500 Greatest Non-Album B-Sides

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i searched to see if there was something similar. i couldn't find it if there was. anyway, no live tracks, no remixes.b-sides from stand-alone singles are okay, i guess.frinstance,if you really like the b-side to new order's ceremony.(stand-alone meaning singles that never appeared on an album) i wanted to start with The Troggs b-side to Wild Thing, "From Home", cuz i love that song, but it does appear on their u.k. debut(but not the american debut), so i won't.
i'm hoping i will see some stuff i didn't know about.all genres welcome.

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:33 (6 years ago) Permalink

1)Suede-My Dark Star
2)Echo & The Bunnymen-Over Your Shoulder

i'm starting small.

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

How do you square "no remixes" with "all genres welcome" Scott???!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

Anyway

3. Pet Shop Boys - Shameless

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

B-sides that are better than some of the tracks on the celebrated debuts of these hotster bands:
- "Alabama Sunshine" - The Rapture
- "Countdown" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

um, i think i mean't no remixes of the actual single. cuz that's cheating.

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

does that make sense?

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

what are we on, six?

6. Beck "Electric Music and the Summer People"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:42 (6 years ago) Permalink

Warner Bros. did two LPs in the 80s "Revenge of the Killer B's" with non-album b-sides: (Although I think some subsequently made it onto LPs or EPs?)

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll

1. Cool Water performed by Fleetwood Mac - 3:22
2. Somebody Like You performed by Marshall Crenshaw - 3:14
3. Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead performed by Depeche Mode - 2:15
4. Post Office performed by Rank and File - 1:47
5. Moon 83 performed by The B-52's - 4:00
6. Money performed by The Pretenders - 4:39
7. I Wish You Wouldn't Say That performed by The Talking Heads - 2:53
8. Way Out and Up We Go performed by Echo And The Bunnymen - 3:58
9. Your Finest Hour performed by Tom Verlaine - 2:30
10. You Had No Intention performed by Kid Creole & The Coconuts - 4:57
11. Ain't No Big Deal performed by Madonna - 4:12
12. Set the Killing Free performed by Aztec Camera - 3:45

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The only song I remember from the first one was "Walking the Dog" - Laurie Anderson.

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

7. The Cure "Play"
8. Siouxsie "Tattoo"

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:48 (6 years ago) Permalink

So add to the official list:
9. Way Out and Up We Go - Echo And The Bunnymen

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:49 (6 years ago) Permalink

7. Boo Radleys - Blues For George Michael
8. Aphex Twin - Flim

― dog latin, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:51 (6 years ago) Permalink

Sorry Scott, I was being picky but I'd still plea to include remixes - I mean how many great reggae B-Sides are there that AREN'T versions of the A?

A couple more -

Spice Girls - "Take Me Home"
Pulp - "Ansaphone"

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

12? Gang Starr feat. Nice & Smooth - DWYCK

(although that might have appeared on a later album, and definitely appeared on the greatest hits album, but it was just expected to be a B-side and there weren't any plans to put it on any albums until after it blew up, so I think it counts.

― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

14. Britney Spears - "Autumn Goodbye" (Britney doing really sunny bubblegum, not much like any of her famous tracks, a shame she didn't do more tunes like this I think)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

15. 17 days - prince. due to be on the 'purple rain' album (it even says so on the single) but lopped off at the last minute. absolutely fantastic. the best b side of all time.

16. young and lovely - blur. pretty much considered to be the blur b- side diamond. for some unknown reason that even the band can't explain 'turn it up' ends up on 'modern life...' instead.

17. miserablism - pet shop boys. again lopped off an album at gone the 11th hour, mainly because of it's stylistic incongruity. and so what went on in it's place ? 'the end of the world'. oh *dear*.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 16 October 2003 15:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

18. Julian Cope - "Hey High Class Butcher" (quiet and scary whispering pop against meat-eating)

19. John Cale - "Sylvia Says" (I THINK this was a B-Side before it turned up as a bonus track, anyway it's wonderful, one of the great songs about domestic happiness and wanderlust - it's the Moominpappa At Sea of pop!!)

