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The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities

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The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities
Sonic Youth
Manufacturer: Geffen Records
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ASIN: B000K7UH3I
Release Date: 2006-12-12

Tracks:

Fire Engine Dream
Fauxhemians
Razor Blade
Blink
Campfire
Loop Cat
Kim's Chords
Beautiful Plateau
Three-Part Sectional Love Seat
Queen Anne Chair
The Diamond Sea

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After years of making fans track down out-of-print singles, obscure compilations, and odd Japanese import pressings, Sonic Youth have decided to take a little mercy on their hardcore fans. The Destroyed Room is a rarities album that truly lives up to the label, not just settling on a few radio edits and soundtrack cuts, but gathering songs from the band's recent back catalog that are genuinely hard to find: "Campfire" from the Grand Royal At Home with the Groovebox collection; "Razor Blade," a B-side to the "Bull in the Heather" single; and several cuts from the Noho Furniture Sessions, including the intriguingly titled "Three Part Sectional Love Seat" and "Queen Anne Chair." Fans and casual enthusiasts will no doubt be bewildered by the extra experimental outings of an already daunting band--but for completists, this is the last word. --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

THE DESTROYED ROOM: B-sides and Rarities, a band-chosen collection of near-hidden Sonic Youth gems.

The album brings together tracks from throughout the band's career - focusing on tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, or as b-sides to nternational singles. Remastered here for the first time, it's a chance for fans to complete their Sonic Youth collection with pristine versions of tracks they'd been going nuts trying to find on their own. They asked for it... and now they're getting it.

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Sonic Stuff.......2007-03-23

I love Sonic Youth but...their records all sound the same in the end.

A Sonic treasure trove for fans.......2007-01-20

("The Destroyed Room" by Sonic Youth)

While it pains me to give anything less than 5 stars to a recording by what is after all the Greatest American Rock Band of the Last 25 Years--nay, the Greatest Rock Band Period of the Last 25 Years--I'll respectfully knock off one star for this collection of B-sides, demos and other sonic effluvia. This collection, you see, is mainly geared to fans of the band and other related music obsessives--newbies need not apply. If you're just looking to dip a toe into the band's very deep waters, it's better to start with SY's best-of-the-early-years collection, "Screaming Fields of Sonic Love." Those wanting to try a proper album should head straight for "Sister" (which most fans agree is actually their best album) or the epochal "Daydream Nation." The material on "The Destroyed Room" dates back no further than 1994, around the time of the underappreciated "Washing Machine" album, with the majority much more recent than that. In fact, only three of the songs here even have vocals, and one of those ("Razor Blade") is just a brief out-take. If you're already a fan, however, nothing except lack of funds should stop you from diving in, as there are plenty of Kool Things to be found, especially if you share the band's love of free improv. The lengthy instrumental workout that opens the album, "Fire Engine Dream" lets the band stretch out and just explore; needless to say, it's filled with oddly tuned textures and feedback, but also something of a groove courtesy of drummer Steve Shelley, who never receives enough credit. Naturally, SY's guitarists, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo (the real Glimmer Twins, if you ask me) are usually front and center, trading melodic ideas, drones and all-out Sonic abandon with glee. The Kim Gordon penned "Blink" is a surprisingly subtle song that would've fit right into one of the bands proper albums, and "Campfire" is an interesting excursion into abstract electronica. Unlike many latter-day noise merchants such as Wolf Eyes and Sightings, the Youth take a more laid-back, even friendly approach to horrible noise. The days of Sonic Death have been replaced by Sonic Life (an early title for the album now known as "Rather Ripped"), which is, of all things, sunny and positive. This isn't to say that it's "easy listening" (much of the stuff here will cause most "normal" folks to run for the exits). It's just that SY aim to transport listeners rather than smother them. While that approach draws sneering comparisons to so-called "jam bands," they're far more daring than the likes of Phish. If "The Destroyed Room" were released as an "all-new" album, it would definitely be considered the ballsiest release by a major rock band in years.

The biggest treat here, at least for yours truly, is the complete, uncut version of "Washing Machine's" epic coda, "The Diamond Sea." Mind you, the original version clocked in at a huge 19+ minutes--now we get to hear it at a mind-blowing 25:48! That it never feels bloated or wasteful is testament to the band's powere. Of course it's self indulgent, as is much of this album in general, but from them, too much is never enough.

21st Century Jam Band.......2006-12-22

If you like the 2nd disc on the Dirty deluxe set, or the Made In USA soundtrack, check out this album. Not too weird, but not too normal either.

Forget Rarities, SY Releases 'Oddysseys'.......2006-12-17

The anticipation of new Sonic Youth discs are always welcomed events amongst fans in the know and 2006 has been an absolute deluge of the old, the new, and in this case, the odd. SY's latest offering is 76 minutes of ear-opening rare compilation tracks and album outtakes spanning from 1994-2004 (no earlier, no later).

It's reasonable to state that SY's website description to "Destroyed Room" was a bit misleading. Often times a b-sides/rarities comp is an uncohesive stew of songs 'not good enough' or 'too different' from a particular group's current art mindset. While The Youth has already tagged 2nd disc outtakes unto "Goo" and "Dirty", this release looked to be a culmination of the throwaways from SY's most recent seven albums.

