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Released | May 3, 2001 | |||
Recorded | 1988–1991, various studios | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 48:35 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | 4AD GAD 2103 | |||
Producer | Gil Norton, Gary Smith, Pixies | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 89/100[1] |
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Drowned in Sound | 10/10[4] |
NME | 7/10[5] |
Pitchfork Media | 9.6/10[6] |
Complete 'B' Sides is a compilation album of songs by American alternative rock band Pixies. It features the B-sides for seven out of eight of their UK singles, as well as for one USA single, from the 1980s and 1990s. The eighth, "Letter to Memphis", had no B-sides. These singles are:
- "Gigantic" (1988)
- "Monkey Gone to Heaven" (1989)
- "Here Comes Your Man" (1989)
- "Velouria" (1990)
- "Dig for Fire" (1990)
- "Planet of Sound" (1991)
- "Alec Eiffel" (USA) (1991)
The album's booklet also features commentaries for each song by Pixies frontman Black Francis. Of "Velvety Instrumental Version", he writes, "The title implies that there was a version with lyrics, but there wasn't." A non-instrumental version, titled simply "Velvety", would later appear on Frank Black and the Catholics' 2002 album, Devil's Workshop.
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Black Francis unless otherwise noted.
- "River Euphrates" – 3:23
- "Vamos" (Live) – 3:28
- "In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)" (Live) (Peter Ivers, David Lynch) – 1:46
- "Manta Ray" – 2:39
- "Weird at My School" – 1:59
- "Dancing the Manta Ray" – 2:13
- "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)" – 3:00
- "Into the White" – 4:42
- "Bailey's Walk" – 2:23
- "Make Believe" – 1:54
- "I've Been Waiting for You" (Neil Young) – 2:45
- "The Thing" – 1:58
- "Velvety Instrumental Version" – 2:04
- "Winterlong" (Neil Young) – 3:07
- "Santo" – 2:16
- "Theme from Narc" (Brian L. Schmidt) – 1:48
- "Build High" – 1:42
- "Evil Hearted You" (Graham Gouldman) – 2:37
- "Letter to Memphis" (Instrumental) – 2:43
References
[edit]- ^ "Complete B-sides review". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Dolan, Jon. "Complete 'B' Sides — Blender". Blender. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- ^ Extance, Andy (4 May 2001). "Pixies: Complete 'B' Sides". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ NME review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
External links
[edit]- Complete 'B' Sides at MusicBrainz (list of releases)