Scrapbook (Portastatic EP)

Scrapbook EP is a double 7-inch single and CD EP by the band Portastatic. It was released on the Merge Records label in 1995.^[4][5]

Scrapbook EP
EP by Portastatic
Released	1995
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Merge (MRG080)[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[3]

"St. Elmo's Fire" is a Brian Eno cover. "Why Pinch Yourself" and "A Bear That Chokes" were previously released on Hello CD of the Month EP.

Yo La Tengo appears on the EP.^[6]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the EP "is the sort of work that sets a blueprint for things to come ... the record is fantastic in every respect."^[2] Spin called the version of "St. Elmo's Fire" a "stunner ... which sounds like a '70s country-rock tune piped into a truckstop diner in cyberspace."^[7]

Track listing

Double 7":

Side A:

1. "St. Elmo's Fire"

Side B:

1. "Why Pinch Yourself"

Side C:

1. "A Bear That Chokes"

Side D:

1. "My Favourite Sound"

CD EP:

1. "St. Elmo's Fire"
2. "Why Pinch Yourself"
3. "A Bear That Chokes"
4. "My Favourite Sound"

Personnel

• Mac McCaughan
• Georgia Hubley "St. Elmo's Fire"
• Ira Kaplan "St. Elmo's Fire"