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"

References

1. "Portastatic - Scrapbook". www.mergerecords.com.
2. "Scrapbook EP - Portastatic | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
3. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink. 1999. p. 1110.
4. "Superchunk". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
5. McGibney, Matthew (July 22, 2009). "Merge's sizable discography". INDY Week.
6. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 601.
7. LLC, SPIN Media (May 23, 1995). "Singles". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.