Bakesale is the fifth album by American indie rock band Sebadoh, released by Sub Pop in 1994. It was the first Sebadoh album released following the departure of founding member, Eric Gaffney, though he did drum on four of the album’s tracks from a session engineered by Bob Weston.

Tracklist:

Liscense To Confuse (1:45)
Careful (2:44)
Magnet Coil (2:27)
Not A Friend (3:40)
Not Too Amused (4:15)
Dreams (2:39)
Skull (2:24)
Got It (2:14)
S Soup (3:16)
Give Up (2:27)
Rebound (2:12)
Mystery Man (3:08)
Temptation Tide (1:53)
Drama Mine (2:42)
Together Or Alone (4:03)

Available on vinyl LP.

Bakesale,Sebadohsfifth album from 1994, is typically loaded with wryly observed heartbreak, the album revolves around theLou Barlow/Jason Loewensteinsongwriting axis, the pair tag-teaming their way through a mix of crotchety, drug-fugged rockers (License to Confuse, Magnets Coil); bruised, slower-paced odes to loves long-since lost (Not Too Amused, Together Or Alone); and those like the dreamily shambolic Skull that fall somewhere in-between. The only exception comes in the shape ofTemptationTide, penned by newcomerBobFay(and co-voiced by his partnerAnneSlinn), who perched atopEricGaffneysstill-warm drum stool for this record and the next.

As with the earlier reissues ofSebadoh IIIandBubble & Scrape, this revisitation comes significantly expanded and embellished. Along with the album proper a second disc neatly compiles an array of hard-to-find EPs and straggler tracks, rescuing neophytes from dirty-thumbed fuddlings through Berwick Street used bins and allowing those whove grimly clung to dog-eared copies of the original singles to put them into long-overdue semi-retirement.

Barlow, in the newly-penned liner notes, suggestsBakesaleisnt the bestSebadohalbum but is at least his most fondly-remembered. What cant be denied, however, is that the album easily deserves its place in the hearts of those who admire fellow fuzzy-edged slackers Superchunk, Pavement and Guided by Voices as much as those new to the game, wholl find echoes of the bands sound fizzling through modern-day collegiate grungesters like Milk Music or Gun Outfit.

TRACKLISTING:

1. License to Confuse
2. Careful
3. Magnets Coil
4. Not a Friend
5. Not Too Amused
6. Dreams
7. Skull
8. Got It
9. S. Soup
10. Give Up
11. Rebound
12. Mystery Man
13. Temptation Tide
14. Drama Mine
15. Together or Alone

RIYL: Superchunk, Pavement, Guided By Voices