Crashing Through

Crashing Through
Box set by Beat Happening
Released May 7, 2002
Recorded November 27, 1983 – February 2000
Genre Indie rock, twee pop
Label K
Producer Beat Happening
Beat Happening chronology

You Turn Me On
(1992)
Crashing Through
(2002)
Music to Climb the Apple Tree By
(2003)
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Crashing Through is a box set with 7 discs containing every studio album, oddities, and rare tracks by the indie rock band, Beat Happening. It was released through K Records on May 7, 2002 but is now out of print.

The box set comes complete with a booklet which includes a lengthy essay of the history, importance and impact of the band by Lois Maffeo, as well as rare photos of members Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis and Bret Lunsford, and a photo of Calvin with artist, musician and director G.B. Jones.

Track listing

Disc one: Live In London 1988

  1. "I Love You"
  2. "Cast A Shadow"
  3. "Calvin Chat"
  4. "Bad Seeds"

Disc two: Music to Climb the Apple Tree By (2003)

Collection of singles & compilation tracks
  1. "Angel Gone"
  2. "Nancy Sin"
  3. "Sea Hunt"
  4. "Look Around"
  5. "Not A Care In The World"
  6. "Dreamy"
  7. "That Girl"
  8. "Secret Picnic Spot"
  9. "Zombie Limbo Time"
  10. "Foggy Eyes"
  11. "Knock On Any Door"
  12. "Sea Babies"
  13. "Tales Of A Brave Aphrodite"
  14. "Polly Pereguinn"
  15. "I Dig You"

Disc three: Jamboree (1988)

Original Album
  1. "Bewitched"
  2. "In Between"
  3. "Indian Summer"
  4. "Hangman"
  5. "Jamboree"
  6. "Ask Me"
  7. "Crashing Through"
  8. "Cat Walk"
  9. "Drive Car Girl"
  10. "Midnight A Go-Go"
  11. "The This Many Boyfriends Club"

Disc four: Beat Happening (1985)

Original Album
  1. "Our Secret"
  2. "What's Important"
  3. "Down At The Sea"
  4. "I Love You"
  5. "Fourteen"
  6. "Fun Down Stairs"
  7. "Bad Seeds [live]"
  8. "In My Memory"
  9. "Honey Pot"
  10. "The Fall"
  11. "Youth"
  12. "Don't Mix The Colors"
  13. "Foggy Eyes"
  14. "Bad Seeds"
  15. "Let Him Get To Me"
  16. "I Spy"
  17. "Run Down The Stairs"
  18. "Christmas"
  19. "Fourteen"
  20. "Let's Kiss"
Bonus Tracks
  1. "1, 2, 3"
  2. "In Love With You Thing"
  3. "Look Around"
  4. "Bonus Track 1"

Disc five: You Turn Me On (1992)

Original Album
  1. "Tiger Trap"
  2. "Noise"
  3. "Pinebox Derby"
  4. "Teenage Caveman"
  5. "Sleepy Head"
  6. "You Turn Me On"
  7. "Godsend"
  8. "Hey Day"
  9. "Bury The Hammer"

Disc six: Dreamy (1991)

Original Album
  1. "Me Untamed"
  2. "Left Behind"
  3. "Hot Chocolate Boy"
  4. "I've Lost You"
  5. "Cry For A Shadow"
  6. "Collide"
  7. "Nancy Sin"
  8. "Fortune Cookie Prize"
  9. "Revolution Come And Gone"
  10. "Red Head Walking

Disc seven: Black Candy (1989)

Original Album
  1. "Other Side"
  2. "Black Candy"
  3. "Knick Knack"
  4. "Pajama Party In A Haunted Hive"
  5. "Gravedigger Blues"
  6. "Cast A Shadow"
  7. "Bonfire"
  8. "T.V. Girl"
  9. "Playhouse"
  10. "Ponytail"

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