Thankfully in a twist of rote expectations, "Detroyed Room" is different from hodge-podged outtake anthologies and plays very similar to the stylings of the inward-looking SYR series. Only three of the eleven songs on "Destroyed Room" contain lyrics (2 by Kim, 1 by Thurston) and the other eight are somewhat challenging instrumental compositions that stemmed from album session jams or focused peices specifically meant for concept compilation albums. The mind-bending instrumentals, most notably from the "Sonic Nurse" era, are angluar and rare-tuned oddysseys that demonstrate how this band glides into recording a new record.

In addition to quality music, the "Destroyed Room" booklet is not closet material for you portable cd-casers and/or I-Poders. With a track-by-track analysis, the mystery behind the sounds is explained well enough to leave the listener to do just that, LISTEN, and not question the band's intentions. Having read the band commentary, it'S obvious what The Youth has opted out to offer on this release; straight up experimental jamming.

FYI - Depending on what kind of SY fan you are this could be a warning or a letdown; this disc DOES NOT contain any noise freakouts. But on the otherhand, this disc does not offer great insight to polished outtake songs that are complete with verse/chorus/verse structures. Overall, this disc is good middle-of-the-road material. Spend the money and vote for peace (see the booklet for that reference).

Blissed-out Sonic Goodness.......2006-12-17

I thank Sonic Youth for all the great music they've bestowed on us in 2006 alone...'Rather Ripped', their strongest LP since 'Washing Machine'. The "Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner" 7-inch. The reissue of their first EP. And now, this...an into-the-groovey double-LP-length ride on the expressway to yr skull.

The subtitle tells you exactly what's here...b-sides and rarities. The emphasis, however, is on instrumental rarities that are ultra-tuff to come by. For me, mood pieces like "Campfire" and "Loop Cat" are definite highlights here. SY took the adventurous route with 'Destroyed Room'...they could've opted for some "safer" choices like "My Arena", "Superstar" or the cover of Nirvana's "Moist Vagina" from the "Sunday" 7-inch. But no. This record will challenge you straight outta the box with the 10-plus minute "Fire Engine Dream", which manages to sound exactly like what the title suggests. Oh, and the track-by-track notes are entertaining, too.

But let me say this. When I found out that 'Destroyed Room' was going to contain the full 26-minute version of "The Diamond Sea" complete with alternate ending, I just about "done a double backflip", to quote Roger Miller. I listened to this track today while fighting my way through Tulsa Christmas shopping traffic, and it prevented me from losing my patience and killing fellow motorists. God, what a song.

You may be saying, "Well, if it's so damn good, why only 4 stars and not 5?" I like to keep the 5-star rating meaningful, so I don't give it to every record that blows my skirt up. 5 Stars means 'Blonde on Blonde'. 'Velvet Underground & Nico'. 'Fun House'. You get the idea. Surely you will understand.

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Quality-pops and clicks etc Human League remixes
AWESOME!!
YEA THEY WERE MIXED-UP IN THE HEAD WITH THIS JUNK !
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Human League...

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Release Date: 2005-11-14

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The popularity of The Human League never seems to wane, with constant sell-out tours and festival appearances (Homelands and Big Gay Out in 2005). 2005 saw the League back on a 16-date tour of the UK in November. To coincide with their touring activities, a collection of original 12-inch remixes of their most popular tracks are features, many of which have not been on CD before - such as the full unedited versions of 'The Sound Of The Crowd', 'Open Your Heart' and 'The Lebanon'. Additionally, 'Love Action' and 'Hard Times Instrumental 12-inches were only previously available on a CD single, and the rest of the tracks (bar the Extended Electric Dreams which came out on the reissued Oakey & Moroder CD reissue) are currently only to be found as bonus tracks on various US and International pressings. EMI. 2005.

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Digitally Remastered Collection of Rarities as Well as Extended and Dub Mixes that the Pioneering Synth Pop Group Has Released in It's Long Tenure Spanning Over Two Decades. Many of These Tracks Appear on CD for the First Time Here. Long Time Fans Will Rejoice at the Inclusion of the Full Versions of the B-sides of 12 Inches Released in Conjunction with the Album "Dare". The Set also Includes the Extended Mixes from "Hysteria" and the Jimmy Jam-terry Lewis Produced "Crash", Including the USA No. One Single "Human". In Between is the Phil Oakey-giorgio Moroder Internation Smash "Electric Dreams", Produced for the Motion Picture of the Same Name.

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Quality-pops and clicks etc Human League remixes.......2007-07-02

While there are some pops and clicks on some of these recordings it is not because the recording source is suspect it is because the tracks that have those artifacts where created back between 1981 and 83 when samplers where hugely expensive- hard to get and didnt have much memory at all- the way the producer created most of the non stop unlimited remixes was with a
good old razor blade and tape. A skill that is dieing off. The producer- Martin Rushent- has been said that most of these remixes had SO MANY cuts and edits in the original tape that many times it could only be run through the machine once or twice before it would disintegrate!!! Be glad that these are availible as many many other great artists from the best period of new music (late 70's early to mid 80's) are still not on CD and possibly never will be. While the record companies pump out tons of garbage that has no right to be released tons of great stuff will sit in vaults- people that would spend good money will wait forever- point in case the first two albums (1980 and 81) by Polyrock. They where FINALLY just released on a small label and you had better snatch them up while you can cause the value of them will skyrocket just like the double CD of The Producers(the New Wave-Power Pop band not the remade movie) albums- they where released on a small label on cd and now less then 9 years later they are fetching 80 bucks or so!!

