Complete 'B' Sides

Complete 'B' Sides is a compilation record by the Pixies. It features the B-sides for seven out of eight of their UK singles from the 1980s and 1990s and one U.S. single. The eighth, "Letter to Memphis", had no b-sides. These singles are:

1. "Gigantic" (1988)
2. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" (1989)
3. "Here Comes Your Man" (1989)
4. "Velouria" (1990)
5. "Dig for Fire" (1990)
6. "Planet of Sound" (1991)
7. "Alec Eiffel" (U.S.) (1991)

Complete 'B' Sides
Compilation album by Pixies
Released	May 3, 2001
Recorded	1988–1991, various studios
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	48:35
Language	English
Label	4AD GAD 2103
Producer	Gil Norton, Gary Smith, Pixies
Pixies compilations chronology
Pixies at the BBC (1998) Complete 'B' Sides (2001) Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies (2004)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	89/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Drowned in Sound	10/10[4]
NME	7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media	9.6/10[6]

The album's booklet also features commentaries for each song by Pixies frontman Frank Black. Of "Velvety Instrumental Version", he writes, "The title implies that there was a version with lyrics, but there wasn't." A non-instrumental version, titled simply "Velvety", would later appear on Frank Black and the Catholics' 2002 album, Devil's Workshop.

Track listing

All songs written by Black Francis unless otherwise noted.

1. "River Euphrates" – 3:23
2. "Vamos" (Live) – 3:28
3. "In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)" (Live) (Peter Ivers, David Lynch) – 1:46
4. "Manta Ray" – 2:39
5. "Weird at My School" – 1:59
6. "Dancing the Manta Ray" – 2:13
7. "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)" – 3:00
8. "Into the White"  – 4:42
9. "Bailey's Walk" – 2:23
10. "Make Believe" – 1:54
11. "I've Been Waiting for You" (Neil Young) – 2:45
12. "The Thing" – 1:58
13. "Velvety Instrumental Version" – 2:04
14. "Winterlong" (Neil Young) – 3:07
15. "Santo" – 2:16
16. "Theme from Narc" (Brian Schmidt) – 1:48
17. "Build High" – 1:42
18. "Evil Hearted You" (The Yardbirds) – 2:37
19. "Letter to Memphis" (Instrumental) – 2:43

References

1. "Complete B-sides review". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
2. Allmusic review
3. Dolan, Jon. "Complete 'B' Sides — Blender". Blender. Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
4. Extance, Andy (4 May 2001). "Pixies: Complete 'B' Sides". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
5. NME review
6. Pitchfork Media review

External links

• Complete 'B' Sides at MusicBrainz (list of releases)