Deluxe packaging includes 11"x17" poster. 180-gram vinyl includes digital download code. Originally released in 1998, of Montreal's second full-length features uncredited appearances by members of Neutral Milk Hotel and The Late B.P. Helium. The album was the first in which of Montreal built characters around concepts. Although not as developed as later of Montreal concept albums, The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy is infused with Vaudevillian elements that foreshadowed of Montreal's break-out albums The Gay Parade and Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies.