Biggest Bluest Hi Fi

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)

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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10)

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." Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media called it "charmingly understated."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tracyanne Campbell

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Happy New Year"	4:03
2.	"Eighties Fan"	4:20
3.	"Houseboat"	3:22
4.	"Pen and Notebook"	3:26
5.	"Swimming Pool"	3:56
6.	"Anti-Western"	3:08
7.	"I Don't Do Crowds"	3:55
8.	"The Sun on His Back"	2:50
9.	"Double Feature"	5:50
10.	"Arrangements of Shapes and Space"	3:48
Total length:		38:38

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