Pile Up

For other uses, see Pileup (disambiguation).

Pile Up
Compilation album by Pansy Division
Released	February 16, 1995
Recorded	1992–1995
Genre	Queercore, punk rock, pop punk, power pop
Length	48:16
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.

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Can't Sleep"	Jon Ginoli	1:31
2.	"Ring of Joy"	Ginoli	3:04
3.	"Fuck Buddy"	Ginoli	2:28
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"	Ginoli	3:05
9.	"Jack U Off"	Prince	2:32
10.	"Strip U Down"	Ginoli	3:19
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 Healey	2:31
16.	"Femme Fatale"	Lou Reed	2:20
17.	"Trash"	Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera	2:07
18.	"Homo Christmas"	Ginoli	2:30
19.	"C.S.F."	Rado, Ragni, McDermott, Ginoli, Doug Mobley	1:07
20.	"Smells Like Queer Spirit"	Ginoli, Nirvana	4:17
Total length:			48:16

Previous availability

• Track 1 appeared on the Outpunk Dance Party CD compilation (1994)
• Track 2 appeared on the A Slice of Lemon CD compilation (1995)
• Tracks 3, 6 and 12 were from the Nine Inch Males E.P. 7-inch (1993)
• Track 4 appeared on the "Stop Homophobia" split 7-inch (1994)
• Tracks 8 and 12 comprise the "Bill & Ted's Homosexual Adventure" 7-inch (1993)
• Tracks 9 and 10 comprise the "Jack U Off" 7-inch (1994)
• Track 11 was the A-side of the "Jackson" 7-inch (1994)
• Tracks 13 and 17 are from the "Touch My Joe Camel" 7-inch (1993)
• Tracks 18 and 20 were B-sides on the "Fem in a Black Leather Jacket" 7-inch (1992)

Personnel

Pansy Division

• Jon Ginoli – vocals, guitars
• Chris Freeman – vocals, basses, lead guitars on tracks 12 and 14

Additional musicians

• Calvin Johnson – vocals on track 11
• Chris Bowe – bass on track 16
• Liam Hart – drums on tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9–11
• Patrick Hawley – drums on tracks 8, 12, 16–18, 20
• David Ayer – drums on tracks 3, 4, 6, 14
• David Ward – drums on tracks 13, 19

References

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