Cul-De-Sacs & Dead Ends

by The Minders

Cul-De-Sacs & Dead Ends cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 7 September 1999
  • Label: Elephant Six Recording Co.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:18
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Marc Willhite, Martyn Leaper, Rebecca Cole, Robert Schneider, Hilarie Sidney, Jeff Almond

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compilation of singles and EP material by The Minders, a Portland band associated with the Elephant 6 collective. The set collects their psychedelic pop singles, compact songs modelled on 1960s British pop and American indie rock.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, lo-fi, guitars, vocal, jangly

Tracklist

  1. Build (1:53)
  2. Almost Arms (1:30)
  3. Chatty Patty (2:23)
  4. Paper Plane (3:07)
  5. Sally (2:05)
  6. Big Machine (1:51)
  7. Rocket 58 (1:32)
  8. Better Things (1:33)
  9. Weigh the Anchor (2:20)
  10. Now I Can Smile (2:02)
  11. Black Balloon (1:32)
  12. Hand Me Downs (2:34)
  13. Bicycle (2:21)
  14. Step Right Up (2:21)
  15. As Good as You Are (2:26)
  16. Waterlooville (2:19)
  17. Time vs. Length (1:29)

Credits

  • Joel Morowitz - artwork [collage, still-life, and cover assistance]
  • Rebecca Cole - artwork [collage, still-life, and cover], performer
  • Marc Willhite - performer, written-by
  • Chris McDuffie - backing vocals [harmony vocals], guitar
  • Hilarie Sidney - drums, percussion [knee slappin']
  • Jim McIntyre - backing vocals [harmony vocals]
  • Tony Greenberg - keyboards [space-age keyboard]
  • Rob Greene - double bass [upright bass]

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