TAR-Nation (subtitled The Best of Black Tar and the Cry Babies) is an EP by Black Tar and the Cry Babies, released in 2017 via Hacienda Bridge.
All tracks on the album had previously been released as individual tracks in issue 13 of Hardy Fox's Hacienda Bridge newsletter.
History[]
TAR-Nation collects the digital singles released by Black Tar and the Cry Babies in issue 13 of Hardy Fox's Hacienda Bridge newsletter. Each track represents a supposedly unreleased full-length album by Black Tar.
Tarnation Serafini was released shortly afterwards as a companion piece to this album, and as a sort of practical joke. None of the material on Serafini was recorded by Black Tar, instead consisting mostly of music by other artists.
Three of the EP's six tracks ('Bunny Rabbits, Satan, Cheese And Milk', 'Stop, I'm Watching TV' & 'Think Of Me') all originate from a 2003 EP called Mic In Track by Star Effect. This EP was included with PCs made around that time. The cover of I Got You, Babe uses instrumental backing from Share & Share Alike's cover of, with additonal computer generated vocals.
The tracks Dork, and Fourteen can be found on Star Effect's website, as outtakes from the EP.[1]
Track listing[]
- Bunny Rabbits, Satan, Cheese And Milk (2:20)
- Stop, I'm Watching TV (3:31)
- Dork (3:53)
- I Got You, Babe (2:48)
- Think Of Me (3:00)
- Fourteen (5:48)