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B-Sides that you think should be on the record (and where to put them)

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Koremora:
So, I've been thinking about this a lot while listening to The Hawk is Howling by Mogwai. The bonus track Dracula Family actually serves as a better closer than The Precipice (in my opinion), but that leaves Stupid Prick and Devil Rides (which I'm not sure fits anywhere). So, does anyone think they have a good idea where Stupid Prick would fit on the tracklist? Or, alternatively, does anyone else have some good examples of B-sides that should fit on the record they "came" from?

the_pied_piper:
'The Culling of The Fold' ended up as a B-side to The Decemberists lead single from The Crane Wife, 'O Valencia!'. Originally it was a B-side for the album and personally i would've used it to replace either 'Sons and Daughters' or 'When The War Came'.

Johnny C:
Stylus Magazine used to have a truly excellent running feature called "Playing God" where they did this. Check it out here.

TheFuriousWombat:
"Broken Window" from the B-Side of Arcade Fire's "Keep the Car Running" single is brilliant. It's massive, driving and powerful. Musically explosive and chaotic and lyrically great as well, it really should have been on the album itself. In fact, a lot of the B-sides from that album are really terrific. "Surf City Eastern Bloc" is another incredible track (also over 6 minutes long) that is epic as hell with all sorts of horns and choral style vocals. It's brilliant. Not sure if it really fits on the album though. It's sound is a little too...well I don't know how to describe it but 'Neon Bible' is pretty unrelentingly dark and sounds pretty menacing until some of its later moments. Maybe this song would work well before 'No Cars Go' but that might be too much "Epic" all at once, thus sorta drowning out the rest of the album.

Bearer:

--- Quote from: the_pied_piper on 21 Apr 2009, 19:42 ---'The Culling of The Fold' ended up as a B-side to The Decemberists lead single from The Crane Wife, 'O Valencia!'. Originally it was a B-side for the album and personally i would've used it to replace either 'Sons and Daughters' or 'When The War Came'.

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Man, I saw this topic and was going to post this EXACT same thing.  Well done sir.

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