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Jul 6, 2011There's an amusing irony that one of Sebadoh's most straightforward and tuneful albums is accompanied by an hour's worth of the sort of indulgent four-track murk Sebadoh seemed to be actively moving past, though as such things go, there's plenty of adventurous lo-fi sound collage to be found, as well as some prime examples of Barlow staring down his neuroses.
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Jul 28, 2011Phantasmagoric extras time out at an hour's worth of EPs, singles, and demos.
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Jul 6, 2011What can't be denied, however, is that the album easily deserves its place in the hearts of those who admire fellow fuzzy-edged slackers Superchunk, Pavement and Guided by Voices as much as those new to the game, who'll find echoes of the band's sound fizzling through modern-day collegiate grungesters like Milk Music or Gun Outfit.
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Jul 6, 2011At this point in their career, Loewenstein and Barlow had found the perfect balance between their creative powers, and it shows quite brightly on Bakesale. To that end, any amount of extra proof that Sebadoh can dig up to prove that point should be welcomed happily.
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Jul 6, 2011As inconvenient as it may be, even if you already own this album it is well worth purchasing once again in its new form, if, of course, you can afford the ostentatious extravagance of buying the same Nineties lo-fi record twice within the same lifetime.
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Aug 3, 2011Bakesale's consistency allows it to work tremendously well as a beginning-to-end album.
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Jul 6, 2011Of its kind, Bakesale is a classic, and well worth reappraising.
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Jul 6, 2011Bakesale add-ons will mostly be of value to those who loved Sebadoh's first few years of all-over-the-place wildness, but it's not as if their second-disc inclusion can dull the parent album's punch.
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Jul 6, 2011For ardent followers of the '90s American underground, it is a near-essential purchase.
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Jul 6, 2011The beautifully (which is to say, lightly) remastered album, and the warts 'n all bonus disc shows us just how good of a band Sebadoh were, and why they became far more than just the band Barlow started after he left Dinosaur Jr.
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Q MagazineAug 24, 2011It makes a great introduction to an oft-overlooked band. [May 2011, p.133]
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Jul 6, 2011Barlow's new approach made for one of the best indie-rock albums in a year full of stellar ones--and Sebadoh's greatest work.
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Jul 6, 2011Bakesale was the catchy, coherent 1994 breakthrough--a missing link between Nick Drake and Sonic Youth.
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Jul 6, 2011It's a chance to marvel at the record's sturdiness in spite of its sonic adherence to an extremely specific time in music history.
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Jul 6, 2011Compared to 1996's Harmacy, Barlow's maudlin tendencies are relatively reined in throughout Bakesale's 15 straightforward rockers.
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UncutJul 28, 2011A 25-track bonus disc of rarities makes this a feast for Barlow heads. [May 2011, p.94]