Kid Is Gone

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Kid Is Gone
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Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2013
RecordedJuly 1991 ― May 1992
Label Numero Group
Unwound chronology
Leaves Turn Inside You
(2001)
Kid Is Gone
(2013)
Rat Conspiracy
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [2]
Popmatters 7/10 [3]

Kid Is Gone is a 3 LP box set compilation of early recordings by the band Unwound. It documents demos, singles, live recordings, and the material that made up their first-recorded (but fourth-released) album Unwound (1995). It was released September 17, 2013 by The Numero Group as part 1 of a 4-part reissue series. [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

Caterpillar

Side A
  1. Bionic
  2. LD-50
  3. Lying at Best
  4. Stumbling Block
  5. Whilst You're Ahead
  6. Rubber Band Heart
  7. Crab Nebula
Side B
  1. Caterpillar
  2. Miserific Condition
  3. Love and Fear
  4. You Speak Jealousy

Unwound

Side C
  1. Antifreeze
  2. Rising Blood
  3. Understand & Forget
  4. Fingertips
  5. You Bite My Tongue
  6. Stuck in the Middle of Nowhere Again
Side D
  1. Warmth
  2. Prospect
  3. Kid Is Gone (Chant of Vengeance)
  4. Kandy Korn Rituals
  5. Against
  6. I'd Die to Know You
  7. Sugarfit

Chant of Vengeance

Side E
  1. Understand & Forget (KAOS Session)
  2. Miserific Condition (KAOS Session)
  3. Against (KAOS Session)
  4. Ape Skins (KAOS Session)
  5. Awkward (KAOS Session)
Side F
  1. Antifreeze (Live)
  2. Rising Blood (Live)
  3. Prospect (Live)
  4. Stuck in the Middle of Nowhere Again (Live)
  5. Hating in D (Live)

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