2 LP + 7″ The Blue Aeroplanes are Bristols longest running band and a true art-rock institution who have inspired generations of post-punk and alternative groups including R. E.M., Radiohead, and Manic Street Preachers. Magical Realism – The Best Of The Blue Aeroplanes 1985-2025 is the first definitive anthology curated by the band, including tracks from across their catalogue, newly remastered by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering. The collection includes 23 tracks, featuring indie anthems like …And Stones and Jacket Hangs, fan-favourites such as the classics Fun and Bury Your Love Like Treasure, as well as more recent songs including Dead Tree! Dead Tree! which has become a highlight of the bands legendary live sets. Also included are two bonus tracks – Showing Off To Impress The Girls, a recording by pre-Blue Aeroplanes group Art Objects, and I Will Love You, an exclusive demo of a brand-new track. Magical Realism features a 24-page booklet with lyrics, new track-by-track sleeves notes by frontman Gerard Langley offering insight into the stories and inspirations behind each song, plus rare photographs from the bands archives. The cover art features a painting by Ann Sheldon, the artist behind many of the bands most memorable covers. LP: Pressed on two 140g black vinyl, accompanied by a bonus 7″ featuring Showing Off To Impress The Girls (a recording by pre-Blue Aeroplanes group Art Objects) and I Will Love You (an exclusive demo of a brand-new track). LP Tracks: Action Painting / Tolerance (Single Version) / Spitting Out Miracles / Season Ticket To A Bad Place / Bury Your Love Like Treasure / Severn Beach / Jacket Hangs / …And Stones (US Promo Single Edit) / Yr Own World (12″ Single Version) / Fun / Colour Me (Alternate Mix) / Broken And Mended / Whatever Happened To Our Golden Birds / Missy Lane / Warhols Fifteen (Live) / Cavaliers Pt 2 / Beautiful Is (As Beautiful Does) / Camus In Pocket / Up In A Down World / Sulpher / Elvis Festival / Dead Tree! Dead Tree! (Single Edit) / Building An Ark For The Anthropocene / Showing Off To Impress The Girls / I Will Love You (Previously Unreleased)
