Distortion: 1989-2019

Compilation by Bob Mould

Released 31 October 2020

alternative rock art rock blues

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Tracklist

CD 1: Workbook
1
Sunspots
2:05
2
Wishing Well
5:13
3
Heartbreak a Stranger
5:52
4
See a Little Light
3:32
5.0 ★
5
Poison Years
5:24
6
Sinners and Their Repentances
4:05
7
Brasilia Crossed With Trenton
6:39
8
Compositions for the Young and Old
4:39
9
Lonely Afternoon
4:29
10
Dreaming, I Am
4:16
11
Whichever Way the Wind Blows
6:34
CD 2: Black Sheets of Rain (1990)
1
Black Sheets of Rain
7:43
2
Stand Guard
5:31
3
It’s Too Late
4:03
4
One Good Reason
6:18
5
Stop Your Crying
4:31
6
Hanging Tree
5:46
7
The Last Night
4:00
8
Hear Me Calling
4:57
9
Out of Your Life
3:33
10
Disappointed
4:10
11
Sacrifice / Let There Be Peace
5:36
CD 3: Copper Blue
1
The Act We Act
Sugar
5:10
4.0 ★
2
A Good Idea
Sugar
3:47
4.4 ★
3
Changes
Sugar
5:01
3.0 ★
4
Helpless
Sugar
3:05
4.2 ★
5
Hoover Dam
Sugar
5:28
4.0 ★
6
The Slim
Sugar
5:14
3.5 ★
7
If I Can’t Change Your Mind
Sugar
3:18
3.5 ★
8
Fortune Teller
Sugar
4:27
3.5 ★
9
Slick
Sugar
4:59
3.0 ★
10
Man on the Moon
Sugar
4:35
3.5 ★
CD 4: Beaster
1
Come Around
Sugar
4:52
2
Tilted
Sugar
4:08
3
Judas Cradle
Sugar
6:15
4
JC Auto
Sugar
6:13
5
Feeling Better
Sugar
6:22
6
Walking Away
Sugar
3:03
CD 5: File Under: Easy Listening
1
Gift
Sugar
4:15
3.5 ★
2
Company Book
Sugar
3:45
3.5 ★
3
Your Favorite Thing
Sugar
3:51
4.4 ★
4
What You Want It to Be
Sugar
4:13
3.5 ★
5
Gee Angel
Sugar
3:56
4.0 ★
6
Panama City Motel
Sugar
4:07
3.0 ★
7
Can’t Help You Anymore
Sugar
3:29
3.5 ★
8
Granny Cool
Sugar
3:33
3.0 ★
9
Believe What You’re Saying
Sugar
3:56
3.5 ★
10
Explode and Make Up
Sugar
4:55
3.5 ★
CD 6: Besides
1
Needle Hits E
Sugar
3:21
2
If I Can’t Change Your Mind (Solo mix)
Sugar
3:20
3
Try Again
Sugar
4:42
4
Where Diamonds Are Halos (live at the Cabaret Metro, 22nd July 1992)
Sugar
4:17
5
Armenia City in the Sky (live at the Cabaret Metro, 22nd July 1992)
Sugar
3:26
6
Clownmaster
Sugar
3:19
7
Anyone (live at the Cabaret Metro, 22nd July 1992)
Sugar
2:43
8
JC Auto (live at the Cabaret Metro, 22nd July 1992)
Sugar
6:01
9
Believe What You’re Saying (Campfire mix)
Sugar
3:52
4.0 ★
10
Mind Is an Island
Sugar
3:39
4.0 ★
11
Frustration
Sugar
5:20
12
Going Home
Sugar
2:41
13
In the Eyes of My Friends
Sugar
3:35
14
And You Tell Me
Sugar
5:01
3.0 ★
15
If I Can’t Change Your Mind (BBC radio session)
Sugar
3:10
16
Hoover Dam (BBC radio session)
Sugar
3:30
17
The Slim (BBC radio session)
Sugar
5:20
18
Where Diamonds Are Halos (BBC radio session)
Sugar
4:34
CD 7: Bob Mould
1
Anymore Time Between
5:41
2
I Hate Alternative Rock
2:55
3
Fort Knox, King Solomon
3:34
5.0 ★
4
Next Time That You Leave
3:58
5
Egøverride
3:54
6
Thumbtack
4:57
7
Hair Stew
4:04
8
Deep Karma Canyon
3:01
9
Art Crisis
3:27
10
Roll Over and Die
3:34
CD 8: The Last Dog and Pony Show
1
New #1
4:47
2
Moving Trucks
3:29
3
Taking Everything
3:26
4
First Drag of the Day
4:29
5
Classifieds
3:03
6
Who Was Around?
4:08
7
Skintrade
5:43
8
Vaporub
4:04
9
Sweet Serene
3:26
10
Megamanic
3:38
11
Reflecting Pool
3:38
12
Along the Way
4:22
CD 9: Modulate.
1
180 Rain
3:45
2
Sunset Safety Glass
4:21
3
Semper Fi
3:58
4
Homecoming Parade
2:03
5
Lost Zoloft
3:18
6
Without?
1:41
7
Slay/Sway
4:09
8
The Receipt
2:26
9
Quasar
4:17
10
Soundonsound
4:05
11
Hornery
1:04
12
Comeonstrong
3:43
13
Trade
5:24
14
Author’s Lament
3:26
CD 10: Long Play Grooves.
1
Theme (It’s a Perfect Day)
Loudbomb
6:25
2
Guys Like You
Loudbomb
3:49
3
Devil v. Angel
Loudbomb
5:55
4
I Cannot Reverse You
Loudbomb
4:14
5
The Fall Collection
Loudbomb
5:10
6
This Is the Way I Want It
Loudbomb
5:25
7
BB DuBois
Loudbomb
4:06
8
Factory Builders Convention
Loudbomb
2:59
9
NumberNine
Loudbomb
5:02
10
Heaven’s on Fire
Loudbomb
2:36
11
We Need the Truth
Loudbomb
3:55
12
Helium
Loudbomb
7:47
CD 11: Body of Song
1
Circles
3:56
2
(Shine Your) Light Love Hope
3:58
3
Paralyzed
3:54
5.0 ★
4
I Am Vision, I Am Sound
3:49
5
Underneath Days
4:33
6
Always Tomorrow
3:59
7
Days of Rain
5:05
8
Best Thing
2:50
9
High Fidelity
3:48
10
Missing You
2:50
11
Gauze of Friendship
5:30
12
Beating Heart the Prize
6:33
CD 12: Blowoff
1
Hormone Love
Blowoff
3:55
2
Here and Now
Blowoff
3:52
3
Overload
Blowoff
4:07
4
Saturday Night All the Time
Blowoff
5:10
5
Life With a View
Blowoff
4:58
6
Man Keeps Winning
Blowoff
4:34
7
Lemonade
Blowoff
4:46
8
Tag It
Blowoff
4:48
9
Fallout
Blowoff
3:44
10
Get Inside With Me
Blowoff
3:49
11
Beautiful
Blowoff
4:31
12
Ballad of Mark Dirt
Blowoff
6:21
CD 13: District Line
1
Stupid Now
4:05
2
Who Needs to Dream?
3:57
3
Again and Again
5:20
4
Old Highs, New Lows
4:00
5
Return to Dust
4:25
6
The Silence Between Us
3:34
7
Shelter Me
3:52
8
Very Temporary
3:11
9
Miniature Parade
3:34
10
Walls in Time
