Camper Van Beethoven Discography
One of the coolest alternative-rock bands of the 80s, back when the label “alternative rock” actually meant something.
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Camper Van Beethoven: Telephone Free Landslide Victory (1985)
“I didn’t really know anything about Eastern European, klezmer, Balkan music, or any of that stuff. The idea of Camper Van Beethoven was…
[Review] Camper Van Beethoven (1986)
The album where CVB goes from being prickly pranksters to cuddly popstars, or at least cuddly pranksters.
[Review] Monks of Doom: Soundtrack to the Film “Breakfast on the Beach of Deception” (1987)
The rest of CVB on a camping holiday without David Lowery, which is as interesting as you’d think.
[Review] Camper Van Beethoven: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (1988)
CvB’s major-label debut. You can take the cowboys out of Wyoming, but you can’t take the Wyoming out of the cowboys.
[Review] Monks of Doom: Cosmodemonic Telegraph Company (1989)
The Monks’ second effort is more of an “actual” album that features songs, but it’s still pretty weird.
[Review] Camper Van Beethoven: Key Lime Pie (1989)
On the eve of the grunge revolution, the Campers pack it up with one last hurrah, followed by the ‘Mats and the Pixies.
[Review] Cracker (1992)
The former Camper Van Beethoven frontman makes a normal rock record and gets a brief taste of fame with “Teen Angst.”
[Review] Monks of Doom: Forgery (1992)
Even on an actual label, they’re still the genuine article where ultra-indie alternative rock is concerned.
Camper Van Beethoven: Cigarettes & Carrot Juice – The Santa Cruz Years (2002)
Kronomyth 7.0: CAMPER VAN BOXED EVENTUALLY. The faithful, feasting on the crumbs of Cracker and Krummenacher, were finally treated to a Camper Van…
Victor Krummenacher: The Cock Crows At Sunrise (2007)
I have always loved a story, especially a tragic one. The Cock Crows At Sunrise is a beautiful tragedy about a man arrested…