patient_ot wrote:I was a big fan of the first three albums and still have the CDs. I heard some of the later stuff and liked it well enough but never got around to buying it. Not sure if I'll bother with this campaign as I hate preorders and there are too many other things taking priority for me right now.
The 2nd and 3rd albums (The World Won't End and Yours, Mine, and Ours) are their best work. I had the CDs and now have the American Dust vinyl reissues from 2012 and 2015, respectively.
What I'm looking forward to the most in this campaign is Discover a Lovelier You being reissued on vinyl for the first time ever. I think a lot of folks overlook that one, but it is really underrated and great IMO. As for the two after that, they are good, but not quite on the same level as the 1st 4 IMO. 2019's comeback album Spread the Feeling is excellent as well.
I also do wish that Overcome by Happiness (their debut) was part of the reissue campaign since it's also never been on vinyl, but thankfully it's easy enough to find on CD for cheap (as are their other records; I mentioned this earlier in this thread, but I found a pristine CD copy of one of Joe's solo albums for $1.99 recently). My guess is that Joe and Joyce (label owner/manager/former policy assistant to someone in the White House now) just don't have the rights to it since it's the only Pernice Brothers record released on Sub Pop, but I'm not sure.