''The Way of Curve'' is a
compilation album by
Curve
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.
The album consists of two discs: the first is basically a
greatest hits
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disc, containing many of Curve's most famous and successful songs; the second contains rare tracks, including one ('In Disguise') that had never been released. The band invited fans to contribute their personal lists of tracks that should appear on the first disc and this was used to help decide the final listing. Those who contributed are name checked on the album sleeve. All tracks were remastered for the release, though some of the tracks (such as "Die Like A Dog") had errors. Only 10,000 copies of the album were made and it is now out-of-print, though it can be partially downloaded from
iTunes or bought and fully downloaded on th
band's official Bandcamp
As Curve disbanded shortly after the album's release, ''The Way of Curve'' effectively became their career retrospective.
Miss Kittin
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used "Falling Free (
Aphex Twin Mix)" on her mix album ''
A Bugged Out Mix''.
Miss Kittin – A Bugged Out Mix By Miss Kittin (CD)
Discogs
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. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
Track listing
Disc One: The Way of Curve 1990–2004
# " Ten Little Girls" – 4:28
# " Coast Is Clear" – 3:59
# " Clipped" – 3:51
# "Die Like a Dog
"Die Like a Dog" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella written by American writer Rex Stout, first published as "The Body in the Hall" in the December 1954 issue of ''The American Magazine''. It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection ...
" – 4:39
# " Horror Head" – 3:41
# " Faît Accompli" – 4:12
# " Missing Link" – 4:31
# " Superblaster" – 3:58
# " Pink Girl With the Blues" – 4:52
# "Recovery
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* ''Recovery'' (fil ...
" – 4:31
# " Chinese Burn" – 4:49
# "Coming Up Roses
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*Come (Tenos), an ancient town on Tenos island, Greece
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*Come (UK band), a British noise project founded in 1979
**Come ...
" – 4:34
# "Hell Above Water" – 4:04
# " Want More Need Less" – 4:34
# " Perish" – 5:13
# "Nice and Easy" – 3:27
Disc Two: Rare and Unreleased
# "On the Wheel" – 6:02
# "Triumph" – 4:49
# "Arms Out" – 4:46
# "Sigh" – 3:49
# "Mission From God" – 4:07
# "Today Is Not the Day" – 3:38
# "Low and Behold" – 4:14
# "Nothing Without Me" – 3:11
# "What a Waste" (feat. Ian Dury
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) – 4:58
# "Falling Free" ( Aphex Twin mix) – 7:40
# "Chinese Burn" ( Lunatic Calm mix) – 7:24
# "Coming Up Roses" (Kevin Shields
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mix) – 6:14
# "I Feel Love
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" – 4:35
# "In Disguise" – 4:10
# "Sinner" – 5:09
References
External links
Curve
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2004 compilation albums
Curve (band) compilation albums