AMG Review of Smashes, Crashes and Near Misses: The Best of the Records

Chris Woodstra
All Music Guide

The Records may not have been great innovators but they undeniably made some of the best singles of the era. Smashes, Crashes and Near Misses, a 20-track collection, is the definitive proof of the band's generally overlooked brilliance. Anyone interested in power-pop should start here.