Key Lime Pie

by Camper Van Beethoven

Key Lime Pie cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1989
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:29
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Greg Lisher, Don Lax, Tim Cook, Morgan Fichter, Victor Krummenacher

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking a noticeably darker and more politically cynical turn for the famously quirky group, 'Key Lime Pie' would be the band's final studio album before their long hiatus. The departure of founding violinist Jonathan Segel shifted the band's sonic focus toward tighter, guitar-driven alternative rock, though traces of their eclectic folk and world-music roots remain. A haunting cover of Status Quo's 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' became an unexpected standout hit from the sessions.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, political, witty, genre-blending, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Opening Theme (2:21)
  2. Jack Ruby (5:25)
  3. Sweethearts (4:46)
  4. When I Win The Lottery (3:38)
  5. (I Was Born In A) Laundromat (3:44)
  6. Borderline (3:52)
  7. The Light From A Cake (2:45)
  8. June (4:26)
  9. All Her Favorite Fruit (5:14)
  10. Interlude (1:03)
  11. Flowers (2:59)
  12. The Humid Press Of Days (2:46)
  13. Pictures Of Matchstick Men (4:09)
  14. Come On Darkness (3:15)

Credits

  • Camper Van Beethoven - primary artist
  • Danny Faragher - backing vocals [additional]
  • Davey Faragher - backing vocals [additional]
  • Mary O'Neil - backing vocals [additional]
  • Wally Sound - backing vocals [additional]
  • Victor Krummenacher - bass guitar, vocals [sang], written-by
  • Hammer Smith - harmonica [bitchin']
  • Greg Lisher - lead guitar, vocals [sang], written-by

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