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- Under The Western Freeway
- - 21,601 plays
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Grandaddy
Released 1997

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02:31
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Why Took Your Advice
04:07
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Poisoned At Hartsy Thai Food
01:13
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- 1
- Nonphenomenal Lineage
- 03:11
- 1,391 plays

- 2
- A.M. 180
- 03:20
- 10,098 plays

- 3
- Collective Dreamwish Of Upperclass Elegance
- 05:26
- 1,622 plays

- 4
- Summer Here Kids
- 03:35
- 1,501 plays

- 5
- Laughing Stock
- 06:00
- 1,243 plays

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- Under The Western Freeway
- 03:01
- 1,009 plays

- 7
- Everything Beautiful Is Far Away
- 05:13
- 1,156 plays

- 8
- Poisoned At Hartsy Thai Food
- 01:13
- 862 plays

- 9
- Go Progress Chrome
- 02:31
- 985 plays

- 10
- Why Took Your Advice
- 04:07
- 900 plays

- 11
- Lawn & So On
- 09:04
- 834 plays

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album review

Being from northern California, Grandaddy always gets compared to Pavement -- and rightly so, in some respects -- but this probably isn't the best way to start on the band. Some of the tracks on Under the Western Freeway are more in the Weezer vein ("Summer Here Kids," "A.M. 120"), and the few that are truly reminiscent of Pavement are more like Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain's drawling "Range Life" than the angular guitar work more usual from Pavement. Comparisons aside, what's important is that Under the Western Freeway is a fairly brilliant album, combining a warm, earnest, and rustic feel with sometimes goofy experimentation (looped drums, bleeping keyboard hooks) -- and it's all very pleasant and friendly. And what's more, these guys can write a solid, catchy melody. A couple listens to tracks like "Nonphenomenal Lineage" and "Go Progress Chrome" make this all too clear. ~ Nitsuh Abebe, All Music Guide