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Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
by The Baseball Project


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The Baseball Project @ Yep Roc

R.E.M.'s Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck along with ex-Dream Syndicate member Steve Wynn and Miracle 3's Linda Pitmon team up together to create an album of songs about baseball.

LABEL:	Yep Roc
RELEASE DATE:	08 July 2008
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Rock, Pop

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All Music Guide

Far from being a throwaway side project, this unique album is as refreshing as a gapper to right center, providing, of course, it's your team up at the plate.

NOW Magazine

The insightful tunes are cleverly composed, with a sharp sense of wit and a comprehensive knowledge of the game.

Uncut

Aside from the roistering music, what makes this ultimately so appealing is they way McCaughey and Wynn universalise their subject.

cokemachineglow

The Baseball Project is one of those “why the hell hasn’t anybody thought of this before?” ideas that is carried out exceedingly well.

The Phoenix

The smart, funny, fanclub chants herein, each as catchy as Willie Mays in the ’54 Fall Classic, are gemlike tributes to the characters who’ve made that diamond shine, from Satchel Paige to Fernando Valenzuela.

Pitchfork

Poring through hardball's rich history with the exhaustiveness of true geeks but the wit and empathy of born songwriters, Wynn and McCaughey repeatedly manage to draw effortless metaphorical lines between baseball and life.

Blender

Sometimes they're tossing salad, with predictably sappy songs about sainted all-stars Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson, yet theyre funny throwing chin music at cult figures Fernando Valenzuela and Harvey Haddix. [Sep 2008, p.76]

Boston Globe

These guys, backed by R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, don't flash too much leather; they make the routine plays and put good wood on the ball.

Mojo

This sort of works, but clearly their obsession lies with the lyrics. [Sep 2008, p.106]

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Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails by The Baseball Project

Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
by The Baseball Project