Apples in Stereo: Electronic Projects for Musicians

Apples in Stereo: Electronic Projects for Musicians

2008

Simian/Spin Art/Yep Rock Records

Format I Own it On: Compact Disc

Track Listing: 1. Shine (In Your Mind)  2. Thank You Very Much  3. Onto Something  4. Man You Gotta Get Up  5. The Golden Flower  6. Avril En Mai  7. Hold On To This Day  8. The Oasis  9. On Your Own  10. Other  11. So Far Away  12. The Apples Theme Song  13.Stephen Stephen  14. Dreams

A collection of b-sides and rare tracks. Not bad stuff at all and it's pretty fun to hear all the diffferent eras of the band all in one place.

It turns out the Apples made pretty good decision on what they chose to put on and leave off their albums. Hardly anything here falls into the "lost classic" category, except for maybe "Shine (In Your Mind)" which is an incredible twee-indie pop song, that would be a standout on any of their releases.

At the same time, the outtakes show just how consistent the band is, as there's nothing here that's flat-out bad. It's all pretty good. Even the most negligible tracks  ("Stephen, Stephen," which was written for the Colbert Report, and "The Apples Theme Song" which is the background music for their website) are still fun. Although they should of included the song they did for the Power Puff Girls, which would have been a great fit for this CD.

Alright, I don't have much to say today so I'm going to just fill out the rest of this post with pictures of apples...

Here's a Macintosh logo...

 Here's a pretty Native American girl holding an apple...

Here's Fiona Apple at a Red Wings game...

Alright...enough with Apples that aren't in stereo...Here's the Apples in Stereo with "Shine (In Your Mind)"