AWESOME!!.......2007-04-10

Love this group and love that they've stuck together over the years. Great stuff.

YEA THEY WERE MIXED-UP IN THE HEAD WITH THIS JUNK !.......2007-01-24

DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY GET SMART IT'S THAT OLD TRICK THE SLICK COVER IS HOW THEY WANT YOU TO JUDGE IT BUT YOU JUDGE SOMETHING ONLY BY IT'S COVER YOU WILL END UP TAKEING ONE UP THE U KNOW WHERE EVEY NOW AND THEN SOMETIMES THE COVER DOES TELL IT ALL BUT NOT THIS TIME ?THEY DONT EVEN SOUND HUMAN NO ONE WILL DANCE TO THIS EVEN ON CRACK... WELL MAYBE A FEW BUT THERE BUGGING.. .....AND THEY SOUND LIKE THERE IN LEAGUE WITH ....THE DEVIL-SATAN OUT TO STEAL ARE MONEY HEY CAN YOU SEND ME MY MONEY BACK PLEASEEEEEE'S !

shaking my head in disappointment.......2006-07-21

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY (Six Times) did they fade out the end of the Fascination remix!!!!!???? This was one of the primary reasons I wanted this CD! The genius of that remix was WAY ahead of its time, and they RUINED IT!

WHY CAN'T THEY LEAVE THINGS ALONE!?!?!?!

Human League..........2006-01-21

Personally, I've always wanted an extended version of Human, as the regular single is under 4 minutes. The version of the song on this collection is 5:05. I do like it. I just wish it was 10 minutes longer. Guess I'll have to get software and figure how to extend it (or just loop it with RealPlayer V.10!). The rest of the mixes on this CD are also good.

Could it have been better? Sure. But as I paid under $8US for the disk, I have absolutely no complaints and feel that I got my money's worth! Four stars!

Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities, 1978-2001

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Nicely handled compilation
A musical gem-chest is finally unlocked...
Amazing Collection of B-Sides
Exhaustive.
Go to Napster and buy the whole thing for $10

Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities, 1978-2001
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Release Date: 2004-01-27

Tracks:

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Wrong Number (Smith Remix)
More Than This
World in My Eyes
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A Forest (Plati/Slick Version)

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A testament to the Cure's explosive creativity, Join the Dots is also an ode to the band's remarkable consistency. Spanning the group's entire career, it'll keep fans happily burrowing away for hours; days, even. Disc 1 concentrates on Robert Smith's early growth spurts, when his jerky goth-pop blossomed with depth and savvy. Disc 2 recycles some of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me's motifs (there's a touch of "A Thousand Hours" in "Breath," for instance), and pays tribute to their early-90s Mixed Up Madchester phase with "Harold and Joe." Elsewhere, there are covers of "Young Americans," Depeche Mode's "World in My Eyes," "Purple Haze," and three versions of the Doors' "Hello I Love You," as well as more recent material like an acoustic version of "Maybe Someday" from 2000's Bloodflowers. The handsome packaging features a complete career retrospective partially narrated by Smith himself. As a capstone to a brilliant career, Dots is a sublime walk down memory lane for tortured hearts and melancholy moods. --Matthew Cooke

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Nicely handled compilation.......2007-07-18

"Join the Dots" is a long overdue compilation from the post punk/goth pioneers. This isn't really a surprising set, clearly being what it claims to be, a compilation of b sides and rarities. Pretty much everything is here. Only completists will previously have everything on here, which have been available on various singles, soundtracks, or collected on various bootleg compilations.

What is remarkable about this set is the quality of the output presented here. Robert Smith's remarks in the opening of the liner notes strike a chord when he says he always hoped to hear another version of the band he was listening to at the time on the b side. If your curious how a true a statement this is, listen to several tracks on the first disc, notably the Exploding Boy or A Few Hours After This to hear the Cure in full experimental mode, fooling around with a grandiose sound listeners would become more familiar with on later recordings.

There are many moments on here that find the Cure outshining the respective albums that these bsides support. To the Sky is one of the most remarkable songs they've recorded while the Wild Mood Swings era bsides are better than anything off of that album.

This is overall a great set. Aside from a few throaway remixes, it's solid. The Cure are one of the few bands (along with the Pet Shop Boys and until recently Depeche Mode) who have put as much care into the b-sides as they would on the a-sides, really giving something extra to their fans. Fantastic set.

A musical gem-chest is finally unlocked..........2007-02-20

It has been a long-held belief by many, if not most, Cure fans that Robert Smith often chooses to hide away the most beautiful of his works, striking them from the track lists of the "official" Cure albums, and placing them instead elsewhere (usually, in difficult-to-find places.)

"Join the Dots: B-sides and Rarities" fuels that belief even further, as nearly any listener could tell from the very first playing of the compilation. Essentially, this 4-disc set is Robert's way of finally unlocking the stored-away gem-chest of beloved yet elusive material, which many fans had for years been hoping would be opened.

The strongest sections of this compilation are definitely the second and third discs. Why so many of these songs were never A-sides is a mystery known only to Robert and to God.

