Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path

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Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path
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Compilation album by
Soundgarden
ReleasedNovember 24, 2014 (2014-11-24)
Recorded1987–2014
Genre Alternative metal, grunge, psychedelic rock
LanguageEnglish
Label A&M
Soundgarden chronology
King Animal
(2012)		Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path
(2014)
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Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path is a 3-CD compilation album by the American rock band Soundgarden. It was released on November 24, 2014. [2] The album is a collection of rarities, live tracks, and unreleased material spanning the group's history. It includes previously released songs, such as "Live to Rise", "Black Rain", "Birth Ritual", and others, as well as a newly recorded rendition of a song from the band's pre-Matt Cameron 1985 demo, "The Storm", now simply titled "Storm", [3] which was produced by Jack Endino.

Contents

While almost fully comprehensive, there are some notable absentees from this compilation: "Incessant Mace" from 1986's Pyrrhic Victory compilation cassette (with Chris Cornell on drums), "Heretic" and "Tears to Forget" from 1986's Deep Six compilation (with Scott Sundquist on drums), [nb 1] and a re-recording of "New Damage" featuring Brian May from 1993's Alternative NRG compilation.

Kim Thayil has also mentioned in past interviews that there are more unreleased tracks that still have not seen the light of day. None of these tracks are on Echo of Miles, despite the fact that Thayil has expressed that he wanted to release a b-sides compilation featuring these tracks. [4] Deluxe editions of the band's studio albums Ultramega OK , Badmotorfinger , and Superunknown were released between 2014 and 2017. All three contained demo rehearsals, remixes, alternate versions, or outtakes, some of which did not appear on Echo of Miles.

