Indie-rock pioneers The Feelies are reissuing their first two albums, giving another generation the opportunity to discover how derivative much of their favorite music is. In particular, 1980's Crazy Rhythms is the fountainhead of subsequent music with jangly guitars and staccato beats. The reissues will come with full albums and bonus tracks, and purchasers will have access to a digital download of the album as well.

Purists will be heartened by the Feelies' decision to release the albums with their original sequencing, and their original sequencing only. Bonus tracks will not be on either CD or LP, but available through the download card issued in each package. Crazy Rhythms even leaves off the cover of "Paint it Black," included on the 1990 release by A&M but not part of the original and not performed by the original lineup.

Both Crazy Rhythms and The Good Earth will be released by Bar/None on September 8. Full track listings are below.

Crazy Rhythms CD/LP reissue track listing:
Side One:
1.  The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
2.  Fa cé-La
3.  Loveless Love
4.  Forces At Work
Side Two:
5.  Original Love
6.  Everybody's Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey)
7.  Moscow Nights
8.  Raised Eyebrows
9.  Crazy Rhythms

Crazy Rhythms bonus tracks:
1.  Fa cé-La [single version] - originally released as a 7" on Rough Trade.
2.  The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness [Carla Bley demo version]
3.  Moscow Nights [Carla Bley demo version]
4.  Crazy Rhythms [Live] - From the 9:30 Club (Washington D.C.),
recorded March 14, 2009.
5.  I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms [Live] - From the 9:30 Club (Washington
D.C.), recorded March 14, 2009.  Modern Lovers cover.

The Good Earth CD/LP reissue track listing:
Side One:
1.  On The Roof
2.  The High Road
3.  The Last Roundup
4.  Slipping (Into Something)
5.  When Company Comes
Side Two:
6.  Let's Go
7.  Two Rooms
8.  The Good Earth
9.  Tomorrow Today
10. Slow Down

The Good Earth bonus tracks:
1.  She Said, She Said - originally on the "No One Knows" vinyl EP on
Coyote Records through Twin/Tone Records (US). Beatles cover.
2.  Sedan Delivery - originally on the "No One Knows" vinyl EP on
Coyote Records through Twin/Tone Records (US).  Neil Young cover.
3.  Slipping (Into Something) [Live] - From the 9:30 Club (Washington
D.C.), recorded March 14, 2009.