Among the very greatest works on "Join the Dots" - which happen to also be among the very greatest Cure songs ever made - are:

Breathe
A Chain of Flowers
Snow in Summer
To the Sky
Signal to Noise
Waiting
2 Late
This Twilight Garden
Home
Halo
A Pink Dream
Fear of Ghosts

Also notable are Burn, More Than This (which is not, as some erroneously think, a Roxy Music cover), the Exploding Boy, Coming Up, and Out of Mind, among a few others.

The Dizzy Mix of Just Like Heaven also proved to be quite nice, however it would have been preferrable to include the much more scarce (and better) Extended Dizzy Mix of the song, in my opinion.

All in all, this compilation is one of the very best bets for Cure fans, along with Disintegration and Wish. It could also combine well with Greatest Hits.

Amazing Collection of B-Sides.......2006-08-25

From the saturnine appearance of Robert Smith it looks like he's spent the better part of his career wallowing in self pity with very little time to put out a prodigious library of music. Maybe he is depressed but he isn't lazy. His work ethic is clearly shown in this dazzling collection.

Made up of b-sides covering over 20 years Follow the Dots never disappoints. The material is strongest at the beginning but song quality never falls off precipitously. It's amazing that this is all B-side material!

I give it the highest possible rating!

Exhaustive........2006-08-24

An exhaustive overview of pretty much all b-sides and rarities by the Cure during their tenure on Fiction Records (1978-2001), "Join the Dots" is a critical collection for fans. Around five hours of rare Cure music is contained within the four CDs of the set, and while some of the material left out can be annoying (more on that in a minute), this is a superb resource for any of us who try and gather the entire output of a band.

The set runs chronologically, providing a fine overview of the band's career as much as anything else. The Cure always seemed to fill their b-sides with interesting material, from the early days (jaunty, clean tone punky "Plastic Passion") to much later (the absolutely superb "Sugar Girl"). Like many bands, in teh '90s the Cure became involved with tribute albums ("Purple Haze") and soundtracks ("Burn", "Dredd Song"). Some great performances ended up on these, "Burn" in particular from the Crow is highly regarded, and while there are bound to be some things you won't care for (for me it's the occasional 12" remix and some of the b-sides that just sound incomplete and unmemorable like "Halo"), it'll be someone else's goldmine.

The only really noticably missing stuff on here are the a-sides-- "Killing An Arab", "Charlotte Sometimes", et.al. While these have all been released in one fashion or another, it'd be nice to see all of them collected in a convenient (and remastered!) package as some of them never ended up on albums.

Per usual good boxed set standards, the entire set has been rematered-- it sounds great, crisp and clear with an opportunity to really appreciate the subtleties of the pieces, and includes extensive liner notes about each disc and a detailed discography.

I can't imagine anyone but a real diehard of the band would want this, but for those of us who fall in that category, "Join the Dots" is a great set. Recommended.

Go to Napster and buy the whole thing for $10.......2006-04-12

I really really love this album. With that said, you must be wondering why I'm giving it 3 stars. Well ... the entire first disc of b-sides is amazing, while the other 3 quickly dive from "ho-hum" to the point where you're scrapping the barrel for good tracks.

... AND this would have gotten 5 stars if it were the first (essential) disc for only $10. After breaking the first disc, I pondered whether or not to buy the whole thing new. And then I found it on Napster for $10; think of it as a "great b-side album from 3IB - Head Cure + 3 bonus discs."

Yay!

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WOW
Nice gems
Definitely Essential For Doors Fans
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This collection, originally available only as a bonus disc in The Doors: The Complete Studio Recordings box set (fleshed out here with another outtake track, "Woman Is a Devil," from that set) is split just about evenly between a sometimes motley collection of outtakes and demos and a better slate of live material. It also argues that while most rock bands cut their teeth on blues and other roots music, then develop a distinct sound (or sell out to pop fashion trends), the Doors seemed to evolve ass-backwards, the band's, and particularly Jim Morrison's, college poet-nihilist pretensions slowly giving way to more blues-based influences. Indeed, after a few legendary years of late-1960s success and excess, Morrison had more than enough reasons to sing the blues. The studio leftovers here underscore why they're called "outtakes" (1965 demos of "Hello, I Love You" and "Moonlight Drive" are historically interesting, if a bit bubblegummy) though there are some highlights. "Whiskey, Mystics and Men" showcases another side of the band's tastefully odd Kurt Weill fetish; a '69 alternate of "Queen of the Highway" is almost lounge hipster chic; and "Orange County Suite" is a dirge from '70. Live cuts (all from '69 and '70) range from a baroque, affected PBS telecast of "The Soft Parade" to an apocalyptic, overwrought "The End." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

ghost of Jim.......2006-09-24

"Bring out your dead" cries Jim, a caller through the streets of Paris during the Black Plague. It is as if we are visited by the ghost of Jim in this collection. I can rarely listen to the studio albums, having listened to them for 40 years, and the live albums, though exciting, seem dated. This disk is as if it was found on Jim's grave in Pere LaChasse. These tracks, rejected during his life, are now his freshest expression.

WOW.......2006-08-30

What a GREAT CD for your collection. I own all of the Doors CD's and was looking for new material. This belongs in everyone's collection.

Nice gems.......2005-12-25

Listening to it now. So when that box set comes out, with a disc of rarities, here's one instance where waiting matters. Thank you for releasing this extra bit for fans who already have all the other albums. I wouldn't have bought the box set just for it, but sell it separately, and I'm more than game. It's all great... the closest thing I'll get to a "new" Doors album (unless the band gets some real "balls" and records new material with Ian, which would be a real kick!). These gems are well worth it...

