A Brief Historical Retrospective
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A Brief Historical Retrospective is a 1997 compilation album
by The Sea and Cake
, released only in Japan. It consists solely of tracks from the band's first two studio albums, The Sea and Cake
(1994) and Nassau
(1995), plus the unrelated song "Glad You're Right."
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by The Sea and Cake
The Sea and Cake
The Sea and Cake is an indie rock band with a pronounced jazz influence, which formed in the mid-1990s in Chicago out of the ashes of local bands The Coctails and Shrimp Boat. The group's name came from a willful reinterpretation of "The C in Cake", a song by Gastr del Sol...
, released only in Japan. It consists solely of tracks from the band's first two studio albums, The Sea and Cake
The Sea and Cake (album)
-Track listing:# "Jacking the Ball" – 3:50# "Polio" – 5:24# "Bring My Car I Feel to Smash It" – 4:25# "Flat Lay the Waters" – 4:51# "Choice Blanket" – 5:10# "Culabra Cut" – 3:02# "Bombay" – 3:59# "Showboat Angel" – 4:37# "So Long to the Captain" – 5:04...
(1994) and Nassau
Nassau (album)
-Track listing:# "Nature Boy" – 5:03# "Parasol" – 5:30# "A Man Who Never Sees a Pretty Girl That He Doesn't Love Her a Little" – 3:02# "The World Is Against You" – 3:12# "Lamonts Lament" – 3:55# "Soft and Sleep" – 3:43# "The Cantina" – 4:48...
(1995), plus the unrelated song "Glad You're Right."