20. Wire - "Former Airline" (I think B Sides were great as opportunities to really dick about.)

21. Chemical Brothers - "Scale" (some scales)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

22. ABBA - "Should I Laugh Or Cry" (HOW COULD I FORGET THIS!! Portrait of a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage, very compassionate which is probably why it's forgotten, doesn't fit the ABBA idea of horrible ex-husbands giving cruel lyrics to divorced wives - one of their best lyrics, up there with Day Before You Came in my book, Tico says check it out!)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

23. The Human League - "Tom Baker" (Canonical 'great B-Side', actually it's just an OK instrumental but it deserves a placing because it's the Human League!! Doing a song called "Tom Baker"!!)

24. Sarah Brightman - "Adventures Beyond The Nurgon Zone" (B-Side to Starship Trooper, has the funniest fade ever committed to vinyl, otherwise it's ghastly but hey, you'll never hear it anyway.)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

25. Soft Cell - "Facility Girls 12"" (B-Side to Bedsitter, useless on the 7" but the 12" is creepy and desolate and very hard to write about.)

(OK I'll stop now and go to the pub.)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:10 (6 years ago) Permalink

26. Talk Talk - it's getting late in the evening

― jed (jed_e_3), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

pedantic question - are the following eligible:

1. b-sides that never appeared on an album until a "Singles A's and B's" LP collecting them all together appeared?

2. b-sides added a bonus tracks to CD reissues of albums?

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

27. Cherry - Smashing Pumpkins
28. Apathy's Last Kiss - Smashing Pumpkins
29. The Aeroplane Flies High - Smashing Pumpkins
30. Polyethylene parts 1 & 2 - Radiohead
31. Palo Alto - Radiohead
32. Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong - Radiohead

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

i gotcha, Tico. but it makes it more interesting to have a list of seperate songs. although, a dub/instrumental/remix list would be great too. if i could just remember which version of inner city's "Good Life" is my favorite.

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:45 (6 years ago) Permalink

zebedee, if a b-side shows up later on something else, that's fine.(on comps or box sets or best-ofs or even added to the album later as a bonus)but it should have shown up on the actual single first to count as a b. ( or a c or a d since most singles now are more like e.p.'s)

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 16:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

33-Bananarama-Ghost
34-Bananarama-Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

35. radiohead - killer cars

― Jonathan (Jonathan), Thursday, 16 October 2003 17:27 (6 years ago) Permalink

36. Blur - One Born Every Minute

― doglatin, Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

37. Depeche Mode: Fools
38. Depeche Mode: Ice Machine
39. Depeche Mode: But Not Tonight
40. Depeche Mode: Dangerous
41. Pet Shop Boys: I Want a Dog
42. Oasis: Round Are Way
43. Oasis: The Masterplan
44. Oasis: Step Out
45. Oasis: Underneath The Sky
46. ABBA: Cassandra

Also, I most definitely second "Miserablism" and "My Dark Star".

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

Belle and Sebastian to thread !

― Sami (Sami), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

bowie - the awesome remade version of 'holy holy' -- it was the b-side of the diamond dogs single (1974) and should've made it onto an album! (it was included at the end the rykodisc of 'the man who sold the world' but sadly the rykos were deleted in favor of those awful virgin releases

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

Pet Shop Boys and The Cure own this thread.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

Together with Depeche Mode and Oasis, they do. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:41 (6 years ago) Permalink

47. Dion-"Daddy Rollin'(In Your Arms)"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 16 October 2003 18:43 (6 years ago) Permalink

48. Rolling Stones-"Who's Driving Your Plane?"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:05 (6 years ago) Permalink

Let The Damage Begin - The Verve

― Michael G, Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:22 (6 years ago) Permalink

50. Used To, a Wire cover b-side of Roy Montgomery's Just Melancholy 7"

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

51. Prince: Erotic City

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

52.Beatles-"I'm Down"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:31 (6 years ago) Permalink

Turtles Have Short Legs by Can.

I don't know where it's from originally.