Definitely Essential For Doors Fans.......2005-12-10

If you're a diehard Doors fan who didn't already purchase this CD along with "The Doors" box set, then chances are you will thoroughly enjoy "Essential Rarities," a superb collection of Doors demos, outtakes, and live recordings. On this disc you'll find such gems as the excellent "Soft Parade" leftover "Who Scared You" (which rightfully deserved to be included on that album), the drunken-bar tale of "Whiskey, Mystics And Men," the early 1965 demo of "Moonlight Drive" (with it's lighter vibe and Jim Morrison's softer vocal treatment), the cocktail-lounge alternate version of "Queen Of The Highway," the lovely "Orange County Suite," and the band's scorching live performances of "The Soft Parade" and "The End." I suppose casual listeners don't really need this album, but for the most faithful followers of The Doors, "Essential Rarities" is VERY essential stuff, no question about it.

Mixed Results.......2005-12-02

Since the Doors had such a short career, it seems that everything ever recorded has been put on the market - repeatedly. The publisher is trying to milk this cow to death.

Essential Rarities contains a collection of live songs by the Doors, some of which are in fact actually rare in that they were not performed/recorded often but they HAVE be released before. This is a subset of the 97 Box Set, which is a collection of previously released pieces, which ...

I found Break On Through, Roadhouse Blues, I will Never be Untrue and The End to be VERY good. The rest, I could take or leave. They all have value though for the hardcore fan who wants to hear the Doors in various 'live' or 'demo' settings. In some cases, that may be the only value. If you just want these tracks and not buy the Boxed Set, it is cheaper to buy this CD.

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His favourite album, and my favourite album
B Sides Ballads
Knettergek...
I am glad I got it!
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B-Sides & Rarities
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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No More Shall We Part

ASIN: B00022LJH4
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

Deanna (Acoustic Version)
The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
City Of Refuge (Acoustic Version)
The Moon Is In The Gutter
The Six Strings That Drew Blood
Rye Whisky
Running Scared
Black Betty
Scum
The Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass
The Train Song
Cocks 'N' Asses
Blue Bird
Helpless
God's Hotel
(I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World
Cassiel's Song
Tower Of Song
What Can I Give You?

Tracks:

What A Wonderful World
Rainy Night In Soho
Lucy (Version #2)
Jack The Ripper
Sail Away
There's No Night Out At The Jail
That's What Jazz Is To Me
The Willow Garden
The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane
King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
Knoxville Girl
Where The Wild Roses Grow
O'Malley's Bar Pt.1
O' Malley's Bar Pt.2
O' Malley's bar Pt. 3
Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum (by Nick Cave and The Dirty 3)
O'Malley's Bar Reprise
Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)

Tracks:

Little Empty Boat
Right Now I'm A-Roaming
Black Hair (Band Version)
Babe, I've Got You Bad
Sheep May Safely Graze
Opium Tea
Grief Came Riding
Bless His Ever Loving Heart
Good Good Day
Little Janey's Gone
I Feel So Good
Shoot Me Down
Swing Low
Little Ghost Song
Everything Must Converge
Nocturama
She's Leaving You
Under This Moon

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In the two decades since Nick Cave (with multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey, who co-ordinated this anthology) bolted the beloved chaos of his native Melbourne's Birthday Party to focus on a solo career informed in equal parts by Poe, Flannery O'Connor and Biblical goth-chic, he and the Bad Seeds have explored enough musical detours and career side projects to yield the 56 tracks that grace this set's three compelling discs. Variously anchored by the acoustic gospel intrigues of "Deanna" and "The Mercy Seat" and a fascination with American roots music that evinces itself with preternatural conviction on covers of Orbison's "Running Scared," Leadbelly's "Black Betty" and the traditional "Rye Whiskey," it's a forceful collection that further underscores the artist's ever literate, neo-cabaret charms. Fans will relish it as a trove of disparate riches, be they soundtrack cuts for Wim Wenders ("Till the End of the World," "Cassiel's Song" from Faraway, So Close) and others ("Red Right Hand" and "Time Jesum.." from The X-Files), cover project highlights (Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song," Neil Young's "Helpless" and "There's No Light Out at the Jail," a loving, previously unreleased tribute to Australian country legend Chad Morgan) or such typically idiosyncratic Cave fare as the playful "That's What Jazz Is To Me" and murderous, three-part "O' Malley's Bar." --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

"THIS IS MY FAVOURITE NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ALBUM." - NICK CAVE

Spanning the full twenty-one years of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds illustrious career, this comprehensive three CD set, entitled B-Sides & Rarities, presents a thrilling and eclectic retrospective collection of material by the band, some of which has been deleted, featured on a disparate number of soundtrack albums or has never been officially released before. From the menacing 'The Six Strings That Drew Blood', through the distraught 'The Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass', the fragile beauty of 'Little Empty Boat', the outlaw romance of '(I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World', the plaintive 'Bluebird' through to the murderous attack of 'The Ballad Of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane', long term Bad Seeds aficionados, recent converts or the merely curious will find much to appreciate and enjoy in this landmark 56 track compilation.

