Biggest Bluest Hi Fi

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.

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)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10)[2]

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."^[1] Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media called it "charmingly understated."^[2]

Track listing

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

All tracks are written by Tracyanne Campbell.

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