Handsome Western States

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Handsome Western States
Studio album by Beulah
Released	1997
Recorded	January 1996 - April 1997
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	34:35
Label	Elephant Six
Producer	Jeff Byrd
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (8.5/10) link
Beulah chronology
A Small Cattle Drive in a Snow Storm (1997) Handsome Western States (1997) When Your Heartstrings Break (1999)

Handsome Western States is indie rock band Beulah's debut album, released in 1997. The sound is much less polished and elaborate than later albums. The album went out of print in 1999 but was re-pressed with new artwork in 2002. The album was never released in Europe, however. Because of this, many of the band's European singles were pressed with songs from Handsome Western States as B-sides.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Maroon Bible" – 3:23
2. "Lay Low for the Letdown" – 3:32
3. "Disco: The Secretaries Blues" – 3:25
4. "The Rise and Fall of Our Hero's Reward" – 2:36
5. "I Love John, She Loves Paul" – 3:02
6. "Slo-Mo for the Masses" – 1:39
7. "I've Been Broken (I've Been Fixed)" – 2:25
8. "Queen of the Populists" – 2:24
9. "Shotgun Dedication" – 2:39
10. "Rust With Me" – 1:35
11. "Delta" – 4:17
12. "Dig the Subatomic Holdout #2" – 2:38