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Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi is the debut LP from the indie pop band Camera Obscura. It was released in 2001 by Andmoresound and in 2002 by Elefant, then re-released in 2004 by Merge.

Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Studio album by Camera Obscura
Released	November 12, 2001
Genre	Indie pop
Label	Andmoresound
Producer	Stuart Murdoch
Camera Obscura chronology
Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (2001) Underachievers Please Try Harder (2003)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10)[2]

Writing for AllMusic, critic Tim Sendra praised the album, writing that it "makes a strong case for Camera Obscura as one of the best indie pop bands to come down the pike since, well, Belle and Sebastian."[1] Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media called it "charmingly understated."[2]

Track listing

2002 and 2004 re-releases

1. "Happy New Year"
2. "Eighties Fan"
3. "Houseboat"
4. "Shine Like a New Pin"
5. "Pen and Notebook"
6. "Swimming Pool"
7. "Anti-Western"
8. "Let's Go Bowling"
9. "I Don't Do Crowds"
10. "The Sun on His Back"
11. "Double Feature"
12. "Arrangements of Shapes and Space"

Personnel

Band

• Tracyanne Campbell – vocals, guitar
• Gavin Dunbar - bass
• John Henderson - vocals, percussion
• Kenny Mckeeve - guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Lee Thomson - drums
• Lindsay Boyd - keyboards

Other

• Arranged By [Strings] – Camera Obscura, Stuart Murdoch
• Bells [Sleighbells] – Geoff Allan
• Design, Layout – Anne Maclean
• Engineer – Geoff Allan
• Mastered By – Frank Arkwright
• Other [The Cover Star] – Fiona Morrison
• Strings – Cheryll Crockett, Elin Edwards, Greg Lawson, Lisa Webb, Lorna Leitch, Murray Ferguson
• Trumpet – Nigel Baillie

References

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