definitive Soft Bulletin tracklist

I've never even heard of Spiderbite Song until this thread.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 08:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

This is my UK Cd tracklisting:

1. Race for the Prize
2. A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
3. The Spark That Bled
4. Slow Motion
5. What Is the Light?
6. The Observer
7. Waitin' for a Superman
8. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
9. The Gash
10. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
11. Sleeping on the Roof
12. Sleeping On The Roof
13. Race For The Prize
14. Waitin' For The Superman (Remix)

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 08:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

Or is it...? That's copied and pasted from Amazon. Not sure ...Roof is twice in a row, though? Will take photo tonight.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 08:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

Spotify has no slow motion but has Spiderbite and Buggin' remix-Album version instead. And no repeating "Sleeping on the roof"

'part from that, the same.

― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 08:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

the spotify version doesn't have a count-off at the beginning of "race for the prize" which is on my cd

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 08:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

Pretty sure UK CD there's no repeating Sleepin on the Roof, the last 3 songs are the remixes of Race for the Prize, Waitin' for Superman and Buggin' (not that there's a non-remix of that anyway).

Is there any real reason for doing this? I can sort of see why labels might have different mixes for other markets (the Manics' Holy Bible for example) but to actually mess with the tracklist and change out songs is just ?

― useless chamber, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

It's the Flaming Lips, innit?

― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

ah, I suppose. I just assumed it was record labels being dicks for no reason, and I thought the Flips didn't really like the remixes and they were forced on by the label.

― useless chamber, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 11:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

this is the official UK copy that i had when it came out. the vinyl had Buggin as a proper track half way through? that's how it should have been, not like on the CD where it's just thrown away at the end after 2 remixes. the whole bonus track remix idea really kills the mood it's crazy.

― piscesx, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 11:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

I always used to turn it off after Sleeping On The Roof, I think.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 12:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

I've had this fourteen track version since it came out, always skipped the remixes but I think Buggin' makes a great last song. Never heard Spiderbite Song.

I just saw the 2012 vinyl reissue yesterday with this tracklisting

Disc: 1
1. Race For The Prize
2. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
3. The Spark That Bled
4. The Spiderbite Song
5. Buggin' (Remix)
6. What Is The Light?
7. The Observer
Disc: 2
1. Waitin' For A Superman
2. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
3. The Gash
4. Slow Motion
5. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
6. Sleeping On The Roof

Would be interested to hear how that sounds.

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

Just listened to Spiderbite song on Youtube, yeah it's great. I really want to get that vinyl copy now.

― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

That vinyl tracklist looks just about perfect to me.

― Simon H., Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

the track rearrangement was definitely all Warner Bros bullshit, not any decision on the Lips' part. the remixes too. and they have definitely stated that Disintegrate / Sleeping on the Roof are the proper end to the album.

― caulk the wagon and float it, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

just can't remember why i moved Slow Motion from track 11 to track 4. but there was a reason.

― caulk the wagon and float it, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

That vinyl tracklist does look good. For some reason I've always been under the impression Buggin' was originally on some movie soundtrack, and was a pretty poor substitute for the Spiderbite Song (I can't remember if they played that when they toured the UK in 1999, but they definitely did it for a Peel session, along with some other song that I can't remember what it was now).

― useless chamber, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

The album before this was "Zaireeka", the 4-CDs-at-once thing, so I bet when Warner Bros. decided to go ahead and back that, they would have alot more control over "Bulletin".

Buggin' was on Austin Powers 2.

Spiderbite Song is WAY awesome and the album came out in UK before US so I pre-ordered it back in '99 and had to do without it for a year or two.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:06 (1 year ago) Permalink