Camera Obscura

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Discography

Discography: Singles

• French Navy

  13 April 2009

  7” AD2912 • Download EAD2912S • Download EAD2912V • CD BAD2912CD

• Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken

  1 May 2006

  Elefant 7”:ER-248 / CD Single: ER-362
  Merge MRG286

  Carey :
  One of the most problematic songs to assemble for the album but we were eventually so enthralled we gave it six choruses. Obviously the mark of a fine single. And, yes, it does refer to Lloyd Cole, and thankfully, he likes it!

• I Love My Jean

  1 March 2005

  Elefant 7” :ER-246 / CDSingle :ER-358

  Tracyanne :
  We were asked by the late DJ John Peel to put some of our music to a few poems by Robert Burns, and to perform them live at Peel Acres as part of John’s annual Burns night celebration. I love my Jean turned out to be a favourite of John’s, so we decided to release it as a single and dedicate to him.

• Keep It Clean

  1 July 2004

  Elefant ER-355 CD Single

  Carey :
  This single is backed by live favourite ‘San Francisco song’ which was a strong contender for a single itself and ‘Amigo Mio’, a dabbling with Spanish music disguising the scathing lyrics courtesy of Kenny. Even more exciting is the inclusion of the Teenager video: the chance to see the band “acting” and looking very cool indeed.

• Teenager

  1 May 2003

  Elefant CD Single: ER-352

  Carey :
  This first single from the second album is backed by the one-off intimacy of a home recording; ‘Footloose and fancy free’ was recorded entirely in Kenny’s bedroom. The other track ‘I don’t want to see you’ is possibly the sparsest –yet Camera Obscura song and was recorded in a single take in Cava.

• Eighties Fan

  1 June 2001

  Andmoresound 7” :and1645 / CDS:and16cds

  Lee :
  My first recording experience with the band and our first time in Cava. It seemed to take a while to get the right feel for the song with many evenings spent at Stuart’s place and our damp rehearsal space playing the tune over and over again. Eventually we entered into the luxurious studio 1 at Cava in Glasgow’s West End in Autumn 2000. We recorded several takes live with three violinists and three acoustic guitarists. This whole experience gave us the courage to get in there again and make an album.

• Rare UK Bird

  1 December 1999

  Quattro CD quattro-014 (Japan only)

  Gav :
  Quattro Records in Japan asked us if they could put out a cd with the two singles on it, so to make it up to a full length record we recorded another three songs on eight-track for it. We recorded the drums with Richard Colburn at Hyndland Church Hall and did the rest at my folk’s house. Railway Station, Eastwood and Eighties Fan (very different to the version on Biggest Bluest Hi Fi). They cleaned up the hiss on Park and Ride and Swimming Pool. Here endeth our lo fi years.

• Your Sound

  1 December 1998

  Andmoresound 7”: and1145 / CDS and11cds

  Tracyanne :
  Released in 1998 and written by David Skirving (ex-guitarist). It was recorded on 8 track, Brian Tolland (Del Amtri) was on Production and Engineering duties, and Richard Colburn (Belle & Sebastian) played the drums.  I can remember recording my vocals in Alan’s (Mac Meda) kitchen whilst everyone else stood in the living room.

• Park And Ride

  1 March 1998

  Andmoresound 7” : and0945

  Gav :
  We recorded this on four track in my parents cellar. I say four track, it was three different four tracks, cause they all kept breaking. There’s no drums because we didn’t have a drummer, just percussion. I think they call it lo fi. The pressing plant asked us if we wanted them to take of the hiss, we said no, we were a bit naive. Just before we recorded the vocals on swimming pool, a plane went past overhead, you can hear Tracyane just before the song starts saying, “Plane’s gone”