Track listing

Disc one - Originals
No.TitleLength
1."Sub Pop Rock City" ( Sub Pop 200 , 1988)3:15
2."Toy Box" ("Flower" single B-side, 1989)5:42
3."Heretic" ("Hands All Over" single B-side & the Loudest Love EP, 1990)3:50
4."Fresh Deadly Roses" ("Loud Love" single B-side, 1989; Loudest Love EP, 1990)4:51
5."HIV Baby" ("Room a Thousand Years Wide" single B-side, 1990; Born to Choose , 1993)4:51
6."Cold Bitch" ("Outshined" single B-side, 1991; "Spoonman" single B-side, 1994)4:59
7."Show Me" ("Rusty Cage" single B-side, 1992; No Alternative , 1993)2:46
8."She's a Politician" ( Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas EP, 1992; "Burden in My Hand" single B-side, 1996)1:46
9."Birth Ritual" ( Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , 1992)6:03
10."She Likes Surprises" (International version of Superunknown , 1994; Songs from the Superunknown EP, 1995)3:18
11."Kyle Petty, Son of Richard" ("Fell on Black Days" single B-side, 1994; Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense, 1996)4:04
12."Exit Stonehenge" ("Spoonman" single B-side, 1994)1:19
13."Blind Dogs" ( The Basketball Diaries soundtrack, 1995)4:40
14."Bleed Together" ("Burden in My Hand" single B-side, 1996; A-Sides , 1997)3:53
15."Black Rain" ( Telephantasm , 2010)5:25
16."Live to Rise" ( The Avengers soundtrack, 2012)4:40
17."Kristi" (Previously unreleased, recorded 1995)5:32
18."Storm" (Previously unreleased, recorded 2014)5:25
Total length:1:17:00
Disc two - Covers
No.TitleOriginal artistLength
1."Swallow My Pride" ( Fopp EP, 1988) Green River 2:22
2."Smokestack Lightning" ( Ultramega OK , 1988) Howlin' Wolf 5:10
3."Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (John Peel Sessions)" (Previously unreleased, recorded 1989) The Beatles 2:27
4."Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (John Peel Sessions)" (Previously unreleased, recorded 1989) Sly and the Family Stone 5:07
5."Come Together" ("Hands All Over" single B-side; Loudest Love EP, 1990)The Beatles5:54
6."Stray Cat Blues" (Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas EP, 1992; "Jesus Christ Pose" single B-side, 1991) The Rolling Stones 4:41
7."Into the Void (Sealth)" (Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas EP, 1992 & "Jesus Christ Pose" single B-side, 1991) Black Sabbath 6:38
8."Girl U Want" (Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas EP, 1992 & "Fell on Black Days" single B-side, 1995) Devo 3:30
9."Touch Me" ("Rusty Cage" single B-side, 1991) Fancy 2:51
10."Can You See Me? (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions)" ("Outshined" single B-side, 1992) The Jimi Hendrix Experience 2:41
11."Homicidal Suicidal (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions)" ("Outshined" single B-side, 1992) Budgie 4:24
12."I Can't Give You Anything (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions)" ("Outshined" single B-side, 1992) Ramones 2:17
13."I Don't Care About You (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions)" ("Outshined" single B-side, 1992) Fear 1:55
14."Waiting for the Sun (Live)" ( Before the Doors: Live on I-5 Soundcheck EP, 2011) The Doors 4:31
15."Search and Destroy (Live)" ( Live on I-5 , 2011) The Stooges 3:13
16."Big Bottom (Live)" ( Louder Than Live , 1990; "Rusty Cage" single B-side, 1991) Spinal Tap 4:53
17."Earache My Eye (Live)" (Louder Than Live, 1990 & "Rusty Cage" single B-side, 1991) Cheech & Chong 5:47
Total length:1:08:29
Disc three - Oddities
No.TitleLength
1."Twin Tower" (Previously unreleased, recorded 1988)3:21
2."Jerry Garcia's Finger" (Songs from the Superunknown EP, 1995; "Pretty Noose" single B-side, 1996)3:25
3."Ghostmotorfinger" ("Fell on Black Days" single B-side, 1995 (as "Motorcycle Loop"))1:33
4."Night Surf" (Previously unreleased, recorded 1993)5:23
5."A Splice of Space Jam" ("Blow Up the Outside World" single B-side, 1996)4:06
6."The Telephantasm" (Telephantasm iTunes bonus track, 2010)2:59
7."Black Days III" ("Fell on Black Days" single B-side, 1995 (as "Fell on Black Days (Demo version)"))4:03
8."Karaoke" ("Burden in My Hand" single B-side, 1996)6:00
9."Fopp (Fucked Up Heavy dub mix)" (Fopp EP, 1988)6:28
10."Big Dumb Sex (Dub version)" ("Loud Love" single B-side, 1989 & Loudest Love EP, 1990)6:10
11."Spoonman" (Steve Fisk remix)" ("Black Hole Sun" single B-side, 1994)6:58
12."Rhinosaur (The Straw that Broke the Rhino's Back remix)" ("Ty Cobb" single B-side, 1997)3:43
13."Dusty (Moby remix)" ("Blow Up the Outside World" single B-side, 1996)5:09
14."The Telephantasm (Resurrection remix)" (Previously unreleased, remixed 2010)4:55
15."One Minute of Silence" (Ultramega OK, 1988)1:04
Total length:1:05:24
The Originals (Single Disc version)
No.TitleLength
1."Heretic" ("Hands All Over" single B-side & the Loudest Love EP, 1990)3:50
2."Fresh Deadly Roses" ("Loud Love" single B-side, 1989 & Loudest Love EP, 1990)4:51
3."HIV Baby" ("Room a Thousand Years Wide" single B-side, 1990; Born to Choose, 1993)4:51
4."Cold Bitch" ("Spoonman" single B-side, 1994)4:59
5."Show Me" ("Rusty Cage" single B-side, 1991 & No Alternative, 1993)2:46
6."She's a Politician" (Satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas EP, 1992 & "Burden in My Hand" single B-side, 1996)1:46
7."Birth Ritual" (Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1992 & Telephantasm, 2010)6:03
8."She Likes Surprises" (International version of Superunknown, 1994 & Songs from the Superunknown EP, 1995)3:18
9."Blind Dogs" (The Basketball Diaries soundtrack, 1995)4:40
10."Bleed Together" ("Burden in My Hand" single B-side, 1996 & A-Sides, 1997)3:53
11."Black Rain" (Telephantasm, 2010)5:24
12."Live to Rise" (The Avengers soundtrack, 2012)4:40
13."Kristi" (Previously unreleased, recorded 1995)5:32
14."Storm" (Previously unreleased, recorded 2014)5:25

Chart performance

Chart (2014-15)Peak
position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [5] 71
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 86
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [7] 12
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [8] 49

Personnel

Soundgarden
Additional musicians

Notes

  1. ↑ "All Your Lies" from this compilation was previously released on 2010's Telephantasm .

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