Beautiful Reasons, Definitive Edition - Limited
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Recorded in San Diego, California, in the late 1980s, Beautiful Reasons could just as easily have emerged from Manchester or Glasgow. Drawing from British post-punk, cold wave, and jangle pop, The Cry crafted an album both melancholic and luminous, driven by shimmering guitars, prominent basslines, and Blaise Spiteri's distinctive vocals. Over the decades, it has become a true underground classic.
Its history is deeply rooted in skate culture. In 1989, before the album was even completed, two of its tracks, Twist of Fate and Alone, appeared in H-Street's Hokus Pokus, one of the most influential skate videos of all time. At a time when skate videos were a major gateway to discovering new music, The Cry found a lasting place in the collective memory of skateboarders. Nearly three decades later, in 2016, Pontus Alv and Polar Skate Co. gave Alone a second life by featuring it in Dane Brady's part in I Like It Here Inside My Mind, Don't Wake Me This Time. A new generation discovered the band, firmly establishing Beautiful Reasons as a skate culture landmark far beyond its Southern California roots.
Originally released on cassette in 1990 and later reissued on vinyl, Beautiful Reasons gradually earned cult status. Both previous editions are now sold out, reflecting the enduring appeal of an album that has become highly sought after by collectors. From Twist of Fate to Alone, through Truth and Looking Glass, its songs have lost none of their emotional power or immediacy.
More than thirty-five years after its recording, Beautiful Reasons is back with a Definitive Edition, pressed in limited quantities and featuring the previously unreleased-on-vinyl track Why. An underground classic, back where it belongs: on vinyl.
Tracklist
A2. Truth
A3. Lost and Found
A4. Nothing Lost
A5. Why
B1. Alone
B2. Looking Glass
B3. Complete
B4. Between the Lines
B5. Trees
B6. Resolution
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