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HOBBIES GALORE
R. STEVIE MOORE

^ 24 Golden Greats ^
compiled feb 22 2003
total time 78:33

>> 01 Dates
>> 02 I Wanna Hit You
>> 03 Everything
>> 04 Puttin' Up the Groceries
>> 05 Don't Let Me Go To the Dogs
>> 06 I Go Into Your Mind
>> 07 This Wednesday
>> 08 Play Myself Some Music
>> 09 Schoolgirl
>> 10 Colliding Circles
>> 11 I Love You Too Much To Bother You
>> 12 Everyone But Everyone
>> 13 I've Begun To Fall In Love
>> 14 Part of The Problem
>> 15 Ethan Sequence
>> 16 I Want You In My Life
>> 17 Why Should I Love You
>> 18 I Hope That You Remember
>> 19 Norway
>> 20 Sort of Way
>> 21 Dewey Decimal System
>> 22 The Bodycount
>> 23 I Wish I Could Sing
>> 24 Hobbies Galore

SEQUENCED BY MITCHELL FRIEDMAN
Rare Unlimited edition Pressing from MARS
"His Best Twenty-Four"
No Filler, No Covers, All Hits Back-to-Back
(every selection previously released)



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The H.G. COMPANION Book

"The absolute best, most accessible one disc collection of RSM pop for the uninitiated ever devised."
                                ...... Robert Christgau Jr./Village Voicemail



AMG Review: Newcomers to R. Stevie Moore's almost overwhelming recorded oeuvre can often throw up their hands in frustration when trying to decide where to begin. As a result, Moore has occasionally created compilation albums of his best stuff, many of which are in fact excellent introductions (1993's Contact Risk is particularly fine). For 2003's Hobbies Galore, however, Moore handed over the compilation reins to his friend Mitchell Friedman, who compiled and sequenced this 24-track collection from the artist's preceding 289 self-released albums, boiling them down into one 80-minute selection of prime R. Stevie Moore. There are none of the spoken-word interludes, the found-tape oddities, the oddball covers, the just plain weird experiments, the 20-minute instrumentals or the comedy skits: just two dozen songs that highlight R. Stevie Moore's very real talent as a pop singer/songwriter and amazingly inventive one-man-band DIY pioneer. Longtime Moore fans undoubtedly have at least as many personal favorites that are just as suitable for a collection like this ("Manufacturers" and "California Rhythm," for example), but there is no arguing about what's here. From haunting ballads like the hushed title track and the dreamily romantic "Play Myself Some Music" to sturdy power pop like "Why Should I Love You," "Part of the Problem" and the jangleriffic "I Wanna Hit You" to the quirky Sparks-like art-pop of "Don't Let Me Go To The Dogs" and "I Wish I Could Sing," every song is a winner. This is, at long last, the absolutely perfect introduction to R. Stevie Moore for the curious but daunted. –Stewart Mason, All Music Guide



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ORIGINAL LINER NOTES (First Pressing):

I want to write something that when you read it you'll say "yeh that's really groovy", but all I can tell you is what's in my heart, and if you can dig it then I'm happy and if you can't then I'm sorry.

Music sets me free; it makes me feel all the things of life. Sometimes when I hear a groovy song it makes me want to get in my car and just drive and sing at the top of my lungs. Other times when I hear a song it makes me cry. I don't know if I'm sad or happy but it really doesn't matter. Music can take you away from the bad and bring you closer to the good in life; I really hope the music in this album brings you closer!

––MOR






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"The Home Taper" (self-portrait 1972)





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