From: cgoodin@sfu.ca   
      
   In article <18db3c3c.0309181020.1434b40@posting.google.com>,   
   Botch the Crab  wrote:   
   >So, I have Introducing Happiness and it's one of my favorite albums of   
   >all time. I came across it by a lark, and haven't been able to find   
   >much additional info on the Rheostatics, or a substantial forum for   
   >learning more.   
   >   
   >If there are any Rheostatics fans out there, I'm trying to decide   
   >which album(s) to buy.   
      
   We love the Rheostatics more than life itself.  My wife and I named our   
   firstborn after one of the songs on Introducing Happiness (no, not "Me and   
   Stupid").   
      
   >I heard Melville once and thought it was rather flat compared to   
   >Introducing Happiness (I'm coming from an art rock perspective). That   
   >being the case, which albums would you recommend to me as the closest   
   >to Happiness?   
      
   I'd second another posters mention of Whale Music (not the soundtrack,   
   which is good, but the album).  You might also like Harmelodia, musically,   
   but half the tracks are readings from the children's book that the CD   
   comes in.   
      
   Heck, it's hard to go wrong with newer Rheos (if you didn't like Melville,   
   you almost certainly won't like Greatest Hits -- I don't even really like   
   Greatest Hits).  Double Live is a good sampler of most of their more   
   current stuff.   
      
   There's also a Yahoo! Groups mailing list for the Rheostatics, if you   
   don't mind Yahoo!  It gets a reasonable amount of traffic.   
      
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rheostatics/   
      
   will get you there (I think).   
      
      
      
      
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