Rarities (The Living End album)

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Rarities
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Compilation album by The Living End
Released 15 November 2008 (2008-11-15)
Genre Rock, alternative, acoustic
Label Dew Process
The Living End chronology
White Noise
(2008)
Rarities
(2008)
The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating
(2011)

Rarities is a compilation album by Australian rock band The Living End. [1] The album features demos and acoustic versions of songs that were previously unreleased, and was first available on a range of online music stores for 5 days from 15 to 19 November 2008, at which point it was taken off the stores for no confirmed reason. The album was exclusively released online, until its physical release as part of a 2× CD deluxe edition of the band's fifth studio album, White Noise , which was released on 27 February 2009. [2] [3]

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style which drew heavily on the genres of blues, rhythm and blues, and from country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical styles. Musically, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse–chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political.

The Living End Australian band

The Living End are an Australian punk rock band, which formed in 1994. Since 2002 the line up consists of Chris Cheney, Scott Owen and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in 1997 after the release of their double A-sided single, "Second Solution" / "Prisoner of Society", which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart. They have released six studio albums and two reached the No. 1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart: self-titled album and State of Emergency. They have also gained chart success in the United States and United Kingdom.

Track listing

  1. "White Noise" (Acoustic)
  2. "Moment in the Sun" (Acoustic)
  3. "Tragedy" (Demo)
  4. "The Ship Is Sinking" (Demo)
  5. "Down to the Wire" (Demo)
  6. "Live to Love" (Demo)
  7. "Faith" (Demo)
  8. "New Trend" (Demo)
  9. "I Don't Wanna Wait" (Demo)
  10. "Enemy of Time" (Demo)
  11. "Who's on Your Side" (Demo)

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