Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

{{Infobox album

| name = Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

| type = studio

| artist = Camper Van Beethoven

| cover = Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 24, 1988

| recorded = Summer/Fall 1987

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 41:53

| label = Virgin

| producer = Dennis Herring

| prev_title = Vampire Can Mating Oven

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Key Lime Pie

| next_year = 1989

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/our-beloved-revolutionary-sweetheart-mw0000652157 |title=Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart – Camper Van Beethoven |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 17, 2010 |last=Deming |first=Mark}}

| rev2 = NME

| rev2score = 5/10{{cite magazine |title=Camper Van Beethoven: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart |magazine=NME |date=May 21, 1988 |last=Romney |first=Jonathan |page=33}}

| rev3 = The Philadelphia Inquirer

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite news |title=Debut album of rapper MC Lyte |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=May 22, 1988 |last=Tucker |first=Ken |author-link=Ken Tucker}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

| rev4score = 8/10{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/178364-camper-van-beethoven-our-beloved-revolutionary-sweetheart-key-lime-p |title=Camper Van Beethoven: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart / Key Lime Pie |website=PopMatters |date=February 14, 2014 |access-date=February 14, 2018 |last=Houle |first=Zachary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302183449/http://www.popmatters.com/review/178364-camper-van-beethoven-our-beloved-revolutionary-sweetheart-key-lime-p |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=32876&cf=2599 |title=Camper Van Beethoven: Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 11, 1988 |access-date=February 14, 2018 |last=Azerrad |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Azerrad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021116160309/http://rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=32876&cf=2599 |archive-date=November 16, 2002 |url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev6score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Camper Van Beethoven |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/132 132–133]}}

| rev7 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev7score = 8/10{{cite book |chapter=Camper Van Beethoven |last=Wyman |first=Bill |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=71–72}}

| rev8 = The Village Voice

| rev8score = B+{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv788-88.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper=The Village Voice |date=July 26, 1988 |access-date=February 14, 2018 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}

}}

Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart is a 1988 album by Camper Van Beethoven, released on Virgin Records. It was the band's first major-label album, and was produced by Dennis Herring, the first time the band had used an outside producer.

The lineup on the album included David Lowery on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Jonathan Segel on violin, mandolin, keyboards, guitar and backing vocals, Victor Krummenacher on bass and backing vocals, Greg Lisher on lead guitar, and Chris Pedersen on drums. It was the first Camper Van Beethoven album not to feature founding guitarist/drummer/multi-instrumentalist Chris Molla.

The album featured the band's trademark eclectic mix of musics, including folk, ska, Eastern European music, Americana, psychedelic rock, and Middle-Eastern music. Despite this, it has a considerably slicker and more mainstream sound than the band's previous, more garage-rock oriented albums, largely due to Herring's production. The reunited Camper Van Beethoven features a number of tracks from the album in its setlists, including most of the first side, as well as "Waka", "Tania", and "Life Is Grand" from the second side.

Lowery described the inclusion of the folk song "O Death" as a tribute to the American 1960s psychedelic band Kaleidoscope, who included their version of the song on their album Side Trips.{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |author-link1=David Fricke|date=19 May 1988|title=Camper Van Beethoven’s Notes from the Underground |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/camper-van-beethovens-notes-from-the-underground-82927/ |magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=8 November 2018 }}