6:13
CD 14: Life and Times
1
Life and Times
4:11
2
The Breach
3:45
3
City Lights (Days Go by)
3:45
4
MM 17
3:39
5
Argos
2:03
6
Bad Blood Better
3:46
7
Wasted World
3:59
8
Spiraling Down
3:08
9
I’m Sorry, Baby, but You Can’t Stand in My Light Any More
3:11
10
Lifetime
4:48
CD 15: Silver Age
1
Star Machine
3:25
2
Silver Age
3:02
5.0 ★
3
The Descent
3:54
5.0 ★
4
Briefest Moment
3:18
5
Steam Of Hercules
4:16
6
Fugue State
3:32
7
Round The City Square
4:04
8
Angels Rearrange
3:16
9
Keep Believing
4:24
5.0 ★
10
First Time Joy
4:54
CD 16: Beauty and Ruin
1
Low Season
4:07
2
Little Glass Pill
2:39
3
I Don’t Know You Anymore
2:55
4
Kid With Crooked Face
2:14
5
Nemeses Are Laughing
3:23
6
The War
3:40
7
Forgiveness
2:54
8
Hey Mr. Grey
2:03
9
Fire in the City
3:14
10
Tomorrow Morning
2:18
11
Let the Beauty Be
3:16
12
Fix It
3:27
CD 17: Patch the Sky
1
Voices in My Head
3:55
2
The End of Things
3:37
3
Hold On
2:55
4.0 ★
4
You Say You
2:59
5
Losing Sleep
3:25
6
Pray for Rain
3:20
7
Lucifer and God
3:45
8
Daddy’s Favorite
3:19
9
Hands Are Tied
1:44
10
Black Confetti
4:15
11
Losing Time
2:11
12
Monument
5:31
CD 18: Sunshine Rock
1
Sunshine Rock
3:09
2
What Do You Want Me to Do
2:30
3
Sunny Love Song
3:00
4
Thirty Dozen Roses
2:52
5
The Final Years
3:25
6
Irrational Poison
2:51
7
I Fought
2:36
8
Sin King
3:53
9
Lost Faith
3:20
10
Camp Sunshine
3:03
11
Send Me a Postcard
2:34
12
Western Sunset
3:21
CD 19: Live at the Cabaret Metro, 1989
1
Sunspots
2:14
2
Wishing Well
4:31
3
Compositions for the Young and Old
4:20
4
Heartbreak a Stranger
5:33
5
Dreaming, I Am
3:39
6
If You’re True
4:34
7
Poison Years
5:44
8
Sinners and Their Repentances
4:53
9
Lonely Afternoon
3:57
10
Brasilia Crossed With Trenton
7:02
11
See a Little Light
3:30
12
Whichever Way the Wind Blows
7:12
13
All Those People Know
3:03
14
Shoot Out the Lights
5:59
15
Hardly Getting Over It
4:48
16
Celebrated Summer
4:19
17
Makes No Sense at All
3:27
CD 20: The Joke Is Always on Us, Sometimes
1
Gift
Sugar
4:12
4.0 ★
2
Company Book
Sugar
3:27
4.0 ★
3
Hoover Dam
Sugar
3:08
4.0 ★
4
After All the Roads Have Led to Nowhere
Sugar
3:41
4.0 ★
5
Where Diamonds Are Halos
Sugar
4:20
4.0 ★
6
Slick
Sugar
4:03
3.0 ★
7
Going Home
Sugar
2:13
3.0 ★
8
Running Out of Time
Sugar
2:28
3.0 ★
9
Frustration
Sugar
4:37
10
Changes
Sugar
3:43
4.0 ★
11
Can’t Help You Any More
Sugar
2:58
4.0 ★
12
Helpless
Sugar
