Stray Blues
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Stray Blues: A Collection of B-Sides is an album
by Beck
released on June 1, 2000. It is a collection of B-sides
that were only released in Japan. It features "Burro," a Spanish version of "Jackass
" and a cover of Skip Spence
's "Halo of Gold." The album was limited to 70,000 copies.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
released on June 1, 2000. It is a collection of B-sides
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
that were only released in Japan. It features "Burro," a Spanish version of "Jackass
Jack-Ass (song)
"Jack-Ass" is a single by Beck, taken from the album Odelay. The song is based on a sample of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", performed by Them, from their 1966 album Them Again....
" and a cover of Skip Spence
Skip Spence
Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a Canadian-born musician and singer-songwriter. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. He released one solo album, 1969's Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry...
's "Halo of Gold." The album was limited to 70,000 copies.
Track listing
- "Totally Confused" - 3:30
- "Halo of Gold" - 4:29
- "Burro" - 3:13
- "Brother" - 4:48
- "Lemonade" - 2:24
- "Electric Music and the Summer People" - 3:35
- "Clock" - 3:19
- "Feather in Your Cap" - 3:45