The bonus tracks are better than the album! (house, cd)

Urban Hat€monger ? · 10-12-2008, 08:08 AM

I used to think that the 3 best tracks on The Fall's Frenz Experiment album were the 3 singles. Ghost In My House , Victoria & Hit The North.

It wasn't until later that I discovered that The Fall never put singles on albums and that they'd only been added as extras for the CD re-release.

Apart from one other song the rest of that album is pants.

WaspStar · 10-12-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I used to think that the 3 best tracks on The Fall's Frenz Experiment album were the 3 singles. Ghost In My House , Victoria & Hit The North.

It wasn't until later that I discovered that The Fall never put singles on albums and that they'd only been added as extras for the CD re-release.

Hmm, that makes me think of "This Charming Man" on The Smiths (much better than anything on side 1, and better than most of side 2) and "Life Begins At The Hop" on XTC's Drums & Wires (great album, but Life Begins really stands out). Heck, why not "How Soon Is Now" from Meat Is Murder?

In fact, back to Costello, the tracks that conclude the first three albums in their most popular versions (Watching The Detectives, Radio Radio, What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, & Understanding) were originally singles, and were tacked onto the albums for their American releases. Most people will argue that those tracks are highlights of the albums.

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