The Portable Galaxie 500

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The Portable Galaxie 500
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Greatest hits album by
Galaxie 500
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1998
Recorded1988-1990
Genre
Length60:38
Label Rykodisc
Producer Mark Kramer
Galaxie 500 chronology
Copenhagen
(1997)		The Portable Galaxie 500
(1998)		 Uncollected
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME 8/10 [3]
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The Portable Galaxie 500 is a compilation album by the rock band Galaxie 500. [5] It was released in 1998 on Rykodisc. [6]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Galaxie 500 except as noted.

  1. "Blue Thunder" (w/sax)
  2. "Flowers"
  3. "When Will You Come Home"
  4. "Listen, The Snow Is Falling" (Yoko Ono)
  5. "Sorry"
  6. "Fourth of July"
  7. "Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste" (Jonathan Richman)
  8. "Strange"
  9. "Another Day"
  10. "Snowstorm"
  11. "Summertime" (live)
  12. "Tugboat"

Releases

YearLabelFormatCatalog no.CountryBonus tracks
1998 Rykodisc Enhanced CD 10445US"Tugboat" (video)

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References

  1. ↑ The Portable Galaxie 500 at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "NME Reviews - The Portable Galaxie 500". Nme.com. 2005-09-12. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (February 1, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Dave (February 1, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Buckley, Peter (February 1, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781843531050 – via Google Books.


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