Complete 'B' Sides
Encyclopedia
Complete 'B' Sides is a compilation record by the Pixies. It features the B-sides for all their six UK singles from the 1980s and 1990s and one U.S. single. These singles are:
  1. "Gigantic
    Gigantic (song)
    "Gigantic" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, co-written by bassist Kim Deal and lead vocalist/guitarist Black Francis . The song appeared on the band's first studio album, Surfer Rosa, released in 1988...

    " (1988)
  2. "Monkey Gone to Heaven
    Monkey Gone to Heaven
    "Monkey Gone to Heaven" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies and is the seventh track on their 1989 album Doolittle. The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and was produced by Gil Norton. Referencing environmentalism and biblical numerology, the song's lyrics...

    " (1989)
  3. "Here Comes Your Man
    Here Comes Your Man
    "Here Comes Your Man" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. Produced by Gil Norton, it was released as the second single from the group's second album Doolittle in June 1989....

    " (1989)
  4. "Velouria
    Velouria
    "Velouria" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. "Velouria" is featured on their album Bossanova, was the first single to be released from it and was the band's first UK Top 40 hit. The song features extensive use of theremin...

    " (1990)
  5. "Dig for Fire
    Dig for Fire
    "Dig for Fire" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies. The song appeared on their 1990 album Bossanova, and was released as a single in October 1990. The song reached number 11 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 62 in the UK....

    " (1990)
  6. "Planet of Sound
    Planet of Sound
    "Planet of Sound" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies; the second track on their 1991 album Trompe le Monde. It was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and produced by Gil Norton during the album's recording sessions...

    " (1991)
  7. "Alec Eiffel
    Alec Eiffel
    "Alec Eiffel" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, and is the third track on their 1991 album Trompe le Monde. The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis, produced by Gil Norton and recorded during the album's recording sessions...

    " (U.S.) (1991)


The album's booklet also features commentaries for each song by Pixies frontman Frank Black
Frank Black
Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black...

. 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
Devil's Workshop
Devil's Workshop is the second of a pair of albums by Frank Black and the Catholics to be simultaneously released on August 20, 2002 . 'His Kingly Cave' was originally recorded for an aborted album project in mid-2000 entitled Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day...

.

Track listing

All songs written by Black Francis unless otherwise noted.
  1. "River Euphrates" – 3:23
  2. "Vamos" (Live) – 3:28
  3. "In Heaven
    In Heaven
    "In Heaven" is a song originally part of the soundtrack to the David Lynch film Eraserhead, where it is sung by the Lady in the Radiator...

     (Lady in the Radiator Song)" (Live) (Peter Ivers
    Peter Ivers
    Peter Scott Ivers was an American musician, best known as the host of New Wave Theatre.Ivers was born in Illinois, but raised in Brookline, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Roxbury Latin School and then Harvard University, majoring in classical languages, but chose a career in...

    , David Lynch
    David Lynch
    David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...

    ) – 1:46
  4. "Manta Ray" – 2:39
  5. "Weird at My School" – 1:59
  6. "Dancing the Manta Ray" – 2:13
  7. "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)" – 3:00
  8. "Into the White" (Black Francis, Kim Deal
    Kim Deal
    Kimberley Ann Deal is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative rock band the Pixies and the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Breeders. Deal first joined the Pixies in January 1986 as the band's bassist, adopting the stage name Mrs...

    ) – 4:42
  9. "Bailey's Walk" – 2:23
  10. "Make Believe" – 1:54
  11. "I've Been Waiting for You" (Neil Young
    Neil Young
    Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

    ) – 2:45
  12. "The Thing" – 1:58
  13. "Velvety Instrumental Version" – 2:04
  14. "Winterlong" (Neil Young
    Neil Young
    Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

    ) – 3:07
  15. "Santo" – 2:16
  16. "Theme from Narc
    NARC (video game)
    NARC is originally a 1988 arcade game designed by Eugene Jarvis for Williams Electronics and programmed by George Petro. It was one of the first ultra-violent video games and a frequent target of parental criticism of the arcade game industry. The object is to arrest and kill drug offenders,...

    " (Brian Schmidt) – 1:48
  17. "Build High" – 1:42
  18. "Evil Hearted You
    Evil Hearted You
    "Evil Hearted You" is a 1965 single by the British Invasion band The Yardbirds. It charted at #3 in the UK. The single was not released in the USA, but was featured on the compilation albums Having a Rave Up and Shapes of Things....

    " (Graham Gouldman
    Graham Gouldman
    Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...

    ) – 2:37
  19. "Letter to Memphis (Instrumental)" – 2:43
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK