''Tossing Seeds (Singles 89–91)'' is an album by

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compiling a number of their earliest 7" singles and EPs. It was released by

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in 1992. All tracks on ''Tossing Seeds'' were recorded at Duck Kee Studios, except for "Seed Toss", which was recorded at the

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. Four of the tracks on this album are covers: "Train from Kansas City", a

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song; "Night Creatures", a song originally recorded by The Flys; and "It's So Hard to Fall in Love" and " Brand New Love", which were originally recorded by

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. "Slack Motherfucker" was named the 19th best single of the 1990s by ''Spin'' magazine. It was later covered by fIREHOSE on the ''Live Totem Pole'' EP. A video was created for "Fishing", a song that is regularly played in concert and is considered one of their

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s, often played as the last song or as an encore. The cover art is credited to Wendy Moore (1991).

Track listing

# "What Do I" (1989) # "My Noise" (1989) # "Train from Kansas City" (1989) # "Slack Motherfucker" (1990) # "Night Creatures" (1990) # "Garlic" (1990) # "Fishing" (1991) # "Cool" (1991) # "The Breadman" (1991) # "Cast Iron" (1991) # "Seed Toss" (1991) # "It's So Hard to Fall in Love" (1991) # " Brand New Love" (1991)

References

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