Pile Up

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Pile Up
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Compilation album by
ReleasedFebruary 16, 1995
Recorded1992–1995
Genre Queercore, punk rock, pop punk, power pop
Length48:16
Label Lookout! Records
Pansy Division chronology
Deflowered
(1994)
Pile Up
(1995)
Wish I'd Taken Pictures
(1996)

Pile Up is a compilation album by American queercore band Pansy Division, released on February 16, 1995, by Lookout! Records. The album compiles various singles, b-sides, cover songs and compilation appearances recorded between 1992 and 1995.

Contents

Allmusic gave the album a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, praising it as "some of the best of the Pansies, with a slew of covers and their best harmonies and tightest playing to date", though noted the "danger of becoming a one-joke band". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Can't Sleep"Jon Ginoli1:31
2."Ring of Joy"Ginoli3:04
3."Fuck Buddy"Ginoli2:28
4."Cowboys are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" Ned Sublette 3:29
5."Flower" Liz Phair 1:44
6."Cry for a Shadow" Beat Happening 2:36
7."Real Men"Ginoli, Joe Jackson 1:30
8."Bill & Ted's Homosexual Adventure"Ginoli3:05
9."Jack U Off" Prince 2:32
10."Strip U Down"Ginoli3:19
11."Jackson" Gaby Rodgers, Billy Wheeler 2:49
12."Big Bottom" Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner 2:04
13."Touch My Joe Camel"Ginoli, Chris Freeman 2:53
14."The Biggest Lie" Bob Mould 1:42
15."Denny (Naked)"Ginoli, Trebor Healey2:31
16."Femme Fatale" Lou Reed 2:20
17."Trash" Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera 2:07
18."Homo Christmas"Ginoli2:30
19."C.S.F."Rado, Ragni, McDermott, Ginoli, Doug Mobley1:07
20."Smells Like Queer Spirit"Ginoli, Nirvana 4:17
Total length:48:16

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Personnel

Pansy Division

Additional musicians

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References

  1. "Pile Up – Pansy Division". Allmusic.