Bottle Rockets / The Brooklyn Side - REISSUE

* Both complete albums + 19 previously unreleased bonus tracks. * Remastered under the supervision of Eric “Roscoe” Ambel. * 2 CDs in a double digi-pack. * 40 page booklet. One of Paste Magazine's 50 Best Southern Rock Albums of All Time. The Bottle Rockets’ first and second albums, Bottle Rockets and The Brooklyn Side, are widely revered as not only two of the band’s finest releases, but also two formative, flagship recordings in the nascent era of a now-broadly recognized genre. The band was unceremoniously birthed in 1992 and they very quickly became a forebearer for the new style alongside Uncle Tupelo, Old 97’s, and Whiskeytown. The songs, stories and sentiments found on these groundbreaking albums sound just as fresh and relevant now as they did when they were first released. The Bottle Rockets never did it the easy way and never compromised their sound or themselves. Always too punk for country audiences, too genuine for the smug irony of the hipster scene, and too smart for the