''Catalogue'' is a

greatest hits album A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...

by English-Irish

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

duo

Moloko Moloko () were an Irish-English electronic music duo formed in Sheffield, England, consisting of vocalist Róisín Murphy and producer Mark Brydon. Blending elements of electronica and dance music, they are best known for their UK top 10 sing ...

. It was released on 17 July 2006 by

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. Spanning two discs, ''Catalogue'' contains Moloko's singles and a track exclusive to this compilation, "Bankrupt Emotionally". The second disc contains a live recording of a concert recorded in 2003 at

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, at the end of the band's eight-month tour performed that year. The US version does not contain the second disc. For US listeners, this was their first time hearing most of the songs on this album, as aside from the entirety of the first album (which was released as part of the

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hype of the late

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and because of "Fun for Me"'s inclusion on the '' Batman & Robin''

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) and "

Sing it Back "Sing It Back" is a song written and performed by Irish-English electronic music duo Moloko (Róisín Murphy and Mark Brydon). It first appeared in its original version on Moloko's second album, ''I Am Not a Doctor'' (1998); it was released as a ...

," the only other Moloko track released in the US was "Indigo" on the ''

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'' soundtrack. ''Catalogue'' also includes a bonus disc in three different exclusive versions as digital downloads, one each for

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and

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. These exclusive downloads consist of live versions,

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es of Moloko tracks and

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. In 2009, the album was awarded a silver certification from the

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, indicating sales in excess of 30,000 copies throughout Europe.

Track listing

All songs written by

Róisín Murphy Róisín Marie Murphy ( , ; born 5 July 1973) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and record producer. She first became known in the 1990s as one half of the pop duo Moloko alongside English musician Mark Brydon. After the breakup of Moloko, she em ...

and

Mark Brydon Mark Errington Brydon is an English Bass guitar, bassist, guitarist, composer, arranger, recording engineer, remix artist and record producer, producer best known as a member of the group Moloko. Previous work He comes from Sunderland, Tyne an ...

Disc one

#" The Time Is Now" (Radio Edit) – 3:42 #"

Sing It Back "Sing It Back" is a song written and performed by Irish-English electronic music duo Moloko (Róisín Murphy and Mark Brydon). It first appeared in its original version on Moloko's second album, ''I Am Not a Doctor'' (1998); it was released as a ...

" (Boris Musical Mix Edit) – 4:39 #"Fun for Me" (Radio Edit) – 3:47 #"

Familiar Feeling "Familiar Feeling" is a song by English-Irish electronica duo Moloko. It was released on 17 February 2003 as the lead single from their fourth and final studio album ''Statues''. The song peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and number nin ...

" (Radio Edit) – 3:43 #"Pure Pleasure Seeker" – 6:31 #"Cannot Contain This" (Radio Edit) – 3:36 #"Bankrupt Emotionally" – 4:26 #"Day for Night" (Radio Edit) – 3:43 #"Indigo" (Radio Edit) – 3:07 #"The Flipside" (Radio Edit) – 3:47 #"Where Is the What if the What Is in Why?" – 4:14 #" Forever More" – 7:22 #"Statues" – 5:21

Disc two ("Value-Pak" edition only)

#"Familiar Feeling" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"Absent Minded Friends" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"Day for Night" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"Fun for Me" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"Where Is the What if the What is in Why?" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"Cannot Contain This" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"Pure Pleasure Seeker" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"The Time Is Now" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"Forever More" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"Sing It Back" (Live at Brixton Academy) #"Indigo" (Live at Brixton Academy)

iTunes exclusive

#"I Want You" (Live) #"100%" (Live) #"Blow X Blow" (Live) #"Come On" (Live) #"Being Is Bewildering" (Live) #"Pure Pleasure Seeker" (Pleasure & Stripped Disco Mix) #"Knee Deepen" (Quartermaster Again Mix) #"The Time Is Now" (Fk Blissed Out Dub) #"Familiar Feeling" (Martin Buttrich Remix) #"Forever More" (Pedal Freak Mix) #"The Time Is Now" (Donny One Leg's Two Step) #"Lotus Eaters" (Fila Brazillia Mix 1) #"Sing It Back" (Tee's Freeze Mix)

Napster exclusive

#"Sing It Back" (Mousse T.'s Feel Love Mix) #"The Flipside" (Herbert's Surround Sound) #"Dominoid" (Panty Sniffer Mix) #"Indigo" (GusGus Mix) #"Lotus Eaters" (Funk In Your Neighbourhood Mix) #"The Time Is Now" (Can 7 Soulfood Mix) #"Fun for Me" (DJ Plankton's Pondlife Mix) #"Pure Pleasure Seeker" (Oscar G Cuba-Libra Dub) #"Forever More" (FKEK Vocal Mix) #"Familiar Feeling" (DJ Plankton's Country Slice Remix) #"Sing It Back" (Can 7 1930s Mix) #"Party Weirdo" (Wackdown Mix) #"Where Is the What if the What Is in Why?" (Wonderbook Mix)

MSN exclusive

#"The Time Is Now" (DJ Plankton Mix) #"Sing It Back" (Chez Maurice Mix) #"Fe Fi Fungle Fool" (Tadpole Dub) #"Familiar Feeling" (Doctor Rockit Comes Close Mix) #"Pure Pleasure Seeker" (Pleasure For Life UK Vocal) #"Cannot Contain This" (Slapper's Delight Mix) #"Take My Hand" #"Day for Night" (Quarter Master Mix) #"Indigo" (Damn! Colostomy Jam! - All Seeing I Mix) #"The Flipside" (Swag Numbskull Vocal) #"Where Is the What if the What Is in Why?" (Wondervox Mix) #"Forever More" (Herbert's Nobody Dub)

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Catalogue (Moloko Album) 2006 greatest hits albums 2006 remix albums Moloko albums The Echo Label albums