Backwash is a retrospective compilation of music by the group Talulah Gosh

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The album

Released on LP and CD by K Records

 in 1996 (see 1996 in music

1996 in music

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), it contains all of their single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 and radio session tracks, plus live versions of two songs of which no studio recordings exist ("Pastels Badge" and "Rubber Ball") and a flexi-disc

Flexi disc

The flexi disc is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable...

 track ("I Told You So"). The compilation falls in the field of twee pop.

With their earlier collections Rock Legends : Volume 69

and They've Scoffed the Lot

They've Scoffed the Lot

They've Scoffed the Lot is a compilation of radio session recordings by the indie pop band Talulah Gosh.-Release:Scoffed was issued in 1991 by the independent label Sarah Records, which at the time had recently signed Heavenly, a band formed from four of the five members of Talulah Gosh. The...

now out of print, Backwash remains the only commercially available record by the band. As well as the three exclusive songs, both of these previous compilations are included here, save for a short count-in (by either Eithne Farry or Amelia Fletcher

Amelia Fletcher

Amelia Fletcher is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist, and economist. She has been the frontwoman of an evolving series of pop groups from the 1980s to the present...

) on "The Girl with the Strawberry Hair", which is omitted.

The artwork

 resembles the cover of They've Scoffed the Lot: as well as the pattern design, two members are shown on the front with three on the back. On Scoffed the lineup with Elizabeth Price was represented, while on Backwash her successor Eithne Farry is shown.

Backwash was given the rare 10/10 rating by NME

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Side one

1. "Beatnik Boy"
2. "My Best Friend"
3. "Steaming Train"
4. "Just a Dream"
5. "Talulah Gosh"
6. "Don't Go Away"
7. "Escalator Over the Hill"

Side two

1. "My Boy Says"
2. "Way of the World"
3. "Testcard Girl"
4. "Bringing Up Baby"
5. "I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Thank God)"
6. "The Girl with the Strawberry Hair"

Side three

1. "Talulah Gosh (radio session version)"
2. "Do you Remember"
3. "Looking for a Rainbow"
4. "Sunny Inside"

Side four

1. "My World's Ending"
2. "Be Your Baby"
3. "Break Your Face"
4. "In Love for the Very First Time"
5. "Spearmint Head"
6. "I Told You So"
7. "Pastels Badge"
8. "Rubber Ball"