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Customer Reviews:

His favourite album, and my favourite album.......2007-01-19

This is Nick Cave's very own favourite album by the Bad Seeds, and this also happens to be my favourite album of all time. I purchased these three discs for about 16 dollars, making it my first Nick Cave CD of purchase. I listened to it all, and it was just perfect.

I've bought a lot more Nick Cave albums since then, in which he has turned out to be my number one favourite artist, but i always look back on this one as my ultimate favourite.

The 3-disc compliation of b-sides and rarities are all good enough to be sprawled across his other albums, but at the same time im happy that this compliation was made. There is too many songs to highlight, but stand-outs included the bluesy jam of God's Hotel with great lyrics, the acoustic versions of Deanna, City Of Refuge, The Mercy Seat and Jack The Ripper, a great upbeat tune called Come Into My Sleep, a magnificent cover of Rainy Night In Soho, Sail Away, and so so SO many more.

This album showed me how good music can get. I highly recommend you should buy it, right now.

p.s although this is under a kids review, i'm not a kid

B Sides Ballads.......2005-11-10

They may be called B Sides and Rarities but there is nothing sub par about these songs. And even plucked out of different eras and line-ups, they actually form a sort of cohesive, deranged, drunken blues and poetry whole.
There are album offshoots, some unashamedly beautiful like Train Song, acoustic versions and jazzed up remixes of classics, like Red Right Hand, Deanna and Scum, there are cover songs and crazy jam session on a theme, both of which apply to Leonard Cohen's Tower of Song, plus live gems like God's Hotel - just listen to what the band does in the background!
For old faithful, this is a treasure box, even if you thought you had it all. I had almost all of these on CD singles and such, but one was rendered inaccessible by technological progress- the track from the X Files soundtrack; it was hidden before the first song and impossible to play on computer CD players. And it's nice to have the whole collection handy on three CDs.
For new fans this could actually be a great, offbeat introduction to the wonderful world of the Bad Seeds: dark humor and great songwriting, with a touch of inspired insanity, in one cool package. Just sample "The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane", a three minute Quentin Tarantino movie rolled into a song, and you will be exploring Cave in no time.

Knettergek..........2005-10-06

Meestal zijn B-sides en rarities een collectie bijeengeraapte rommel die niet verkocht raakt van een artiest die 'fin-de-carriere' is... maar dit is zeker een uitzondering. Alleen al voor de compleet geflipte versie van O' Malley's bar is het zijn geld meer dan waard. The ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane had eigenlijk ook op Murder Ballads moeten staan...
The Tower of song is beter dan de originele versie. Gewoon supergeslaagd!!

I am glad I got it!.......2005-09-22

What I love the most about this 3 disk set is volume III.
That disc alone is what made buying this worth it. To start it
off, you have "My little empty boat". I fell in love with this
song the first time I heard it. I wonder why he never put that
on of his regular albums. It may be one of his best. The rest of the disc reflects a part of his life that is more personal.
It's calm. I haven't liked his last albums that much, but when
I heard this, I was like what the f---. Why was he waiting so
long to put this stuff out. Volume III is mature. And I don't
mean there is sex and violence in it. It's sophisticated.

A question.......2005-06-02

...Can somebody please explain to me why there's a b-sides with a black cover for 22 dollars and something (and below there it says it's a 3-cd set) and a version with a green cover for 40 something where in the description it says it's a 2-cd set!!! it makes absolutely no sense! I searched the web for an answer but failed...

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My Favorite Jam CD
This album is a MUST for any collector of The Jam

Extras: A Collection of Rarities
The Jam
Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Setting Sons

ASIN: B000001DWP
Release Date: 1992-06-23

Tracks:

The Dreams Of Children
Tales From The Riverbank
Liza Radley
Move On Up
Shopping
Smithers-Jones
Pop Art Poem
Boy About Town
A Solid Bond In Your Heart
No One In The World
And Your Bird Can Sing
Burning Sky
Thick As Thieves
Disguises
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The Butterfly Collector
The Great Depression
Stoned Out Of My Mind
Pity Poor Alfie/Fever
But I'm Different Now
I Got You (I Feel Good)
Hey Mister
Saturday's Kids
We've Only Started
So Sad About Us
The Eton Rifles

Customer Reviews:

My Favorite Jam CD.......2004-02-10

First, I have every Jam record and I bought them in the 80's. I am a diehard Jam fan and just missed see them live. With that said, this was my favorite tape when I bought it. I listened to all the studio tapes first and wore out a few, including my favorite, Setting Sons. Then after years of listening to the same Jam songs over and over, "Extras" came out.

What a great CD! This should not be your first Jam CD. Get Setting Sons or Sound Affects. Then get more studio CD's This should be you last Jam CD to full appreciate it. Chock full of rare and wonderful sounds by one of the greatest bands ever.

This album is a MUST for any collector of The Jam.......1999-05-21

A real must for any collector of one of the best groups of the late 70s and early 80s. Who could resist such hidden lost classics like the acoustic Liza Radley? You will also get classics like "Burning Sky" and "Eton Rifles" - both sound like Weller was alone in the front room of his house. A real must have.

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His favourite album, and my favourite album
B Sides Ballads
Knettergek...
I am glad I got it!
A question

B-Sides & Rarities
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Manufacturer: Mute
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00022VLYK
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

Deanna (Acoustic Version)
The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
City Of Refuge (Acoustic Version)
The Moon Is In The Gutter
The Six Strings That Drew Blood
Rye Whiskey
Running Scared
Black Betty
Scum
The Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass
The Train Song
Cocks 'N' Asses
Blue Bird
Helpless
God's Hotel
(I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World
Cassiel's Song
Tower Of Song
What Can I Give You?

