CRACKER’S GET
ON WITH IT: THE BEST OF TO BE
RELEASED IN CD
AND DVD PACKAGES
BY VIRGIN/EMI
Get On With
It: The Best Of Cracker Includes
the Definitive
Original Recordings of the Band’s ‘90s
Anthems, Including “Low,”
“Get Off This” and “Teen
Angst (What the World Needs Now)”
Cracker Makes
DVD Debut With Definitive Collection
of Video Hits and
Previously Unreleased
Concert Footage
CD and DVD Produced
In Collaboration With Cracker
In Stores: February 21, 2006
Hollywood, California,
January 4, 2006 - Virgin Records/EMI
Music Catalog Marketing is proud to announce
a pair of audio and video releases from
alternative rock pioneers Cracker. The
CD and DVD packages, both titled Get
On With It: The Best Of Cracker,
contain the definitive original versions
of the band’s early-‘90s
classics “Low,” “Get
Off This” and the #1 Modern Rock
anthem “Teen Angst (What the World
Needs Now).” Hitting stores
on February 21, the 15-track CD and 16-track
DVD were produced in collaboration with
the band and include fan favorites as
well as deeper album cuts for the Cracker
connoisseur. The new DVD, the band’s
first home video release, includes Cracker’s
music videos, with two never-before-seen
video edits and a previously unreleased
concert, filmed in 1993 at Denver’s
Ogden Theatre.
Cracker frontman David Lowery broke onto
the music scene with alternative outfit
Camper Van Beethoven in the 1980s. Although
CVB split in 1990, Lowery had honed his
musical tastes and made a very positive
impression on the music industry. His next
group, Cracker, was quickly signed to Virgin
Records. Lowery teamed with John Hickman
(guitar) and Dave Faragher (bass) and together
they launched a highly successful career
blending their country roots with a modern
alt-rock sound. The final Cracker line-up
kept Lowery and Hickman, and added to the
mix Kenny Margolis (keyboards, percussion),
Frank Funaro (drums) and Victor Krummenacher
(bass, vocals). The result was five highly
popular albums for Virgin Records, including
their self-titled 1992 debut, which featured
the #1 Modern Rock anthem “Teen Angst
(What The World Needs Now)” and 1993’s
Gold-certified Kerosene Hat, which
contained the radio mega-hit “Low” and
critic-favorite “Euro-Trash Girl.”
The group continued to record albums and
tour through the 1990s, and also found
time to collaborate with other artists
including Joan Osbourne and Sparklehorse.
In addition to the band’s extracurricular
musical pursuits, David Lowery also appeared
in two independent films, River Red and This
Space Between Us. These varied pursuits
led to Cracker’s 2002 album, Forever,
which produced the song “Guarded
By Monkeys,” a tune that highlights
the band’s more matured eclectic
sound. Get On With It: The Best Of Cracker covers
the range of Cracker’s rock recording
career, and is a must-have for any fan
of the band.
Cracker actively toured the U.S. in 2005,
both as themselves and as a refashioned
Camper Van Beethoven. The band will continue
to tour in 2006. For up-to-date tour information,
please check Cracker’s official website: www.crackersoul.com.
* * *
GET ON WITH IT: THE BEST
OF CRACKER (CD)
1. Teen Angst (What
The World Needs Now) (#1 Modern Rock)
2. This Is Cracker
Soul
3. Mr. Wrong
4. Low
5. Get Off This
6. Lonesome Johnny
Blues
7. Euro-Trash Girl
8. Shake Some Action
9. I Hate My Generation
10. Big Dipper
11. Sweet Thistle Pie
12. The World Is Mine
13. The Good Life
14. Shine
15. Guarded By Monkeys
GET ON WITH IT: THE BEST
OF CRACKER (DVD)
1. Teen Angst
(What The World Needs Now) [acoustic singalong] *Previously
Unreleased*
2. Teen Angst (What
The World Needs Now)
3. Get Off This [live
on MTV’s “120 Minutes”]
4. Low
5. Low (Homebody
version) *Previously Unreleased*
6. Euro-Trash Girl
7. I Hate My Generation
BONUS: previously unreleased 1993 concert,
filmed at Denver’s Ogden Theatre
8. I See The Light
[live]
9. Movie Star [live]
10. Mr. Wrong [live]
11. Let's Go For A Ride [live]
12. Teen Angst (What The World Needs
Now) [live]
13. Low [live]
14. Euro-Trash Girl [live]
15. Lonesome Johnny Blues [live]
16. This Is Cracker Soul [live]
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