Jad Fair - Beautiful Songs (The Best Of Jad Fair)

100+ of the best songs spanning the career of the legendary Jad Fair and his band Half Japanese. Liner notes by Everett True. "Jad Fair is the godfather of minimalist monster art rock - a gentleman and a beast." Edwin Pouncey The Wire. “I love him for his boundless enthusiasm and shy genius” says Everett True, “.. maybe it’s wrong to call Jad naïve because he knows what he’s doing, but he has a child-like wonderment that to me is at the core of most great music I can name. The Shaggs, Leadbelly, Jonathan Richman. He makes my feet want to move, and there’s no higher compliment, I’ve seen Jad play concerts with a rolled-up newspaper and upturned wastebasket for rhythm, with just his voice for colour. I’ve also seen Jad play stadiums in precisely the same fashion – with a band behind him, sure, but with the spirit intact – in front of crowds of over 15,000, in support to Nirvana on their final tour.

Tracklisting:  

CD1:

1 "All The Angels Said Go To Her " Half Japanese  
2 "A Real Mix Up "Jad Fair & Nao
3 "Go Go Go"  
4 "True Love Will Find You In The End"
5 "Principal Punishes Students With Bad Impressions"
6 "Do You Have A Friend?"
7 "School Of Love " Half Japanese  
8 "Big Boots"  
9 "I Know How It Feels... Bad "Half Japanese  
10 "Smile Pretender "Jad Fair & Nao  
11 "Frankenstein Meets Wolfman"
12 "On The Town "  
13 "If I'd Only Known "Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston
14 "Song Of Joy "Half Japanese  
15 "She Went Downtown"
16 "Lifted"  
17 "Postcard From Far Away" Half Japanese  
18 "Amnesia"  
19 "1,000,000,000 Kisses"Half Japanese
20 "Beverly"  
21 "Sticky Cotton Candy Dress"  
22 "Until Now"  
23 "Girl Trouble"  
24 "Firecracker"Half Japanese  
25 "Fish"Half Japanese  
26 "Don't Hang Up"  
27 "Amy You Went Away"  
28 "Ride Ride Ride"Half Japanese  
29 "Lucky"  30 "This Time"
31 "You Do That"Jad Fair & Nao  
32 "Honey Bee"  
33 "Open Your Eyes / Close Your"Half Japanese  
34 "Diamonds And Rubies"
35 "Shy Around Girls"Half Japanese
36 "U.S. Teens are Spoiled Bums"Half Japanese  
37 "Cinnamon Roll"
38 "I'm Gona Come Back To You"

CD2:

1 This Could Be The Night" Half Japanese  
2 "Apples And Strawberries"
3 "Vampire"Half Japanese  
4 "Tarzan Escapes"  
5 "A Great Big Tiger"
6 "I Comb My Hair With My Hand"  
7 "Dead Men Walks"
8 "True Believers"Half Japanese  
9 "We're Gonna Have A Party"
10 "Sex At Your Parents' House"  
11 "Hillbillies"
12 "Miracles Happen Every Day" Half Japanese
13 "Headless Horseman"  
14 "Absolute Pure"
15 "Better Than Before"Half Japanese
16 "Mule"  
17 "Dreamy Eyes"
18 "Angela"
19 "If He Says He Did"  
20 "Blue Horizon"
21 "The Only One Left"  
22 "Daytona Beach"Half Japanese  
23 "Thing With The Atomic Brain"
24 "XXOO"
25 "Pajamas"
26 "I Want To Live"
27 "Blessed By Angels"
28 "It Walks At Night"
29 "Sweet Soda Pop"  
30 "Penny In The Fountain" Half Japanese  
31 "Me And The Boys"  
32 "The Wrong Man"
33 "Robot"
34 "Our Love Has Come"Jad Fair & Nao
35 "A Little Bit More "
36 "Brigham's Coffee Shop"Jad Fair & Nao
37 "The Invisible Ray"
38 "Charmed Life"Half Japanese.

CD 3:

1 "The Zombies Of Mora-Tau"
2 "Outlaw Blues"
3 "Eyes On The Road"
4 "Circus Strongman Runs For PTA President"  
5 "Twist And Shout"
6 "Silver and Katherine"Half Japanese
7 "Ask Me About Vampires"  
8 "Snake On My Head"  
9 "Lonely Song"  
10 "The Beast With A Million Eyes"  
11 "Love And Comfort"  
12 "OK"  
13 "Loony Take Me Home"
14 "Everything Is Right"  
15 "Eat That Cake "
16 "Goin Hog Wild"
17 "Ship Ahoy"
18 "Stationary"
19 "AOK"
20 "Starry Eyes"
21 "Put Some Sugar On It" Half Japanese
22 "A Certain Smile"
23 "Pearl Earrings"
24 "Patty" Half Japanese
25 "She Can't See Me"
26 "Star Power"
27 "Frankenstein Must Die"
28 "Checkers"
29 "Stand Up"
30 "Mothership Singapore"
31 "Red Dress" Half Japanese
32 "Monster Island"  

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