The story
Camera Obscura are a Scottish indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland formed in 1996 by Tracyanne Campbell, John Henderson and Gavin Dunbar
From Discogs, written by its community.
Stories
Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.
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Records
Albums 6
- Look to the East, Look to the West
Look to the East, Look to the West3 May 2024Vinyl - Desire Lines
Desire Lines3 Jun 2013Vinyl - My Maudlin Career
My Maudlin Career20 Apr 2009Vinyl - Let’s Get Out of This Country
Let’s Get Out of This Country29 May 2006VinylListening Party - Underachievers Please Try Harder
Underachievers Please Try Harder15 Sep 2003Vinyl - Biggest Bluest Hi‐Fi
Biggest Bluest Hi‐Fi20 Oct 2001VinylListening Party
EPs 2
- Look to the Demos
Look to the Demos3 May 2024 · EPVinyl - Rare UK Bird
Rare UK Bird19 Dec 1999 · EPVinyl
Singles 22
- We’re Going to Make It in a Man’s World
We’re Going to Make It in a Man’s World6 Mar 2024 · SingleVinyl
- Big Love
Big Love1 Feb 2024 · SingleVinyl
- Making Money
Making Money12 Apr 2022 · SingleVinyl - Keep It Clean (Special Reissue)
Keep It Clean (Special Reissue)3 Mar 2017 · SingleVinyl - Teenager (Special Reissue)
Teenager (Special Reissue)3 Mar 2017 · SingleVinyl - Break It to You Gently
Break It to You Gently2013 · SingleVinyl
- The Nights Are Cold
The Nights Are Cold17 May 2010 · SingleVinyl - The Blizzard / Swans
The Blizzard / Swans17 Nov 2009 · SingleVinyl
- The Blizzard
The Blizzard17 Nov 2009 · SingleVinyl - The Sweetest Thing
The Sweetest Thing3 Nov 2009 · SingleVinyl - French Navy
French Navy13 Apr 2009 · SingleVinyl
- Tears for Affairs
Tears for Affairs16 Apr 2007 · SingleVinyl
All 22 singles
- If Looks Could Kill
If Looks Could Kill22 Jan 2007 · SingleVinyl - Let’s Get Out of This Country
Let’s Get Out of This Country4 Sep 2006 · SingleVinylListening Party - Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken
Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken8 May 2006 · SingleVinyl - Special Single Collection
Special Single Collection2006 · SingleVinyl
- I Love My Jean
I Love My Jean15 Feb 2005 · SingleVinyl - Keep It Clean
Keep It Clean5 May 2004 · SingleVinyl - Teenager
Teenager17 Mar 2003 · SingleVinyl - Eighties Fan
Eighties Fan25 Jun 2001 · SingleVinyl - Your Sound
Your Sound14 Dec 1998 · SingleVinyl
- Park and Ride
Park and Ride1997 · SingleVinyl
- Making Money (4AD B‐Sides and Rarities) · 2022 · compilation
- 4AD Session EP · 2014 · EP · live
- 2003-10-07 Peel Session · 2003 · EP · live
- 2001-08-14 Peel Session · 2001 · EP · live
Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
Is a record missing?
TIM’S LISTENING PARTY
Tim Burgess pressed play
2 albums by Camera Obscura, played together at the same time, with the band’s own stories as the songs go by.
- Let’s Get Out Of This CountrySaturday, June 06 · Replay the party
- Biggest Bluest Hi-FiFriday, November 12 · Replay the party
Tim Burgess’s Listening Parties. Replays on timstwitterlisteningparty.com.
Members
- 1996 to 2004
- 1996 on
- 1996 on
- 1998 to 2000
- 1998 to 2001
- 2000 to 2002
- 2000 on
- 2001 on
- 2002 to 2009
- 2002 to 2015
Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Also plays on
Records by other artists with Camera Obscura in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
In playlists
Playlists with Camera Obscura in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.
If you like Camera Obscura
- Belle and Sebastian3 sources agree
- Yo La Tengo3 sources agree
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart3 sources agree
- The Shins2 sources agree
- Wilco2 sources agree
- The Magnetic Fields2 sources agree
- Rilo Kiley2 sources agree
- Jens Lekman2 sources agree
- Girls2 sources agree
- Bright Eyes2 sources agree
- Stars2 sources agree
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah2 sources agree
Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Camera Obscura’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.
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