Vampire Can Mating Oven

Vampire Can Mating Oven is an EP of rarities and unreleased songs by the alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven, released in 1987 in the US on their own Pitch-A-Tent Records label.^[9][10]

Vampire Can Mating Oven
EP by Camper Van Beethoven
Released	1987
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	21:48
Label	Pitch-A-Tent[1]
Producer	Camper Van Beethoven, Wally Sound, Harry Parker[2]
Camper Van Beethoven chronology
Camper Van Beethoven (1986) Vampire Can Mating Oven (1987) Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	A−[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[5]
New Musical Express	2/10[6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	5/10[8]

The EP includes satirical liner notes relating false stories behind the songs. "Photograph" and "Never Go Back" were taken from a BBC Radio One session recorded in March 1987 for the Janice Long show. A re-recorded version of "Never Go Back" was included the following year on the band's major label debut, Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart.

The UK edition on Rough Trade Records featured an extra track on Side 1 - "Good Guys & Bad Guys" from their self-titled 1986 album Camper Van Beethoven.

Critical reception

Billboard called the EP "typically funny and provocative."^[2] Trouser Press deemed it "enjoyable odds and ends," and praised the "jolly" cover of "Photograph".^[11]

US Track listing

1. "Heart" – 3:08
2. "Never Go Back" – 3:24
3. "Seven Languages" – 4:11
4. "Ice Cream Everyday" – 4:03
5. "Processional" – 3:48
6. "Photograph" – 3:14

UK Track listing

1. "Good Guys & Bad Guys" - 3:55
2. "Heart" – 3:08
3. "Never Go Back" – 3:24
4. "Seven Languages" – 4:11
5. "Ice Cream Everyday" – 4:03
6. "Processional" – 3:48
7. "Photograph" – 3:14

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart[12]	24

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 155.
2. "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 26, 1987 – via Google Books.
3. "Vampire Can Mating Oven - Camper Van Beethoven | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
4. "Robert Christgau: Album: Camper Van Beethoven: Vampire Can Mating Oven". www.robertchristgau.com.
5. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 283.
6. Solanas, Jane (12 December 1987). "Camper Van Beethoven: Vampire Can Mating Oven". New Musical Express. p. 33.
7. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (January 2, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698 – via Google Books.
8. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 71.
9. Thompson, Dave (March 19, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
10. The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. March 19, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
11. "TrouserPress.com :: Camper Van Beethoven". www.trouserpress.com.
12. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

External links

• Album liner notes