View Larger
Rate it!
Avg: 3.5 (36 ratings)
- Date Released: January 22, 2008
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative, Rock
- Label: Furious Rose Productions / Redeye
-
They Say...
Like the Pixies before her, Lisa Loeb had an early demo dubbed "The Purple Tape" that circulated before she hit the big time -- and, like that Boston quartet, Loeb's Purple Tape was instrumental in getting her big-time exposure. Self-released as a cassette in 1992, The Purple Tape was a collection of ten original tunes by Loeb, all featuring no more than just her and her acoustic guitar. This is the tape that wound up in Ben Stiller's hands, which of course led to Loeb's "Stay" being the key song in his 1994 comedy Reality Bites, which in turn made Loeb the first unsigned artist ever to top the Billboard charts. "Stay" is not among the ten songs on The Purple Tape, which finally saw a CD reissue in 2008 where it was paired with an interview disc, but the songs here certainly share the sweet melodiousness and emotional vulnerability of her breakthrough hit -- and they're also simple and unadorned, lacking the big-budget productions that made Tails and Firecracker sometimes seem over-inflated. That's certainly not the case here. This is as simple as it gets, sounding exactly like what it is: a collection of endearingly open songs from a young coffeehouse singer who sometimes tries too had and stumbles, but that awkwardness just makes you root for her all the more. Really, of all the music Loeb has yet made, this Purple Tape comes the closest to delivering an album of songs similar to "Stay" -- this is intimate, ingratiating music and it's hard not to see why Ethan Hawke and Ben Stiller got a crush on Lisa based on this tape.
“ The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin.”
Rolling Stone
eMusic Tip
Paid downloads are counted towards an album discount but free downloads are not.
COMPLETE FOR FREE!
You can download the rest of the tracks from this album for free! Just click the Complete Album button.
We’re sorry this album can only be downloaded using paid subscription download credits.
We recommend you Save it for Later by clicking the Save for Later button shown just above this message. For a list of related albums you can download right now, check out these recommendations.
| 01. |  |
Snow Day |
3:33 |
|
| 02. | |
Train Songs |
3:19 |
|
| 03. | |
Hurricane |
3:50 |
|
| 04. | |
Come Back Home |
3:39 |
|
| 05. | |
It's Over |
3:37 |
|
| 06. | |
This |
3:02 |
|
| 07. | |
Days Were Different |
3:28 |
|
| 08. | |
Guessing Game |
2:21 |
|
| 09. | |
Do You Sleep |
3:41 |
|
| 10. | |
Airplanes |
2:16 |
|
10 Total Tracks, 32:46 Total Length
eMusic Tip
Paid downloads are counted towards an album discount but free downloads are not.
COMPLETE FOR FREE!
You can download the rest of the tracks from this album for free! Just click the Complete Album button.
We’re sorry this album can only be downloaded using paid subscription download credits.
We recommend you Save it for Later by clicking the Save for Later button shown just above this message. For a list of related albums you can download right now, check out these recommendations.
| 01. | |
The Purple Tape: Intorduction and History |
2:34 |
|
| 02. | |
Early Days in NYC |
1:04 |
|
| 03. | |
Liz And Lisa |
1:18 |
|
| 04. | |
Why The People Tape? |
0:57 |
|
| 05. | |
Gigging in NYC |
1:54 |
|
| 06. |
Nine Stories |
0:37 |
|
|
| 07. | |
Marketing And More Business |
3:09 |
|
| 08. | |
Recording The Purple Tape |
3:27 |
|
| 09. | |
The Purple Tape Artwork |
1:53 |
|
| 10. | |
Songwriting |
1:52 |
|
| 11. | |
Snow Day |
4:49 |
|
| 12. | |
Train Songs |
3:50 |
|
| 13. | |
Hurricane |
3:20 |
|
| 14. | |
Come Back Home |
3:11 |
|
| 15. | |
It's Over |
3:59 |
|
| 16. | |
This |
4:02 |
|
| 17. | |
Days Were Different |
1:20 |
|
| 18. | |
Guessing Game |
2:44 |
|
| 19. | |
Do You Sleep |
4:06 |
|
| 20. | |
Airplanes |
2:38 |
|
| 21. | |
Bringing The Past To the Present |
1:41 |
|
| 22. | |
Live In-Studio "Snow Day" |
4:05 |
|
| 23. | |
Acoustic "Stay (I Missed You)" |
2:58 |
|
33 Total Tracks, 61:28 Total Length
Loading...
Playlists If you like Lisa Loeb, check out these member playlists
Explore music recommended by Lisa Loeb fans
Credits
- Lisa Loeb - Interviewee // Lisa Loeb - Interviewee // Bryce Goggin - Mastering // Juan Patino - Producer // Juan Patino - Engineer // Juan Patino - Liner Notes // Juan Patino - Mixing // Irl Sanders - Editorial // Catherine Wessel - Photography // Bill Merryfield - Redesign // Chris Athens - Remastering // Anthony Bagliani - Art Direction // Andy Denemark - Interviewer // Dan Mackenzie - Illustrations
Choose from over 6 million
music downloadseMusic features legendary and emerging artists in every genre: classic rock to classical,indie to international, soundtracks to spiritual, jazz to country and many more.
MP3 downloads work on any digital media player
With eMusic, you OWN your music without any restrictions. Burn music to a CD, play it on your computer, mobile phone or any digital media player - including iPod®, Zune® and Walkman®.
Songs available for 50¢ or less
eMusic subscriptions start at just $11.99 a month for 24 downloads - that's just 50¢ per song! And it gets better from there - our plans go as low as 42¢ per song!
Music Discovery
eMusic is about discovery. We make finding new music fun again with music recommendations from our award-winning team of music experts, member playlists and new music features.
Cancel anytime
With all the great music and site features we're pretty sure you will love eMusic. If not, no problem. You can cancel at any time and keep the music you have downloaded.
© 1992 - 2009 All Media Guide, LLC