Out-of-state Plates

Description

Led by the scintillating songwriting team of Chris Collingwood and the late, great Adam Schlesinger, power pop maestros Fountains of Wayne put out a number of absolutely brilliant albums, of which we at Real Gone Music have been fortunate so far to reissue two, Welcome Interstate Managers and Traffic and Weather. But of all the great records released by this New York-area band, this one, the 2005 odds n ends 2-CD set Out-of-State Plates, remained reportedly among the closest to the heart of Schlesinger, who died tragically of COVID in 2020. A mixture of demos, B-sides, live performances, and unreleased tracks (the great Maureen and The Girl I Cant Forget), its an always entertaining, often hilarious, and (of course!) never less than tuneful romp through about a decades worth of recordings, all wittily annotated by Collingwood and Schlesinger. Covers both heartfelt and tongue-in-cheek (Jackson Brownes These Days and Britney Spears Baby One More Time) and holiday fare (I Want an Alien for Christmas, Chanukah Under the Stars) lie alongside such B-side gems as Baby Ive Changed and Ill Do the Driving and a live Shes Got a Problem. For its vinyl debut, weve created a fetching gatefold featuring the duos commentary inside, and pressed this 2-LP set in Junkyard Swirl vinyl to match the cover photo. Rummage around the collective psyche of one of the greatest indie rock acts of the last 30 years!

• – Disc 1 –
• 1Number 45 Sunblock
• 2Maureen
• 3California Sex Lawyer
• 4Janice’s Party
• 5Karpet King
• 6Baby I’ve Changed
• 7I Know You Well
• 8You’re Just Never Satisfied
• 9I’ll Do the Driving
• 10Nightlight
• 11I Want You Around
• 12Trains and Boats and Planes
• 13Places
• 14Can’t Get It Out of My Head
• – Disc 2 –
• 1City Folk Morning
• 2The Girl I Can’t Forget
• 3Baby One More Time
• 4Elevator Up
• 5Comedienne
• 6Kid Gloves
• 7Today’s Teardrops
• 8She’s Got a Problem
• 9These Days
• 10I Want An Alien for Christmas
• 11The Man in the Santa Suit
• 12Chanukah Under the Stars
• 13Killermont Street
• 14Half a Woman
• 15Small Favors
• 16Imperia”