B-Sides: 1996–2006

B-Sides: 1996–2006
Compilation album by Placebo
Released 8 June 2009
7 March 2011
Genre Alternative rock
Length 111:38
Label Virgin
Placebo chronology

Battle for the Sun
(2009)		 B-Sides: 1996-2006'
(2011)		 B3 (EP)
(2012)

B-Sides: 1996–2006 is a two-disc B-sides compilation album by alternative rock band Placebo. It is representative of their ten-year contract with Virgin Records and is a collection of selected B-Sides that appeared on the far more comprehensive EMI box set The Hut Recordings - the latter first released in 2009, before the former was issued separately two years later in 2011. One reviewer described the compilation as a means for the more "casual" fan to discover the band's obscure material.[1] The Virgin compilation includes "Dark Globe", a Syd Barrett cover, an avant-garde jazz track called "Aardvark" in which lead singer Brian Molko plays the saxophone, as well as a range of musical experiments that deviate from the popular Placebo formula.

The two-CD collection was made available through the Elevator Music Ltd. imprint, described by one website as a "vanity/pseudo-indie label for Placebo's releases", with the "Parent Label" being Hut Recordings.[2]

Track listing

Disc 1
No. Title Length
1. "Dark Globe" (originally from the "36 Degrees" single) 2:14
2. "Hare Krishna" (originally from the "36 Degrees" single) 4:27
3. "Been Smoking Too Long" (originally from the "Teenage Angst" single) 2:20
4. "Hug Bubble" (originally from the "Teenage Angst" single) 3:02
5. "Flesh Mechanic (Demo)" (originally from the "Teenage Angst" single, 2006 digital remaster) 4:30
6. "H.K. Farewell" (originally from the "Teenage Angst" single, 2006 digital remaster) 7:32
7. "Slackerbitch" (originally from the "Nancy Boy" single) 3:25
8. "Eyesight to the Blind" (originally from the "Nancy Boy" single) 3:00
9. "Miss Moneypenny" (originally from the "Nancy Boy" single) 2:50
10. "Waiting for the Son of Man" (originally from the 1997 "Bruise Pristine" single) 4:13
11. "Then the Clouds Will Open for Me" (originally from the 1997 "Bruise Pristine" single) 4:19
12. "Mars Landing Party" (originally from the "Pure Morning" single) 1:46
13. "Leeloo" (originally from the "Pure Morning" single) 5:17
14. "Needledick" (originally from the "Pure Morning" single) 1:12
Disc 2
No. Title Length
1. "Innocence of Sleep" (originally from the "Pure Morning" single) 3:45
2. "Ion" (originally from the "You Don't Care About Us" single) 4:08
3. "Aardvark" (originally from the "Burger Queen Français" single) 3:00
4. "Theme from Funky Reverend" (originally from the "Taste in Men" single) 2:54
5. "Leni" (originally from the "Slave to the Wage" single) 4:40
6. "Bubblegun" (originally from the "Slave to the Wage" single) 5:13
7. "Dub Psychosis" (originally from the "Special K" single) 3:39
8. "Little Mo" (originally from the "Special K" single) 3:03
9. "Evalia" (originally from the "The Bitter End" single) 4:21
10. "Drink You Pretty" (originally from the "The Bitter End" single) 3:53
11. "Soulmates" (originally from the "This Picture" single) 3:08
12. "Detox Five" (originally from the "Twenty Years" single) 2:52
13. "UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU" (originally from the "Meds" single) 3:31
14. "Lazarus" (originally from the "Meds" single) 3:24

Omitted B-sides (1996-2006)

Song Length Source
"Bruise Pristine" (1" Punch mix) 4:39 "Bruise Pristine" single (CD 1)
"Bruise Pristine" (Lionrock mix) 7:36 "Bruise Pristine" single (CD 2)
"Drowning by Numbers" 2:58 "Come Home" single / Placebo (10th Anniversary Edition)
"Oxygen Thief" 3:37 "Come Home" single
"Teenage Angst" (Amsterdam V.P.R.O. Session) 2:36 "Teenage Angst" vinyl single (pt. 2)
"Bigmouth Strikes Again" 3:55 "Nancy Boy" single (CD 1) / Covers
"Hug Bubble" (Brad Wood mix) 6:19 "Nancy Boy" single (CD 1)
"Swallow" (Desiner/U-Sheen mix) 5:59 "Nancy Boy" single (CD 2)
"20th Century Boy" 3:41 "You Don't Care About Us" single (CD 1) / Covers
"Pure Morning" (Les Rythmes Digitales mix) 5:39 "You Don't Care About Us" single (CD 2) / Once More with Feeling (Limited Edition) Remix CD
"Pure Morning" (Howie B mix) 6:35 "You Don't Care About Us" single (CD 2)
"Nancy Boy" (Blue Amazon mix) 11:30 "Every You Every Me" single (CD 1)
"Every You Every Me" (Infected by The Scourge of the Earth mix) 3:58 "Every You Every Me" single (CD 1) / Once More with Feeling (Limited Edition) Remix CD
"Every You Every Me" (Sneaker Pimps version) 5:09 "Every You Every Me" single (CD 2)
"Every You Every Me" (Brothers in Rhythm Glam Club Mix) 9:55 "Every You Every Me" single (CD 2)
"Without You I'm Nothing" (UNKLE mix) 5:08 "Without You I'm Nothing" single
"Without You I'm Nothing" (Flexirol mix) 9:28 "Without You I'm Nothing" single
"Without You I'm Nothing" (BIR mix) 10:52 "Without You I'm Nothing" single
"Every You Every Me" (Live) -:-- "Burger Queen Français" single
"Taste in Men" (Alpinestars Kamikaze Skimix) -:-- "Taste in Men" single (CD 1)
"Johnny and Mary" -:-- "Taste in Men" single (CD 2) / Covers
"Taste in Men" (Adrian Sherwood Go Go dub mix)) -:-- "Taste in Men" single (CD 2)
"Holocaust" 4:26 "Slave to the Wage" single (CD 2) / Covers
"Slave to the Wage" (Les Rythmes Digitales remix) 4:29 "Slave to the Wage" single (CD 2)
"Passive Aggressive" (Brothers in Rhythm remix) 9:03 "Special K" single
"Special K" (Timo Maas remix) 7:30 "Special K" single
"Slave to the Wage" (I Can't Believe It's a Remix) 3:30 "Special K" single
"Special K" (Timo Maas Dub mix) 7:02 "Special K" single
"Pure Morning" (MBV remix) -:-- "Black-Eyed" single
"Black-Eyed" (Le Vibrator mix) -:-- "Black-Eyed" single
"Daddy Cool" -:-- "The Bitter End" single / Covers
"Teenage Angst" (piano version) -:-- "The Bitter End" single (CD 1)
"Where is My Mind?" (XFM live version) 3:56 "This Picture" single / Covers
"This Picture" (Acoustic version) "This Picture" single (DVD)
"Jackie" "This Picture" single (DVD) / Covers
"English Summer Rain" (Freelance Hellraiser mix) -:-- "Special Needs" single
"Plasticine" (Lounge version) -:-- "Special Needs" single
"The Bitter End" (Junior Sanchez mix) -:-- "Special Needs" single (DVD)
"I’ll Be Yours" (version 4am) -:-- "English Summer Rain" single (CD 1)
"English Summer Rain" (Ecstasy of St Theresa remix) -:-- "English Summer Rain" single (CD 2)
"This Picture" (Junior Sanchez remix) -:-- "English Summer Rain" single (CD 2)
"Twenty Years" (Fathom remix) -:-- "Twenty Years" single (CD 1)
"Twenty Years" (Osymyso's Birthday mix) -:-- "Twenty Years" single (CD 2)
"Because I Want You" (Ladytron mix) -:-- "Because I Want You" single (Vinyl) / 'Song to Say Goodbye' (Vinyl)
"Because I Want You" (Russell Lissack Bloc Party remix) -:-- "Because I Want You" single (CD 1) / 'Song to Say Goodbye' single
"36 Degrees" (2005 version) -:-- "Because I Want You" single (CD 2) / 'Song to Say Goodbye' single
"Because I Want You" (Ladytron Club mix) -:-- "Because I Want You" single (CD 2) / 'Song to Say Goodbye' single
"Infra-Red" (Call the Ambulance remix) -:-- "Infra-Red" single (Vinyl)
"Infra-Red" (Hotel Persona remix) -:-- "Infra-Red" single (CD)
"Song to Say Goodbye" (River & Tears Remix) -:-- "Infra-Red" single (DVD)
"Space Monkey" (Timo Maas remix) -:-- "Meds" single (CD 2)

References

  1. ↑ Jon O'Brien (2012). "indie music: Placebo B-sides: 1996-2006: 2cd" (WEB PAGE). http://hmv.com/''. hmv. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Discogs (2012). "Elevator Music Ltd." (WEB PAGE). http://www.discogs.com/''. Discogs. Retrieved 20 March 2012.