View Larger
Rate it!
Avg: 3.0 (35 ratings)
- Date Released: May 19, 1993
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock/Pop New Wave
- Label: Fire Records / The Orchard
A solid introduction to one of the all-time greats of 80s indie.
-
We Say...
Many wonderful, overlooked indie bands from the 1980s inspire slavish worship, and the Pastels are certainly among them — they count Belle and Sebastian, Yo La Tengo, Teenage Fanclub and the Magnetic Fields among their adherents. But few inspired the degree of devotion that resulted in musical death threats. In 1991, Washington, D.C.’s fantastic Black Tambourine released “Throw Aggi Off the Bridge,” a love letter to Pastels leader Stephen McRobbie and playful threat to his bandmate, Annabel “Aggi” Wright. Such was the power of the Pastels: even their stalkers were charming and witty.
Truckload is a decent introduction to the Pastels’ shambolic, amateurish sound. What saved them from being just another C86 band with electric guitars and a falling-apart-at-the-seams rhythm section was the vocals: Stephen McRobbie (later Stephen Pastel) wasn’t all that strong of a singer, and Aggi was barely much better. But their songs are warmed by an entrancing sincerity, much like Calvin Johnson’s heart-on-his-sleeve Beat Happening days. It’s rarely precious, not with the strident, surging strums of “Crawl Babies” or the disco backbeat and wailing guitar of “Baby Honey.” “Nothing to be Done” is one of the all-time great indie love tunes, Stephen dreamily projecting far into the future while the more practical Aggi leads the way to a bar.
“ 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. |  |
Thank You For Being You |
3:50 |
|
| 02. | |
Thru' Your Heart |
2:55 |
|
| 03. | |
Firebell Ringing |
3:22 |
|
| 04. | |
Kitted Out |
3:30 |
|
| 05. | |
Comin' Through |
2:43 |
|
| 06. |
Over My Shoulder |
0:34 |
|
|
| 07. | |
Truck Train Tractor |
4:19 |
|
| 08. | |
Crawl Babies |
3:17 |
|
| 09. | |
Nothing To Be Done |
3:52 |
|
| 10. | |
Different Drum |
3:08 |
|
| 11. | |
Not Unloved |
2:24 |
|
| 12. | |
Baby Honey |
6:21 |
|
| 13. | |
Speeding Motorcycle |
4:28 |
|
| 14. | |
Speedway Star |
2:44 |
|
| 15. | |
What You Said |
1:32 |
|
| 16. | |
Dark Side Of Your World |
6:26 |
|
| 17. | |
Sometimes I Think About You |
3:53 |
|
| 18. | |
Sign Across Me |
2:58 |
|
18 Total Tracks, 62:16 Total Length
Loading...
Playlists If you like The Pastels, check out these member playlists
Explore music recommended by The Pastels fans
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