Rarities (Soviettes album)

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Rarities
TheSoviettes Rarities.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 16, 2010
Recorded2002–2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre Punk rock
Length35:19
Label Red Sound Records, Rottentone Records
Producer Jacques Wait
The Soviettes chronology
LP III
(2005)
Rarities
(2010)

Rarities (typeset as [Rarities] on the artwork) is the fourth album, and first compilation, by the Minneapolis punk rock band The Soviettes. It is a selection of the group's lesser-known material, including their early EPs. It was released free on the internet and also in vinyl LP format. [1]

Contents

A.V. Club reviewer Jack Spencer called the album "an excellent last hurrah," describing it as "quick bursts of spirited, guitar-driven rock, punctuated by 'woos'" and 'heys'." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Hot Sauced and Peppered" – 2:34
  2. "In the Red" – 1:21
  3. "Go Lambs Go!" – 1:58
  4. "Sandbox" – 1:25
  5. "Matt's Song (Split Version)" – 2:46
  6. "Sixty Days" – 2:03
  7. "Latchkey" – 2:51
  8. "Sunday AM" – 2:51
  9. "The Nine To Life" – 2:35
  10. "gossip@whogivesashit.com" – 1:53
  11. "Twin Cities Sound" – 1:55
  12. "30 Minutes or Less" – 1:37
  13. "Mazacon" – 1:45
  14. "Alright" – 1:33
  15. "Plus One" – 1:19
  16. "Old Man Reading a Book" – 1:59
  17. "The Best of Me" – 1:33
  18. "LPIII Original Intro" – 1:09

Additional information

Personnel

Reception

News of the album was reported and/or reviewed by Minnesota's "City Pages", [3] Reviler magazine, [4] Punk News, [5] the Minneapolis Examiner, [6] the A/V Club (twice) [7] [8] and the Twin Cities' Vita.mn magazine site. [9]

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