100% Fun Expanded Edition 180G LP (AWAITING REPRESS) – Intervention Records
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100% Fun Expanded Edition 180G LP (AWAITING REPRESS)

$45

Original Release Date: 1995
Original Label: Zoo Entertainment

  • Artist-Approved Expanded Edition
  • 100% Analog Mastering from the ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES!
  • 7 Bonus Tracks Not Included On Original Release!
  • Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
  • Plating and Processing at RTI
  • Ultra-Quiet 180-Gram Vinyl Pressed at Gotta Groove Records
  • Beautifully Restored "Old Style" Gatefold Jacket Printed by Stoughton

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"Intervention Records prides itself on the sound and packaging of its products, and the sound quality and overall listening experience of 100% Fun is second to none. It's about time this album be revisited; Intervention's set should be obsessed over." (July 19, 2018)

– Frank Valish

"On top of the superb audio and visual aspects of this 100% Fun reissue, Sweet has also included seven outtake bonus tracks that were a part of the original 100% Fun master tapes. " (July 13, 2018)

– Will Hodge

"... an album that rocks its worries away without ever getting rid of them." -Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

"...a classic power-pop record full of chiming guitar, powerful hooks and sing-a-long choruses ... a record I keep coming back to year after year ..." -DS Barrett

1995’s 100% Fun is the third leg of Matthew Sweet’s Holy Trinity of Power Pop! Produced by Brendan O’Brien, it’s a densely-layered production full of grinding guitars, heavy bass lines and BIG drum sounds.

Intervention’s 19-track Expanded Edition 2x LP set is the defining presentation of this great album! While the original repertoire’s 12 tracks are bigger and better than ever, the 7 Bonus Tracks are on their own 12″ 45 RPM 180-gram LP!

100% Fun’s album art was lovingly restored by Intervention’s Art Director Tom Vadakan, and printed as a gorgeous “Old Style” gatefold by Stoughton printing in LA. It’s printed on heavy stock and film-laminated for superior color depth, beauty and durability. The center labels are printed by Dorado.

Side One

  • 1
    Sick Of Myself
    03:38
  • 2
    Not When I Need It
    03:27
  • 3
    We're The Same
    03:03
  • 4
    Giving It Back
    03:28
  • 5
    Everything Changes
    03:49
  • 6
    Lost My Mind
    04:43

Side Two

  • 1
    Come To Love
    02:26
  • 2
    Walk Out
    03:24
  • 3
    I Almost Forgot
    02:54
  • 4
    Super Baby
    03:15
  • 5
    Get Older
    02:46
  • 6
    Smog Moon
    04:13

Side Three

  • 1
    Sense of Adventure
    04:36
  • 2
    Slowly
    02:24
  • 3
    Breaks My Heart
    03:22

Side Four

  • 1
    Walk Out (Alternate Mix)
    03:22
  • 2
    Never Said Goodbye
    02:40
  • 3
    You
    03:32
  • 4
    Our Song
    02:42

Mastering Notes

100% Fun is 100% Analog Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound. The Master Tapes are 30ips 1/2" analog reels, and the seven bonus tracks are on their own reel. Intervention's cut is big, punchy and dynamic with plenty of producer Brendan O'Brien signature crunch completely intact. Matthew's amazing vocals really shine here amid the layered densities of O'Brien's mix. A big, bold improvement over the 1990s original LP, and so much better than the CD as to make that comparison a total farce.

Release Notes

  • Format: 2x 180-Gram 33-RPM LPs
  • IR Catalog: IR-019
  • UPC: 707129301437
  • Jacket: "Old Style" Gatefold Printed at Stoughton on Heavy Stock, Film Laminated

The Lost 90's Series

A prime directive at IR is bringing music from the dark days of the 1990s CD era to glorious new life on premium vinyl. So much fantastic music from this era either never saw a vinyl release, or saw only a very limited and all too often low-quality release ripped from CDs without much care. During that era even if the original capture was analog the music was ripped to digital and loaded into workstations for final editing, mixing, sequencing and final assembly. If vinyl was released during this era it is more than likely sourced from CD files. For releases that were never assembled in analog or were fully-digital recordings, IR acquires and masters from the best source files available, and if needed assembles final mixes, cross-fades, etc. during mastering. The increase in musicality and purity is as exponential! Combining superior master sources with the truly full-range, ultra-transparent mastering chains at studios like CoHEARent Audio and Sterling Sound, our dead quiet 180G vinyl pressings results in hearing the music that is the soundtrack to our lives like never before!