A Present from the Past

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A Present from the Past
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Compilation album by
Released7 December 2005
Genre Alternative rock
Label Telegram Records
Producer The Soundtrack of Our Lives
The Soundtrack of Our Lives chronology
Origin Vol. 1
(2004)
A Present from the Past
(2005)
Communion
(2008)
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A Present from the Past is a compilation album by the Swedish rock band The Soundtrack of Our Lives.

Contents

The album consists of tracks from B-sides and out of print EPs, as well as previously unreleased material.

Track listing

CD 1

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Dog Days" (Previously unreleased) Ebbot Lundberg, Mattias Bärjed 1:37
2."Galaxy Gramophone"Lundberg, Björn Olsson4:13
3."Can't Control Myself"Lundberg, Ian Person3:19
4."Infinite Zero" (Previously unreleased)Lundberg, Johan Johansson3:50
5."The New Messiah" (Previously unreleased)Lundberg, Bärjed3:47
6."Nobrainer" (Alternate version)Lundberg, Person5:15
7."Side Effects" (Previously unreleased)Lundberg, Person4:07
8."Not Kinda Worried"Lundberg, Bärjed2:48
9."It Ain't Free (Living in a Bubble)" (Alternate version)Lundberg, Person3:24
10."When Lightning Bugs Arrive"Lundberg, Olsson, Person4:41
11."To Somewhere Else" (Alternate version)Lundberg, Bärjed3:31
12."We'll Get By" (Alternate version)Lundberg, Bärjed2:01
13."Avenger Hill Street Blues" (Single version)Lundberg, Person3:33
14."News to the World"Lundberg, Martin Hederos, Person5:41
15."Playstation Bordello"Kalle Gustafsson Jerneholm2:50
16."Cleaning Session Raga"Lundberg1:27

CD 2

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Dow Jones Syndrome"Lundberg, Bärjed4:18
2."A Room Without a View" (Alternate version)Lundberg, Olsson3:28
3."Everyday Preacher" (Previously unreleased)Lundberg, Gustafsson Jerneholm3:58
4."Greatest Hit Providers"Lundberg, Olsson4:06
5."Blind Date" (Previously unreleased)Lundberg, Bärjed1:43
6."James Last Experience"Lundberg, Hederos, Person3:29
7."Tarde Sed Tute" (Previously unreleased)Person1:37
8."Hang Ten"Lundberg, Person4:38
9."Lost Highway"Lundberg, Person4:35
10."Pass Through Fear" (Previously unreleased)Lundberg, Bärjed3:47
11."Four Ages (Part I)"Lundberg, Olsson3:56
12."Slow Drift Away"Lundberg, Gustafsson Jerneholm2:52
13."Still Get Around" (Previously unreleased)Lundberg, Bärjed4:16
14."We're Gonna Get It Right"Lundberg, Bärjed4:02
15."World Bank"Gustafsson Jerneholm4:46
16."Retired Teenage Angst"Lundberg, Olsson1:38

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