It's a Shame About Ray

For the album's title track, see It's a Shame About Ray (song).
It's a Shame About Ray
Studio album by
Lemonheads
ReleasedJune 2, 1992
Recorded1991–1992
StudioCherokee (Hollywood)
Genre
Length29:46 (original release)
33:28 (re-release)
57:20 (deluxe edition)
LabelAtlantic
ProducerThe Robb Brothers
Lemonheads chronology
Lovey
(1990) 		It's a Shame About Ray
(1992) 		Come on Feel the Lemonheads
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Chicago Tribune[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[8]
Mojo[9]
NME8/10[10]
Pitchfork8.4/10[11]
Q[12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[13]
Select4/5[14]
Uncut[15]

It's a Shame About Ray is the fifth album by American alternative rock band the Lemonheads, released on June 2, 1992. The album was produced by the Robb Brothers. At the time of principal recording, the band consisted of Evan Dando (lead vocals, guitar), Juliana Hatfield (bass, backing vocals) and David Ryan (drums). Though not originally on the album, the band's cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" was added to the album in later pressings after it had become a major worldwide radio hit, and it features a later lineup of the band with Nic Dalton on bass.

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  9. ^ "The Lemonheads: It's a Shame About Ray". Mojo (173): 120. April 2008.
  10. ^ Cameron, Keith (July 11, 1992). "The Lemonheads – It's a Shame About Ray". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
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  12. ^ "The Lemonheads: It's a Shame About Ray". Q (262): 148. May 2008.
  13. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "The Lemonheads". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 481. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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