“Underachievers Please Try Harder” is the album on which Stuart Murdoch continued showing his support for the band with the cover photo; the album produced by Geoff Allan (Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, The Delgados, Arab Strap And Belle & Sebastian); the album that quickly surpassed 100,000 copies sold, a number that causes a bit of vertigo nowadays; the album that put them at the top of indie lists in the United States, and that was included on an episode of our beloved “Gilmore Girls”. Tracklisting 01 Suspended From Class 02 Keep It Clean 03 A Sisters Social Agony 04 Teenager 05 Before You Cry 06 Your Picture 07 Number One Son 08 Let Me Go Home 09 Books Written For Girls 10 Knee Deep At The National Pop League 11 Lunar Sea There are groups who grew up with Elefant Records, who were a turning point for the label and its development, and who fill us with pride when we look back and see their discography and the milestones they have reached. CAMERA OBSCURA are the group that Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian) discovered and which he became obsessed with, to the point of producing their third single (“Eighties Fan”), directing the corresponding music video, doing the arrangements on their first album, and so much more. We fell in love with that song and it made us license their first album, “Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi” for the whole world, and then sign them with Elefant Records and release their following two albums on our label for the entire planet, until they wound up signing with 4AD. The time has come to re-release those two sought after albums that have been out of print for so long on vinyl, “Underachievers Please Try Harder” (2003) and “Lets Get Out Of This Country” (2006). This is a special opportunity to acquire two LPs that havent been available in stores for many years, that are absolutely delicious, and an absolute must for any pop lovers music collection.
