LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Having reissued the dB's first two albums, 'Stands for Decibels' and 'Repercussion', it's only natural and right that we delve back into their catalog for 'Like This', their third album originally released on the Bearsville label in 1984. By now, Chris Stamey had left the band for a solo career, but Peter Holsapple, Will Rigby and Gene Holder were still going strong (with production help by ex-Waitress Chris Butler)...in fact, Holsapple declares in the notes that this is probably his favorite dB's album. It's definitely more straight-ahead than the first two, as Holsapple's gorgeous songwriting comes to the fore. Another essential power pop exclusive from 'Collectors' Choice'! Includes 'A Spy in the House of Love; Rendezvous; New Gun in Town; On the Battlefront; White Train; Love Is for Lovers; She Got Soul; Spitting in the Wind; Lonely Is (as Lonely Does); Not Cool', and 'Amplifier', plus a couple of bonus tracks: 'Darby Hall' and an extended remix of 'A Spy in the House of Love'!