One of the great alternative rock albums of the Nineties, the Lemonheads' 1992 release, It's a Shame about Ray, has earned a remastered and expanded CD reissue courtesy the good folks at Rhino Records. But the new edition has something for DVD aficionados, too, with the inclusion of the Lemonheads' 1993 quasi-documentary, Two Weeks in Australia.

While It's a Shame about Ray is as infectious today as it was when I first heard it back in '92, Two Weeks in Australia will be of interest only to hardcore Lemonheads fans. Even for that niche audience, the DVD collection of music videos, live performances and band travelogue snippets is a bit of a throwaway.

The 44-minute flick certainly commemorates a watershed time for Evan Dando, the Lemonheads' chief singer-songwriter and, for all practical purposes, the band's guiding creative force. It's a Shame about Ray, the group's second release on the Atlantic label, is a small masterpiece.

Buoyed by catchy hooks and slacker-friendly lyrics, standout songs like "Rudderless," "Alison's Starting to Happen," "My Drug Buddy" and the title track had a blithe grunge-meets-pop-by-way-of-punk vibe that made Dando (for a time, anyway) alt-rock's answer to Paul McCartney circa the late 1960s. The record scored big on college radio, with its "bonus" track, a rollicking cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," making inroads with mainstream audiences. Dando's surfer-dude good looks helped make him a favorite of teen magazines; he and on-again, off-again girlfriend Juliana Hatfield (who plays and sings on It's a Shame about Ray) were fleeting indie royalty.

Alas, Two Weeks in Australia doesn't capture much of that excitement. Despite three perfunctory live performances from the Lemonheads' tour Down Under -- "Alison's Starting to Happen," "Ride with Me" from 1990's Lovey and "It's about Time" from 1993's Come on Feel the Lemonheads -- music videos comprise the bulk of the material.

Canned videos, most of which feature Dando and company performing in offbeat locales, include "It's a Shame about Ray," "Mrs. Robinson," "Hannah & Gabi," "Rockin' Stroll," "Confetti" and "My Drug Buddy." Music videos from other albums include Lovey's "Half the Time" and Come on Feel the Lemonheads' "Being Around."

The music is terrific, of course, but the videos themselves are on the ho-hum side. A few things to look for include a Johnny Depp cameo in "It's a Shame about Ray" and Dando, in "Mrs. Robinson," wearing a name tag reading "Luka" - a nod to the Lemonheads' earlier cover of the Suzanne Vega tune of the same name. Perhaps the most interesting video is the oddly hypnotic "Hannah & Gabi," which appears to have been edited together after copious bong hits.

Interstitials between the videos feature a relaxed Dando chatting about the band members, friends and managers who were on the Australian tour. It isn't particularly illuminating stuff, but the segments help provide the illusion that there is more here than music videos.

CD tracks for the re-released It's a Shame about Ray are as follows:

"Rockin' Stroll"
"Confetti"
"It's a Shame about Ray"
"Rudderless"
"My Drug Buddy"
"The Turnpike Down"
"Bit Part"
"Alison's Starting to Happen"
"Hannah & Gabi"
"Kitchen"
"Ceiling Fan in My Spoon"
"Frank Mills"
"Mrs. Robinson"
"Shaky Ground"
"It's a Shame about Ray" (demo version)
"Rockin' Stroll" (demo)
"My Drug Buddy" (demo)
"Hannah & Gabi" (demo)
"Kitchen" (demo)
"Bit Part" (demo)
"Rudderless" (demo)
"Ceiling Fan in My Spoon" (demo)
"Confetti" (demo)

Presented in full-frame, Two Weeks in Australia's interview clips and interstitials are homemade video-quality, but the music videos are much better. Colors are generally solid, but there is a softness in detail evidently due to the source material.

The Dolby Digital 2.0 audio is clear, crisp and full, an excellent showcase for the band's music.

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Anyone who remembers and appreciates the Lemonheads during their mid-Nineties heyday probably already has It's a Shame about Ray on CD. If not, get the reissued disc. Two Weeks in Australia, however, isn't really worth the consideration. So ... my recommendation is weighted solely to the quality of the CD.