B-Sides Collect

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B-Sides Collect
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ReleasedNovember 16, 1999
Recorded1987–1992
Genre Industrial
Length70:23
Label Nettwerk
Producer Various
Skinny Puppy chronology
The Singles Collect
(1999)
B-Sides Collect
(1999)
Doomsday: Back and Forth, Vol. 5: Live in Dresden
(2000)
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B-Sides Collect is a compilation album by Canadian electro-industrial band Skinny Puppy, released in 1999. [3] [4] The album serves as a collection of several B-sides from earlier singles that were out of print by the time of the collection's release. With the exception of "Serpents", this release complements one of the band's earlier compilations, Twelve Inch Anthology .

Contents

Not all Skinny Puppy B-sides are represented on this release due to time and label restrictions. Other B-sides that had previously been available but do not appear on this release include: "Censor (Extended Mix)", "Tin Omen (Reload)", "Spasmolytic (Remix)", "Walking On Ice (Live)", "Inquisition (Extended Mix)", and "Choralone (Live)". [5]

Track listing

No.TitleSourceLength
1."Addiction" (Second Dose) Addiction 6:01
2."The Second Opinion" Testure 4:58
3."Serpents" Testure 5:54
4."Punk in Park Zoo's" Censor 2:28
5."Yes He Ran" Censor 6:27
6."Cage" Chainsaw 2:17
7."Lahuman8" Inquisition 4:32
8."Mirror Saw" (Dub Mix) Inquisition 5:33
9."Shore Lined Poison" (Remix) Spasmolytic 4:27
10."Harsh Stone White" (Live) Spasmolytic 4:53
11."Tin Omen 1" Worlock 4:47
12."Brak Talk" Worlock 4:59
13."Amputate" Tin Omen 3:13
14."Bark" Tormentor 4:39
15."Nature's Revenge" (Dub) Tormentor 5:08
Total length:70:23 [6]

Personnel

Skinny Puppy
Additional personnel

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References

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  5. Bogdanov, V (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (3rd ed.). Backbeat Books. p. 1019. ISBN   0-87930-653-X.
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