Tracks:

What A Wonderful World
Rainy Night In Soho
Lucy (Version No.2)
Jack The Ripper (Acoustic Version)
Sail Away
There's No Night Out In The Jail
That's What Jazz Is To Me
The Willow Garden
The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane
King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
Knoxville Girl
Where The Wild Roses Grow
O'Malley's Bar Part 1
O'Malley's Bar Part 2
O'Malley's Bar Part 3
Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum
O'Malley's Bar Reprise
Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)

Tracks:

Little Empty Boat
Right Now I'm A-Roaming
Come Into My Sleep
Black Hair (Band Version)
Babe, I Got You Bad
Sheep May Safely Graze
Opium Tea
Grief Came Riding
Bless His Ever Loving Heart
Good Good Day
Little Janey's Gone
I Feel So Good
Shoot Me Down
Swing Low
Little Ghost Song
Everything Must Converge
Nocturama
She's Leaving You
Under This Moon

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Album Description

"THIS IS MY FAVOURITE NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS ALBUM." - NICK CAVE

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

His favourite album, and my favourite album.......2007-01-19

B Sides Ballads.......2005-11-10

Knettergek..........2005-10-06

I am glad I got it!.......2005-09-22

A question.......2005-06-02

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Fantastic
A MUST HAVE FOR PUSA FANS !!!
Extremely enjoyable
Rarities Kicks
best cd ever

Rarities
Presidents of the United States of America
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005RUI
Release Date: 1998-11-17

Tracks:

Japan
Kitty [Clean Version]
Volcano [4 Track Original]
Too Much Monkey Business
Video Killed the Radio Star [Studio Version]
Lump [4 Track Original]
Stranger [4 Track Original]
Kick Out the Jams [Live]
Peaches-Momo No Uta [Live]
Twig [Semi Acoustic Version]
Tiki God [Live]
Ca Plane Pour Moi
Novocaine Hurricane

Album Description

Japanese release featuring 13 rare cuts, including 'Kitty' (Clean Version), 'Video Killed The Radio Star' (Studio Version), 'Lump' (4 Track Original), live versions of 'Peaches - Momo No Uta' & MC5's 'Kick Out The Moi', plus their cover of Plastic Bertrand's 'Ca Plane Pour Moi' and more! 1997 Sony release.

Album Details

Japanese Exclusive Release. Tracks: Japan, Kitty (Clean Version), Volcano (4 Track Version), Video Killed a Radio Star, Lump (4 Track Version), Stranger (4 Track Version), Kick to the Jams (Live Version), Peaches (Live in Japan), Twig (Semi-Acoustic.

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic.......2004-05-30

The Presidents can do no wrong and this CD helps prove this. They throw in several original recordings of songs which is different to listen to compared to the final releases. Finally Novocaine Hurricane is just an amazing song and I feel that every P.U.S.A. fan should listen to it. Do yourself a favor and buy this album.

A MUST HAVE FOR PUSA FANS !!!.......2001-06-07

well as being probaly one of pusa's biggest fans i can say that this is the greatest cd by far. its well worth the scratch just to hear the various songs evolution but the 3 unreleased tracks are pure frosting.THIS CD ROX! BUY IT NOW!

Extremely enjoyable.......2000-06-06

The pleasure associated with listening to PUSA has never been a highly intellectual one, it's just about having a good time while the boys 'kick out the jams'. If you agree with this definition Rarities won't let you down. But I'll go further: the only problem I have with both of PUSA'albums is that they get a bit repetitive, most of the songs are played as fast as possible, and this speedy tempo sometimes does more harm than good. Here, the variety of the materials (demos, lives, and other non-released stuff) breaks the monotony of PUSA's studio albums, which is probably why I listen to Rarities more than to their other albums. A case in point is "Volcano": though it is OK in its album version, here, in its laid back demo-track version, it comes out as a really great song. The live versions are a bit uneven but they put across the wacky charm of PUSA very well, bad jokes and all. Last but not least, Ca plane pour moi is a very descent rendition of Belgian punk Plastic Bertrand's everlasting standard. Yeah, you can never be serious with those guys...

Rarities Kicks.......2000-05-04

This is awesome! I love this CD. It rocks, I can't believe some people didn't rate it 5 stars. I mean with all the cool songs, Volcano, Peaches, Video Killed the Radio Star, Lump, they are all good. Anyway, I rate this the best CD ever.

best cd ever.......1999-08-31

This is the best cd eve

Before the Eulogy [reissues, odds and ends, rarities]

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Pretty good rarities, but missing some stuff
Flammable
What a difference!

