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Name some bands who have b-sides you find better than their albums/a particular album! Or just bands who have great b-sides.

 

Also, if you make own b-side compilations/mixtapes that you think are awesome - please post tracklists!

I'm gonna post tracklists to some I've made that I find awesome.

 

Or just talk b-sides.

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The living end!

Their very early stuff. Pre-album kind of stuff. It was all amazing. They released an EP called it's for your own good(not to be confused with their compilation of the same name). And the bside on that was English army. It's so fucking good. They've also got a song called uncle Harry. Many many song along a to that have been had.

And in keeping with the Aussie bands. Bodyjar. By far their best full length was no touch red. It was originally released on cd with an entire cd full of bsides. That disc in itself is better than anything they have released since.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers have some really awesome b-sides.

 

The first 4 videos I posted below were made by this guy, who makes really awesome videos for RHCP and John Frusciante songs (seriously, check it out!): http://www.youtube.com/user/FruscianteWorld?feature=watch

 

Quixoticelixir:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jMIlQdbWIo

 

The Bicycle Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDPuyKbEvLE

 

Whatever We Want:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icXRJ3zMqks

 

Rolling Sly Stone (technically not a b-side, but an awesome cover nonetheless):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doy20_RHH9w

 

Sikamikanico:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is7qyVWeaUk

 

Save The Population:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvjGrWERM1U

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The living end!

Their very early stuff. Pre-album kind of stuff. It was all amazing. They released an EP called it's for your own good(not to be confused with their compilation of the same name). And the bside on that was English army. It's so fucking good. They've also got a song called uncle Harry. Many many song along a to that have been had.

And in keeping with the Aussie bands. Bodyjar. By far their best full length was no touch red. It was originally released on cd with an entire cd full of bsides. That disc in itself is better than anything they have released since.

Uncle Harry was not a b-side. It was on Roll On.
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Was gonna mention the Gaslight B Sides. Blue Dahlia is such a fantastic song.

 

 

I love "Blue Dahlia" - but it bugs me as a b-side. Should have taken the place of "National Anthem" on the album.

 

I love it, but I don't know that it fit the tone of the album. The last songs on that album (from Howl on) are seamless. Just my opinion. I think it stands as one of their better songs and I am glad that the band has played Blue Dahlia at every post-Handwritten show that I have been to, though.

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Thanks for Blue Dahlia, the song is better than most on Handwritten!

 

I recently made a compilation with only b-side/split tracks by Dan of Alkaline Trio:

 

1. My Standard Break From Life

2. Kick Rocks

3. Hating Every Minute

4. Those Lungs

5. We Can Never Break Up

6. If You Had A Bad Time

7. Buried

8. Burned Is The House

9. Don't Say You Won't

10. In My Stomach

 

 

It's super awesome. Try it!

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Cool, nothing more?

 

Only other things I can think of are Brian/Gaslight covers from radio/promotional settings i.e. Atlantic City, Nine Crimes, Hallelujah, Come Together, I Do Not Hook Up, The Weight, Left of the Dial, Cold Cold Ground, Backstreets and Whiskey in the Jar.  I kind of stopped following up on this stuff a few years ago so there could be more.  I'm not an expert.  

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