Cherry Red put it on a 12" w/ Moonshake and One More Night

And I borrowed it from Jeremy Campbell.

And it's the best song ever.

It may be on one of the Cannibalism comps

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

Pavement, "Harness Yr Hopes"

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

54. Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever"
55. Beatles - "Revolution"
56. Beatles - "Rain"
57. Beatles - "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"

― dleone (dleone), Thursday, 16 October 2003 19:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

58. Bruce Springsteen - Pink Cadillac

― John Fredland (jfredland), Thursday, 16 October 2003 20:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

47. Dion-"Daddy Rollin'(In Your Arms)"

without a doubt, one of my favorite songs of all time!!!

― scott seward, Thursday, 16 October 2003 21:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

"Strawberry Fields Forever" was a double A-side.

48 Puertorican Power - Ween
48 One Of These Days - Beck
49 Show Me Your Soul - Red Hot Chili Peppers
50 Dive - Nirvana
51 Did You No Wrong - Sex Pistols
52 Talk Show Host - Radiohead
53 Dear God - XTC
54 Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
55 Velvet Goldmine - David Bowie
56 Yes It Is - Beatles (should be #1)
57 1963 - New Order
58 Marigold - Nirvana
59 Highway Chile - Jimi Hendrix
60 Nannou - Aphex Twin
61 Curmudgeon - Nirvana
62 How I Made My Millions - Radiohead
63 Don’t Let Me Down - Beatles
64 Old Brown Shoe - Beatles
65 Gloria - Them
66 Talk Tonight - Oasis
67 Baby You’re A Rich Man - Beatles
68 Gimme The Car - Violent Femmes
69 Sikamekanico - Red Hot Chili Peppers

― billstevejim, Thursday, 16 October 2003 21:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

70. This Boy - The Beatles
71. Thank You Girl - The Beatles
72. I'll Get You - The Beatles

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 16 October 2003 21:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

73 The Inner Light - Beatles

I think that's all of them.

― billstevejim, Thursday, 16 October 2003 22:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

Live tracks and remixes should be eligible. The live version of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" on the flipside to "I Want you" is the best B-Side ever and it doesn't count??? Same with the Zero 7 remix of "Climbing Up the Walls"??? This is bullshit.

― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 16 October 2003 22:01 (6 years ago) Permalink

Endgame - David Sylvian and Robert Fripp
Home Of The Whale - Massive Attack
Poot Face Boogie - Frank Zappa & The Mothers
Take Me To The Sunshine - Sting

― bahtology, Thursday, 16 October 2003 22:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

mull historical society - naked ambition at the epa

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 16 October 2003 23:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

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439. The Wedding Present - Crawl

― Alex J Lee, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 01:28 (4 years ago) Permalink

440. Afghan Whigs "Creep"
441. Afghan Whigs "Easily Persuaded"

― casey (t. fiend), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 01:52 (4 years ago) Permalink

442. art brut - about time

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 02:11 (4 years ago) Permalink

4 weeks pass...

We still don't have 500.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 08:06 (4 years ago) Permalink

2 years pass...

This thread rocks. It should be finished.

― billstevejim, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

she don't care about time - the byrds

― gershy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 21:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

443. The Sisters of Mercy - You Could Be the One
444. Nightwish - Sleepwalker
445. Ozzy Osbourne - Party like an Animal
446. The Gathering - Adrenaline
447. The Gathering - in Power We Trust the Love Advocated
448. In Flames - Watch Them Feed
449. Cradle of Filth - Devil Woman
450. Arch Enemy - Kill with Power
451. Children of Bodom - Bed of Nails

― Jeff Treppel, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

452 Patti Smith - Piss Factory

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

453 John Cale - Rose Garden Funeral Of Sores

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

454 Dog Faced Hermans - Time Bomb
455 Dog Faced hermans - Miss O'Grady

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

456 Mission Of Burma - Max Ernst

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

457 Sex Pistols - Satellite

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

458 The The - Three Orange Kisses from Kazan

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

459 Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams Part 2

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

460 Unrest - Love To Know
461 Boredoms - Fuanteidei
462 Captain Beefheart - Light Reflected Off The Oceands Of The Moon

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

463 Pink Floyd - Paintbox
464 Pink Floyd - Julia Dream

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

465 Violent Femmes - Gimme The Car

― sleeve, Sunday, 4 November 2007 22:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

466. Sugababes - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

― musically, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

467 18th Dye - Coffee Cup Revisited (lousy title, great song...maybe the best thing they ever did)
468 Unrest - Vibe Out!

