Beastie Boys classic ‘Paul’s Boutique’ gets re-release

[4 February 2009]

By Sarah Zupko

PopMatters Editor & Publisher

2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the Beastie Boys critically acclaimed Paul’s Boutique. This is the album that gave us “Shake Your Rump”, “Egg Man” and “Hello Brooklyn”. To celebrate the occasion EMI is re-releasing the record in all manner of formats beyond Tuesday’s exclusive digital release on beastieboys.com.

The digital release comes packed with five videos as well as 3D interactive album art. For those of us that still love our stereo systems, CD and vinyl releases follow next week on February 10th. Oh, and Beastie Boys will also be headlining at Bonnaroo this year too. Bet they’ll be performing a lot of these songs.

Here are all the possible ways you can pick up this re-issue:
Deluxe Digital Download
Digital album download in choice of format (320kbps MP3, FLAC, Apple Lossless), 5 Beasties music videos, video commentary, 3D interactive digital album art
CD + Digital Download
8 panel ecopack CD + Digital Download
Vinyl + Digital Download
8 panel, 180g vinyl + Digital Download
T-Shirt Combos
Limited edition Paul’s Boutique t-shirt with wraparound album art.  Available with Deluxe Digital, CD, or Vinyl combo.
20th Anniversary Commemorative Pack
Includes Digital Deluxe, CD, Vinyl, T-shirt, and an 8 foot wide poster of the album art as it was originally intended to be enjoyed.

Sarah Zupko is a former Executive Producer at Tribune Media Services, the media syndication arm of the Tribune Company, and a 10-year veteran of Tribune Company. Aside from writing novels and plays, she devotes most of her time and energy to running PopMatters.com and formerly PopCultures.com, as well as research in the fields of Slavic and German history, musicology, and European cultural and intellectual history. Zupko studied musicology, film, and drama at the University of Chicago and media theory at the University of Texas, where she received her M.A. in 1995.

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