3:03
5.0 ★
13
If I Can’t Change Your Mind
Sugar
3:04
4.0 ★
14
In the Eyes of My Friends
Sugar
3:11
4.0 ★
15
Clownmaster
Sugar
2:43
3.0 ★
16
Gee Angel
Sugar
4:17
4.0 ★
17
Explode and Make Up
Sugar
4:39
4.0 ★
18
The Slim
Sugar
8:38
4.0 ★
CD 21: Livedog98
1
Moving Trucks
Bob Mould Band
3:27
2
Taking Everything
Bob Mould Band
3:01
3
First Drag of the Day
Bob Mould Band
3:57
4
I Hate Alternative Rock
Bob Mould Band
2:30
5
Stand Guard
Bob Mould Band
4:33
6
Classifieds
Bob Mould Band
2:47
7
Hear Me Calling
Bob Mould Band
4:22
8
Art Crisis
Bob Mould Band
2:58
9
Anymore Time Between
Bob Mould Band
5:55
10
Skintrade
Bob Mould Band
6:25
11
Eternally Fried
Bob Mould Band
5:19
12
Roll Over and Die
Bob Mould Band
3:49
13
Lonely Afternoon
Bob Mould Band
3:56
14
Egøverride
Bob Mould Band
2:54
15
Reflecting Pool
Bob Mould Band
2:34
16
Disappointed
Bob Mould Band
3:12
17
Hanging Tree
Bob Mould Band
7:49
18
Man on the Moon
Bob Mould Band
4:33
CD 22: Live at ATP 2008
1
The Act We Act
Bob Mould Band
4:59
2
A Good Idea
Bob Mould Band
3:08
3
I Hate Alternative Rock
Bob Mould Band
2:37
4
See a Little Light
Bob Mould Band
3:24
5
Hoover Dam
Bob Mould Band
4:38
6
Circles
Bob Mould Band
4:44
7
Paralyzed
Bob Mould Band
3:17
8
I Apologize
Bob Mould Band
3:18
9
Chartered Trips
Bob Mould Band
4:06
10
Celebrated Summer
Bob Mould Band
3:40
11
Makes No Sense at All
Bob Mould Band
2:28
12
New Day Rising
Bob Mould Band
3:01
CD 23: Distortion Plus: 1989-2019
1
All Those People Know
3:41
2
No Water in Hell
4:57
3
Dying From the Inside Out
The Golden Palominos
8:20
4
Dio
Throwing Muses
2:54
5
Hickory Wind
Bob Mould and Vic Chesnutt
3:03
6
Can’t Fight It
3:48
7
Turning of the Tide
3:08
8
Dog on Fire (demo)
3:30
9
Fort Knox, King Solomon (live at First Avenue, March 1995)
2:58
10
I Hate Alternative Rock (live at First Avenue, March 1995)
2:23
11
Wanted Was
4:03
12
Eternally Fried
3:39
13
Doubleface
5:21
14
He Didn’t
The 6ths
2:30
CD 24: Distortion Plus: 1989-2019
1
Castor and Pollux
5:26
2
Surveyors and Cranes
3:17
3
Love Escalator
5:04
4
Lowdown Ground
3:13
5
My Old Friend
4:08
6
Nihil
4:31
7
Could You Be the One? (live at the 9:30 club, 7th October 2005)
2:20
8
I Apologize (live at the 9:30 club, 7th October 2005)
3:20
9
Chartered Trips (live at the 9:30 club, 7th October 2005)
3:44
10
Dear Rosemary
Foo Fighters
4:29
11
Father’s Day
Butch Walker
4:48
12
I Don’t Mind
2:22

