Beautiful Losers: Singles & Compilation Tracks

by Simon Joyner

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Beautiful Losers: Singles & Compilation Tracks 1994-1999
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Double album of early singles and compilation tracks, released in 2006.

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Beautiful Losers: Singles & Compilation Tracks 1994-1999
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CD of the 2006 compilation.

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1.	Love Is Worth Suffering For 03:19	buy track
2.	Fearful Man 02:11	buy track
3.	Robin Hood 02:29	buy track
4.	Jeff Engel Rules 03:03	buy track
5.	Don't Begrudge A Man His Funeral 03:47	buy track
6.	Milk 02:46	buy track
7.	Sorrow Floats 04:00	buy track
8.	Sorrow Floats 03:19	buy track
9.	Fluoride 02:36	buy track
10.	Hold On To Your Breath 03:27	buy track
11.	Swing 03:48	buy track
12.	R Is For Riot 02:26	buy track
13.	Hot Tears 02:39	buy track
14.	I Would Not Try To Break Ties With Me 04:43	buy track
15.	Last Night I Had A Conversation With God 01:39	buy track
16.	Burn Rubber 02:35	buy track
17.	Veteran's Hospital Song 03:47	buy track
18.	Flannery O'Connor 03:23	buy track
19.	Judas Blues 02:32	buy track
20.	Is This How Generous You Are? 03:37	buy track
21.	One For The Catholic Girls 06:16	buy track

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The early 90’s lo-fi explosion coincided with and was precipitated by the emergence of hundreds of small independent tape labels, many of which only existed long enough to release one compilation. It was during this heyday that Simon Joyner contributed some of his finest material to various intrinsically limited edition releases. Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999 collects all such compilation appearances and the few singles made during these years, including the perennial favorite “One for the Catholic Girls” and “Burn Rubber”, recently covered by Bright Eyes.

This was such a prolific period for Joyner that he usually contributed his best songs of the moment to whoever requested a track, instead of reserving them for his proper albums. You’ll find here varying degrees of sound quality and various approaches to songs, from solo acoustic to full band, but what ties the collection together is the strength of the material. This isn’t filler. The same themes that haunt his large scale work are explored here: death, love,
the politics of time. Fans of Joyner’s albums can now stop searching for the impossible to find cassettes and out of print 7” records.We’ve compiled everything here, even the songs Simon would rather forget. For those unfamiliar with Simon Joyner’s music, this compilation is a good place to start as it serves in the same capacity as the original compilations and 7” records, to introduce the ambivalent audience to the ambitious songwriter.

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released March 7, 2006

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Simon Joyner Omaha, Nebraska

Simon Joyner is a singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska. He's been flying under the radar since 1991, releasing music on various independent labels including: Team Love, Jagjaguwar, Sing Eunuchs!, Catsup Plate, One-Hour, Shrimper, Brinkman, Secretly Canadian, and Unread. He is also the co-founder of Grapefruit Records (grapefruitrecordclub.com) and an occasional producer of other people's albums. ... more

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The Snack Institute

Charleston, WV

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