBJ2L\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_truncated-text__yUXZD\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_descriptionBody__bEN2t\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Description_descriptionText__Lgv7A\" data-testid=\"description-product\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamera Obscura celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith a vinyl reissue via Merge Records. Out-of-print on the format since its initial UK release on Andmoresound in 2001, the 25th anniversary edition is the most definitive version of of Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi ever pressed to vinyl, featuring both “Eighties Fan” B-sides — “Shine Like a New Pin” and “Let’s Go Bowling” — which were later added to expanded CD reissues of the album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003efirst reached Stateside in 2004, after the success of Camera Obscura’s 2003 Merge debut\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderachievers Please Try Harder.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew fans who weren’t keyed in to the UK import market or to what John Peel was spinning on his BBC Radio programs would be forgiven for mistaking\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiggest Bluest Hi-Fi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas a follow-up to their breakthrough album as opposed to their first. The album is a remarkably-assured opening statement, a fully realized expression of a sound that has enthralled listeners from their first spin of the Stuart Murdoch (Belle \u0026amp; Sebastian) produced “Eighties Fan” to their last listen of the band’s 2024 return to the studio\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLook to the East, Look to the West.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose fans have clamored for Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi to receive the vinyl reissue it has long deserved. Setting the needle down on tracks like “Swimming Pool,” “Pen and Notebook,” and “Happy New Year,” it’s easy to hear why: each of the album’s 12 songs are perfectly-observed slices of life rendered cinematic through opulently-detailed arrangements. It’s eternal, bedrock pop music as only Camera Obscura could make it, suitable for the hi-fis of 1966 and 2026 alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Camera Obscura","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":56537756238204,"sku":"MRG256LP","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/1063\/1727\/files\/CameraObscura-BiggestBluestHi-Fi.webp?v=1774453638","url":"https:\/\/revolutionrecords.uk\/products\/biggest-bluest-hi-fi","provider":"Revolution Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}