The Blue Aeroplanes are Bristol's longest running band and a true art-rock institution who have inspired generations of post-punk and alternative groups including R. E.M., Radiohead, and Manic Street Preachers.
Magical Realism - The Best Of The Blue Aeroplanes 1985-2025 is the first definitive anthology curated by the band, including tracks from across their catalogue, newly remastered by Phil Kinrade at AIR Mastering.
The collection includes 23 tracks, featuring indie anthems like ...And Stones and Jacket Hangs, fan-favourites such as the classics Fun and Bury Your Love Like Treasure, as well as more recent songs including Dead Tree! Dead Tree! which has become a highlight of the band's legendary live sets.
Also included are two bonus tracks - Showing Off To Impress The Girls, a recording by pre-Blue Aeroplanes group Art Objects, and I Will Love You, an exclusive demo of a brand-new track.
Magical Realism features a 24-page booklet with lyrics, new track-by-track sleeves notes by frontman Gerard Langley offering insight into the stories and inspirations behind each song, plus rare photographs from the band's archives. The cover art features a painting by Ann Sheldon, the artist behind many of the band's most memorable covers.
Tracklist:
1. Action Painting
2. Tolerance (Single Version)
3. Spitting Out Miracles
4. Bury Your Love Like Treasure
5. Severn Beach
6. Jacket Hangs
7. ...And Stones (US Promo Single Edit)
8. Yr Own World (12" Single Version)
9. Fun
10. Colour Me (Alternate Mix)
11. Broken And Mended
12. Whatever Happened To Our Golden Birds
13. Missy Lane
14. Cavaliers Pt 2
15. Beautiful Is (As Beautiful Does)
16. Camus In Pocket
17. Up In A Down World
18. Sulpher
19. Elvis Festival
20. Dead Tree! Dead Tree! (Single Edit)
21. Building An Ark For The Anthropocene (Single Edit)
22. Showing Off To Impress The Girls
23. I Will Love You (Previously Unreleased)
Magical Realism: The Best Of The Blue Aeroplanes 1985-2025 (Vinyl 2LP + Bonus 7") has a scheduled release date of .
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