Peel Sessions (Galaxie 500 album)

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Peel Sessions
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Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 2005
RecordedSeptember 24, 1989 – October 30, 1990
Genre Dream pop
Slowcore
Length34:56
Label 20/20/20 [1]
Galaxie 500 chronology
Uncollected
(2004)
Peel Sessions
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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NME (8/10) [3]
Pitchfork Media (8.4/10) [4]
Prefix Magazine(8/10) [5]
Stylus Magazine (B+) [6]

Peel Sessions is a compilation album of live BBC radio sessions by Galaxie 500.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Galaxie 500 except as noted.

  1. "Submission" (Sex Pistols) – 4:10
  2. "Final Day" (Young Marble Giants) – 2:54
  3. "When Will You Come Home" – 5:11
  4. "Moonshot" (Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 3:21
  5. "Flowers" – 4:39
  6. "Blue Thunder" – 3:49
  7. "Decomposing Trees" – 4:04
  8. "Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste" (Jonathan Richman) – 6:48

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References

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  3. "Peel Sessions by Galaxie 500".
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  6. "Galaxie 500 – Peel Sessions – Review – Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.