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Released | 1995 | |||
Label | Alphabet Business Concern | |||
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Sampler is a compilation album by English rock band Cardiacs, released in 1995 by the Alphabet Business Concern. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The album was intended as a budget introduction to the band's music, and was released as part of the general 1995 reissue of the Cardiacs back catalogue. Each track is taken from a different album in the reissue series.
All tracks are written by Tim Smith, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
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1. | "Is This the Life" | A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window | 5:36 | |
2. | "Angleworm the Angel" | Jon Poole | The Forthcoming Cardiacs Album Which Isn't Finished Yet & Hasn't Got a Title Either | 2:24 |
3. | "Burn Your House Brown" | Songs for Ships and Irons | 2:37 | |
4. | "Goodbye Grace" | Heaven Born and Ever Bright | 3:36 | |
5. | "Piffol Four Times" | Archive Cardiacs | 2:34 | |
6. | "Two Bites of Cherry" (live) | All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest | 3:40 | |
7. | "Tarred and Feathered" (live) |
| Rude Bootleg | 2:57 |
8. | "Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love" | Songs for Ships and Irons | 2:43 | |
9. | "Big Ship" (live) | Cardiacs Live | 5:53 | |
10. | "Veronica in Ecstacy" | Tim Smiths Extra Special Oceanland World | 4:21 | |
11. | "Christ Alive" | The Sea Nymphs | 3:13 | |
12. | "The Everso Closely Guarded Line" |
| On Land and in the Sea | 8:10 |
13. | "To Go Off and Things" |
| The Seaside | 2:13 |
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