Number 1 Hits Explosion

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  1. 1 Hits Explosion
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 2009
Recorded1995-2007
Genre Indie pop
Length49:58
Label Yep Roc Records
Elephant 6
Producer Robert Schneider
The Apples in Stereo chronology
Electronic Projects for Musicians
(2008)
#1 Hits Explosion
(2009)
Travellers in Space and Time
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (7.5/10) [3]
Popmatters (8/10) [4]

#1 Hits Explosion is a greatest hits compilation album by The Apples in Stereo. It was released on September 1, 2009 by Yep Roc Records. The album culls songs from various LPs and EPs released by the band between 1995 and 2007.

Contents

An accompanying booklet for the album features liner notes by Jeff Kuykendall of the Elephant 6-related website Optical Atlas.

A six-song EP titled #2 Hits Explosion is available exclusively to those who order the album via the band's official website.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Robert Schneider except "Tidal Wave", composed by Schneider and Chris Parfitt; "20 Cases Suggestive of..." and "Winter Must Be Cold", composed by Hilarie Sidney; and "Can You Feel It?" composed by Schneider and Bill Doss.

#Song titleTimeYearOriginal release
1."Energy"3:322007 New Magnetic Wonder
2."Go!"3:142000 The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
3."Strawberryfire"4:211999 Her Wallpaper Reverie
4."Tidal Wave [Radio Remix]"3:251995 Fun Trick Noisemaker
5."Please"2:272002 Velocity of Sound
6."The Rainbow"2:402000 The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
7."Seems So"3:191997 Tone Soul Evolution
8."Same Old Drag"3:232007 New Magnetic Wonder
9."The Bird That You Can't See"3:552000 The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
10."Shine a Light"3:211997 Tone Soul Evolution
11."20 Cases Suggestive of..."2:522000 The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
12."Ruby"3:061999 Her Wallpaper Reverie
13."Signal in the Sky (Let's Go)"2:582001 Let's Go!
14."Can You Feel It?"4:102007 New Magnetic Wonder
15."Winter Must Be Cold"3:161995 Fun Trick Noisemaker
16."Sun is Out"2:292007 New Magnetic Wonder

#2 Hits Explosion track listing

All tracks composed by Robert Schneider except "Touch the Water", composed by Jim McIntyre; and "Yore Days", composed by Eric Allen.

#Song titleTimeYearOriginal release
1."What's the #?"3:321997 Tone Soul Evolution
2."Stream Running Over"3:142000 The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
3."Tin Pan Alley"4:211997 Tone Soul Evolution
4."Touch the Water"3:251994 Hypnotic Suggestion
5."Yore Days"2:272002 Velocity of Sound
6."She's Just Like Me/Taking Time"2:401995 Fun Trick Noisemaker

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