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Release credits

Alison Chesley
cello [18.12, 8.1, 8.12]
Amy Domingues
cello [13.1-10, 11.7, 11.11], guest [7, 11]
Andy Katz
assistant [1-10]
Anton Fier
drums (drum set) [19.1-17, 2.1-11, 1.2-5, 1.7-11], percussion [1-11]
Beau Sorenson
engineer [18.1-12, 16.1-12, 15.1-10, 17.1-12]
Ben Fowler
assistant [1-11]
Ben Stanley
task
Blake Little
photography
Blowoff
performer [1-12], producer [1-12]
Bob Mould
arranger [12], bass guitar [8.1-12, 14.1-10, 11.1-12, 13.1-10], electric guitar [7], electronic instruments [1-12], engineer [11.1-12, 3.1-10, 4.1-6], guitar [16.1-12, 4.1-6, 1.1-11, 11.1-12, 17.1-12, 14.1-10, 3.1-10, 20.1-18, 22.1-12, 15.1-10, 5.1-10, 2.1-11, 8.1-12, 6.1-18, 18.1-12, 13.1-10, 19.1-17, 21.1-18], keyboard [15.1-10, 1.1-11, 14.1-10, 16.1-12, 13.1-10, 17.1-12, 2.1-11, 3.1-10, 4.1-6, 8.1-12, 18.1-12], lead vocals [7.1-10, 2.1-11, 17.1-12, 4.1-6, 13.1-10, 3.1-10, 20.1, 20.3-4, 20.6-8, 20.10-13, 20.15-18, 14.1-10, 15.1-10, 19.1-17, 11.1-12, 22.1-12, 8.1-12, 1.2-11, 21.1-18, 18.1-9, 18.11-12, 5.1, 5.3-10], mandolin [1-11], mix [10.1-12, 13.1-10, 14.1-10, 9.1-14], percussion [13.1-10, 16.1-12, 8.1-12, 11.1-12, 14.1-10, 17.1-12, 15.1-10, 5.1-10, 18.1-12, 2.1-11, 3.1-10, 4.1-6, 6.1-18, 1.1-11], performer [9.1-14, 10.1-12, 7.1-10, 24.1-12, 23.1-6, 23.8-14], producer [6.1-3, 6.6, 6.9-14, 17.1-12, 15.1-10, 16.1-12, 10.1-12, 7.1-10, 2.1-11, 14.1-10, 1.1-11, 9.1-14, 3.1-10, 18.1-12, 13.1-10, 4.1-6, 8.1-12, 5.1-10], programming [13.1-10, 8.1-12, 11.1-12, 14.1-10], sampler [1-12], vocal [23.7, 6.1-18, 5.2]
Brendan Canty
additional [1-10], drums (drum set) [11.2-8, 11.12, 13.1-10]
Chris Stamey
background vocals [1-17], guitar [1-17]
DJ Bonebrake
drums (drum set) [7]
Damien Shannon
engineer [1-14]
Dan Gellert
assistant [1-11]
Dan Walton
task
David Barbe
bass guitar [3.1-10, 6.1-18, 11.9, 11.11, 20.1-18, 4.1-6, 5.1-10], engineer [1-12], lead vocals [20.2, 20.5, 20.9, 20.14, 5.2], vocal [6.1-18, 5.1, 5.3-10]
Don Zientara
engineer [1-12]
Frank Marchand
engineer [11.1-12, 13.1-10, 14.1-10], mix [1-12]
Heidi Hanschu
engineer [1-11]
Jan Košulič
engineer [1-12]
Jane Scarpantoni
cello [2, 4, 6-10]
Jason Narducy
background vocals [17.1-12, 18.1-9, 18.11-12, 22.1-12], bass guitar [17.1-12, 18.1-12, 16.1-12, 15.1-10, 22.1-12]
Jeff Lipton
mastering
Jim Wilson
background vocals [1-18], bass guitar [1-18], engineer [5.1-10, 7.1-10, 8.1-12], mix [1-18], sampler [1-12]
Joe Schiff
recording [7]
John Chelew
producer [7]
John Doe
bass [7]
Jon San Paolo
assistant [17.1-12, 16.1-12]
Jon Wurster
drums (drum set) [14.1-10, 17.1-12, 18.1-12, 22.1-12, 16.1-12, 15.1-10], percussion [18.1-12, 15.1-10, 17.1-12, 14.1-10, 16.1-12]
Lou Giordano
engineer [4.1-6, 1.1-11, 3.1-10], producer [4.1-6, 6.1-3, 6.6, 3.1-10]
Malcolm Travis
drums (drum set) [5.1-10, 3.1-10, 6.1-18, 20.1-18, 4.1-6], percussion [3.1-10, 4.1-6]
Maria Rice
mastering
Mark Tanzer
assistant [1-11]
Martin Colley
producer [15-18]
Matt Hammon
drums (drum set) [8.1-12, 11.9-11, 21.1-18]
Michael Cerveris
background vocals [1-18], guitar [1-18]
Mikel Toms
conductor [12]
Nathan Winter
assistant [1-10]
Nic Pope
assistant [15.1-10, 17.1-12, 16.1-12]
Niko Bolas
mix [7]
Oink Creative
design
Paul Hilcoff
artwork
Phil Magnotti
assistant [1-10]
Prague TV Orchestra
performing orchestra [12]
Richard Morel
background vocals [1-12], keyboard [1-12]
Simon Marchner
artwork
Steve Boyer
engineer [1-11]
Steve Haigler
engineer [1-11], mix [1-11]
Tom Bender
assistant [4.1-6, 3.1-10]
Tony Maimone
background vocals [1-17], bass guitar [19.1-17, 2.1-11, 1.2-5, 1.7-11]

Issues

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Distortion: 1989-2019
24x CD
31 October 2020