Before the Eulogy [reissues, odds and ends, rarities]
Boy Sets Fire
Manufacturer: Equal Vision Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BC8SLK
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

One Subject Notebook
Parasite Candy
Three Lefts
Harlot
Vehicle
The Burning Of
Turn The Key
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Album Description

Boy Sets Fire are back home. For 11 years the band have seen many things including their vans blowing up mid-tour, enduring 4 labels and touring continuously throughout the world non-stop. After being on the cutting edge of the new, then unknown, "emo" movement, BSF took to making hardcore and the scene a positive thing. Known for giving something for fans to think about in addition to the sing-a-long was all part of the Boysetsfire mantra about hardcore and how they lived their lives. Now, after being friends with Equal Vision Records over all these years and releasing a split with Snapcase back in 1999, Boysetsfire have signed with Equal Vision Records. Before releasing their next full-length next year Boysetsfire wanted their most treasured releases, The Day The Sun Went Out, Consider 7" and In Chrysalis EP back in print again. Released separately as two CDs, these will be available to fans that never had the chance to hear these groundbreaking songs. Remastered, remixed and including bonus cuts never heard before, this is the time for fans to remember one of hardcore's pioneers. 2005 is here and its time to see Boysetsfire remembered for what they contributed to music and to look forward to what they still have to say in their life. Look out for a brand new Boysetsfire

Customer Reviews:

Pretty good rarities, but missing some stuff.......2006-04-24

uhm... how about "This Screaming, This Crying..."? How about actually having 'Rocket Man' on the album, not just on the track listing? I only got this for one of the demos. Pretty good, but, yeah, it just makes you wish this band was as good now as they were then.

Flammable.......2006-03-28

Any band which has been round for any length of time eventually ends up with a few loose ends, b-sides, and other miscellaneous songs which are hard for fans to find. `Before The Eulogy' lays out Boysetsfire's career chronologically, from the very first demo recorded in a basement to later, more professional songs recorded for compilations.

Collections of this type are unavoidably uneven. This collection is no exception. It is a collection of Boysetsfire's demos, EPs and other rarities from the first decade of their existence. Calling something a rarity and then sticking it on a CD is a bit dumb. Sure, it used to be rare, but it isn't any more, because it's just been released on a mass produced CD. It's a good marketing tool though. Minor quibble aside, this collection shows the evolution of the band as clearly as counting the rings on a tree shows its age.

Screamo bands are a dime a dozen now, but when Boysetsfire recorded their first demo, a lot of people didn't get it, for the simple fact there was singing and screaming in the same song. It sounds like a high school band just starting out, which probably wasn't far from the reality of the situation. However, there's something special there, a certain energy and conviction which can make up for a lot of musical shortcomings.

From there, the band blossoms and grows, and the initial ideas develop, combining Hardcore with subtlety and, dare I say it, emotion. Sure, the Hardcore element here is more Minor Threat than Madball, but these young fellas can rock out when required. As the album progresses, the hard edges and sharp corners are knocked off the music, becoming more rounded, but also unfortunately, less interesting.

Often with releases like this, a nasty exploitative record label releases it without telling the band, but the liner notes here tell of how and why things were recorded, of releasing the first demo at a hijacked Fugazi show, and recording a song for a compilation just because Refused were going to be on the same album. The cover of the Dead Kennedys' "Holiday In Cambodia" is strangely compelling. No one in Punk has ever really matched Jello Biafra's almost operatic warble, so sensibly, these guys don't even try. Mr Biafra himself liked this version enough to sign a copy for the band.

There aren't a lot of outstanding, hit-you-between-the-eyes-and-convert-you-to-Emo songs here, but that would be asking too much of a collection of this type. Fans of the band will love it anyway, and that's really who this is for.

What a difference!.......2005-12-04

Just got a chance to listen to some of this album and I must say it sounds wonderful. For years I've been dying for remastered versions of some of my favorite songs by BSF and this album does a great job with that. Only got to listen to a couple of tracks, but Vehicle (my favorite BSF song) sounds so much better, it's unbelievable. Most of the other songs sound great too, but I just couldn't stop listening to Vehicle.
Definately going to pick this up in the very near future, and if you're even remotely in to old stuff by Boy Sets Fire, I suggest you do the same. Only disappointment that I saw is that the song Swingset isn't on this album, which kind of hurts, but the original version doesn't sound as muddy as some of the other unmastered songs. Overall great songs and such a difference in clarity.

Diabolical Boogie: Singles, Demos, & Rarities

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Diabolical Boogie: Singles, Demos, & Rarities
Chrome Cranks
Manufacturer: Atavistic Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000LC5368
Release Date: 2007-01-23

Tracks:

Love And Sound
More Than Alrite
Remember Me
The Big Rip-Off
Slow Crash
Dog Eat Dog
The Devil Is In Texas
Sacred Soul
Street Waves
Pin-Tied
Red Dress
Safe From The Blade
Party's Over
Shutdown
Black To Comm
Queen Of Tomorrow

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Eight-Track Mind
Collision Blues
Burn Baby Burn
Mr. Fingers
Come In & Come On
Stuck In A Cave (Live)
Lost Time Blues
Draghouse (Live)
Julie Do Ya Love Me
Auto Mo-Down
Nobody Spoil My Fun
Dyin' Style
Wrapped Up In Red
Dead Man's Suit
Little Johnny Jewel
The Slider
Some Kinda Crime

Album Description

A super-swank enhanced double CD collection of singles, demos, and rarities, plus three music videos from NYC's prime dirt blues movers, culled from their golden 1992-98 era. Copious, soul-bearing liner notes by Peter Aaron, the Cranks' mouthpiece and official public face. Includes covers of AC/DC, Devo, Television, Pere Ubu, T. Rex, The MC5, Daniel Johnston, The Germs, Sky Saxon, and Brainiac.

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