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The band started off in bars and cafes around Portland with singer-songwriter Al James performing songs as Dolorean. It picked up speed after he teamed up with Jay Clarke and the two began to perform as a duo. Al on the guitar and Jay on a student piano. The resulting work was considered album worthy. So, with the help of The Standard’s Robbie Duncan on drums Dolorean cut its first album on CDR in 2000 (later re-released in 2004). Since then Al James and Jay Clarke have worked together to create three subsequent albums: “Not Exotic”, in 2002, ” Violence in the Snowy Fields”, in 2004, and “You Can’t Win” in 2007. Both with help from various friends from in and around Portland. Recently Dolorean covered Elliott Smith’s “The Biggest Lie” on, “To: Elliott, From: Portland””.

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1	The Biggest Lie full track	119
2	Are You Really Real? full track	36
3	Heather Remind Me How This Ends	35
4	Beachcomber Blues	33
5	The Search	23
5	We Winter Wrens	23
7	You Can't Win	22
7	Put You to Sleep	22
9	In Love With the Doubt	21
10	What One Bottle Can Do	20
10	You Don't Want to Know	20
12	To Destruction	19
13	Buffalo Gal	18
13	Just Don't Leave Town	18
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decadelate wrote:
August 2009

can anyone send me any of this?

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mamafanfan wrote:
July 2009

surprisingly good!

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drunkzwithgunz wrote:
June 2009

Dolorean is great, The Standard (Duncan, who assisted on albums), even better; both signed to YepRoc records, a kickass label

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rent0n wrote:
May 2009

You can't win, masterpiece.

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meld0n wrote:
May 2009

I've only listened to "Violence..." but I love it.

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JoshCIVM wrote:
April 2009

I love You Can't Win.

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Zache457 wrote:
October 2008

Gotta find more albums with these guys. I'm the owner of one album this far.....

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MitsPSU wrote:
November 2007

Saw them in Brussels with Okkervil River. Awesome show.

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mintroyalty wrote:
November 2007

Okkervil River + Dolorean = Want to live in Brussels tonight

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Myles_Dunhill wrote:
October 2007

The new album is very very good

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tokyo_ wrote:
September 2007

<3 for 'sleeperhold'

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SpammySammy wrote:
September 2007

Join this group if you like Dolorean, Okkervil River, Great Northern, etc

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tokyo_ wrote:
May 2007

how is Hannibal, MO not in the top 10?

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Eyoki wrote:
May 2007

In The Fall is such a beautiful song...

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mintroyalty wrote:
February 2007

im loving the new album :)

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aforb-anduforme wrote:
January 2007

New picplz =P this one's horrible.

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tokyo_ wrote:
January 2007

i've only heard the elliott cover, but good stuff :)

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foolalex wrote:
December 2006

it makes me so happy to see more plays for this band

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xXLibbysuXx wrote:
December 2006

love this bandddd

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