''Complete 'B' Sides'' is a compilation album of songs by American

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial ...

band

Pixies A pixie (also pisky, pixy, pixi, pizkie, and piskie in Cornwall and Devon, and pigsie or puggsy in the New Forest) is a mythical creature of British folklore. Pixies are considered to be particularly concentrated in the high moorland areas aro ...

. It features the

B-sides The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record company ...

for seven out of eight of their UK singles, as well as for one USA single, from the 1980s and 1990s. The eighth, " Letter to Memphis", had no B-sides. These singles are: # " Gigantic" (1988) # " Monkey Gone to Heaven" (1989) # "

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 1 ...

" (1989) # "

Velouria "Velouria" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. "Velouria" was released as a single in July 1990 and was the band's first UK Top 40 hit. It was included as the third track ...

" (1990) # "

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 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 6 ...

" (1990) # "

Planet of Sound "Planet of Sound" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, from 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. "Planet of Soun ...

" (1991) # " Alec Eiffel" (USA) (1991) The album's booklet also features commentaries for each song by Pixies frontman

Black Francis Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Fo ...

. 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 Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Fo ...

' 2002 album, ''

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 (along with '' Black Letter Days''). "His Kingly Cave" was originally recorded for an aborted album project ...

''.

Track listing

All songs written by Black Francis unless otherwise noted. # "River Euphrates" – 3:23 # "Vamos" (Live) – 3:28 # " In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)" (Live) (

Peter Ivers Peter Scott Ivers (born Peter Scott Rose, September 20, 1946 – March 3, 1983) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and television personality. He was the host of the experimental music television show ''New Wave Theatre''. Despite Ive ...

David Lynch David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...

) – 1:46 # "Manta Ray" – 2:39 # "Weird at My School" – 1:59 # "Dancing the Manta Ray" – 2:13 # "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)" – 3:00 # "Into the White" – 4:42 # "Bailey's Walk" – 2:23 # "Make Believe" – 1:54 # " I've Been Waiting for You" (

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fu ...

) – 2:45 # "The Thing" – 1:58 # "Velvety Instrumental Version" – 2:04 # "Winterlong" (Neil Young) – 3:07 # "Santo" – 2:16 # "Theme from Narc" ( Brian L. Schmidt) – 1:48 # "Build High" – 1:42 # "

Evil Hearted You "Evil Hearted You" is a 1965 song by English rock group the Yardbirds. It was written by future 10cc member Graham Gouldman, who also wrote the group's two prior singles, " For Your Love" and "Heart Full of Soul". It reached No. 3 on the mai ...

" (

Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the co-lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc. He has been the band's only constant member since its formation in 1972. Before 10cc ...

) – 2:37 # " Letter to Memphis" (Instrumental) – 2:43

References

External links

* Albums produced by Gil Norton Albums produced by Gary Smith (record producer) B-side compilation albums Pixies (band) compilation albums 1998 compilation albums 4AD compilation albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub