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

alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

band Pixies. It features the

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

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 "Monkey Gone to Heaven" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies. Recorded in November 1988 during the sessions for the band's 1989 album '' Doolittle'', it was released as a single in March, and included as the seventh track on the ...

" (1989) # "

Here Comes Your Man "Here Comes Your Man" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies (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 ''Doolitt ...

" (1989) # " Velouria" (1990) # "

Dig for Fire "Dig for Fire" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies (band), Pixies. The song appeared on their 1990 album ''Bossanova (Pixies album), Bossanova'', and was released as a single (music), single in October 1990. Background "Dig f ...

" (1990) # " Planet of Sound" (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), better known by the stage name Black Francis, is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies. Following the band's break ...

. 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), better known by the stage name Black Francis, is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies (band), Pixies. Following th ...

' 2002 album, '' Devil's Workshop''.

Track listing

All songs written by Black Francis unless otherwise noted. # "River Euphrates" – 3:23 # "Vamos" (Live) – 3:28 # "

In Heaven "In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)" (often referred to as simply "In Heaven") is a song performed by Laurel Near, composed by Peter Ivers, with lyrics by David Lynch. The song is featured in Lynch's 1977 film '' Eraserhead'', and was subsequ ...

(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 served as host of the experimental music television show '' New Wave Theatre''. Despite ...

David Lynch David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Lynch was often called a "visionary" and received acclaim f ...

) – 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 and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...

) – 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" (

Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer, musician and songwriter, 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 10c ...

) – 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