| Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres | ||||
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | January 1985–April 1998 | |||
| Label | Flying Nun Records | |||
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Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres is a compilation album released in 2000 by New Zealand band The Bats.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "North by North" (from the album Daddy's Highway ) | 4:05 |
| 2. | "Courage" (from the album Silverbeet ) | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Claudine" (from the EP And Here Is 'Music for the Fireside' ) | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Afternoon in Bed" (from the album Couchmaster ) | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Block of Wood" (from the album Daddy's Highway) | 3:11 |
| 6. | "Mastery" (from the album The Law of Things ) | 2:55 |
| 7. | "Smoking Her Wings" (from the album The Law Of Things) | 4:35 |
| 8. | "For the Ride" (from the album Couchmaster) | 3:43 |
| 9. | "You Have the Right" (previously unreleased) | 3:25 |
| 10. | "I've Seen It All Before" (previously unreleased) | 4:25 |
| 11. | "Too Much" (from the album Silverbeet) | 2:58 |
| 12. | "Spill the Beans" (from the EP Spill the Beans ) | 2:35 |
| 13. | "The Black and the Blue" (from the album Fear of God ) | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Boogey Man" (from the album Fear of God) | 3:16 |
| 15. | "Tragedy" (from the album Daddy's Highway) | 3:02 |
| 16. | "Made Up In Blue" (from the EP Made Up in Blue ) | 4:00 |
| 17. | "Supernova" (from the album Couchmaster) | 1:17 |
The track "North by North" featured in the ABC Television series The Hollowmen as the theme from the opening and closing titles.
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