― dlp9001, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

469 Bruce Springsteen - Shut Out The Light

― Eazy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

(B-side to "Born in the USA" - link here)

― Eazy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

470 Everything But The Girl - On My Mind
471 Anne Pigalle - Like We Do

― Eazy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:54 (2 years ago) Permalink

472 Galaxie 500 - Here She Comes Now

― Eazy, Sunday, 4 November 2007 23:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

473 REM - The One I Love (live, 12" b-side)

― Eazy, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

474 Shiina Ringo - Unconditional Love

― Milton Parker, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:23 (2 years ago) Permalink

475 Roxy Music - The Numberer

― Milton Parker, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

476. outrageous cherry - every day i fall in love

― electricsound, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

477. tyrnaround - uncle jack

― electricsound, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

478. The Who - Water

― bendy, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:47 (2 years ago) Permalink

479. Roxy Music - Pyjamarama (thanks for jogging my memory Milton!)

― sleeve, Monday, 5 November 2007 02:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

You mean "The Pride and the Pain"?

Or do you mean the b-side to a reissue of "Virginia Plain"?

― Mark G, Monday, 5 November 2007 02:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

480. Garbage-Subhuman
481. Slade-Man Who Speaks Evil
482. Slade-Wonderin' Y
483. Slade- I'm Me, I'm Now, and That's ORL

― C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 5 November 2007 02:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

<i>425. They Might Be Giants - Nightgown of the Sullen Moon.</i>

So manifestly OTM as to bear repeating.

REM has tons of great B-sides but instead of these, some of which have been seen above, I nominate

484. Pavement -- Camera

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 5 November 2007 03:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

485. Ash - No Place to Hide

― Simon H., Monday, 5 November 2007 04:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

even though it has since been added to the reissues, this one towers above all

486. fleetwood mac - silver springs

― electricsound, Monday, 5 November 2007 04:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

487. MX-80 Sound, "White Night"

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 5 November 2007 05:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

this might be the best B-sides of all time (all from one EP):

488. Hi falutin - the Boo Radleys
489. Crushed - the Boo Radleys
490. Almost Nearly There - the Boo Radleys

― Bee OK, Monday, 5 November 2007 06:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

491. Roxy Music - "Trash 2"

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 5 November 2007 06:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

492. Grasshopper by Ride
493. Let's All Make Believe by Oasis
494. Screamadelica by Primal Scream

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 5 November 2007 08:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

495. Ash - Coasting

― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 5 November 2007 08:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

496. Soundgarden - Karaoke

(From the Down on the Upside sessions, and miles better than any song on the actual album.)

― MacDara, Monday, 5 November 2007 09:15 (2 years ago) Permalink

497. TV On The Radio - Satellite.

― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 5 November 2007 09:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

498. Guillemots - Cat's Eyes.
499. Guillemots - Bad Boyfriend.

― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 5 November 2007 09:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

500. Smashing Pumpkins - "Set the Ray To Jerry"

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 5 November 2007 13:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

And we're done.

― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 5 November 2007 13:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

You mean "The Pride and the Pain"?

yeah, that one. Pyjamarama was the A-side but still not on LP, hence my confusion.

― sleeve, Monday, 5 November 2007 20:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

500 is a dupe of 106. I demand an additional greatest non-album b-side.

― lukas, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 06:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

Ok fuck it:

500. Curtis Chip - It Starts With A G

― lukas, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 06:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

also all the unmentioned Nirvana b-sides heh - Pen cap chew in particular

― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 07:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

or maybe thats just an unreleased song and I'm confusing that with b-sides.

― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 28 November 2007 07:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

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