Editing Camper Van Beethoven (section)

===Virgin Records years (1987–1990)===
In 1987 the band signed to [[Virgin Records]].<ref name="Larkinindie"/> They released their fourth album ''[[Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart]]''.<ref name="Larkinindie"/> The album featured a more streamlined, song-oriented approach, cutting back on the psychedelia and reducing the number of instrumentals, but keeping much of their eclectic approach.   This was followed by extensive touring and preparations for recording their next album.

Due to internal tensions, Segel left the band during rehearsals for their fifth album.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> Written mostly as a four-piece, the resultant LP, ''[[Key Lime Pie (album)|Key Lime Pie]]'',<ref name="Larkinindie"/> featured the violin playing of Don Lax before the replacement violinist Morgan Fichter (of the [[Bay Area]] band Harm Farm) was found. Fichter played violin on Opening Theme, Pictures of Matchstick Men and Flowers. The album featured a noticeably darker lyrical outlook as compared to the band's previous records. Musically, it featured less of the world-music influences of the previous albums, replaced with more elements of [[Americana (music)|Americana]], along with a lusher, a more orchestrated version of psychedelia than their previous records had featured. They scored a minor hit with a cover of the [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] song "[[Pictures of Matchstick Men]]",<ref name="Larkinindie"/> their highest-charting single.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Camper+Van+Beethoven.art|title=Camper Van Beethoven Songs • Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|website=Musicvf.com|access-date=June 17, 2021}}</ref>

David Immerglück (of the Ophelias and the Monks of Doom) joined in 1990 for touring behind the record, playing some of the departed Molla and Segel's instrumental parts on [[steel guitar]], guitar and mandolin. They broke up in April 1990 after a show in [[Örebro]], Sweden.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>