Birds and Microscopes and Bottles of Elixirs and Raw Steak and a Bunch of Songs

Compilation by Norma Jean

Released 22 November 2010

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
  • 1
    The Entire World Is Counting on Me, and They Don’t Even Know It
    3:10
    2.5 ★
  • 2
    Face:Face
    3:30
    3.0 ★
  • 3
    Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste
    4:55
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Creating Something Out of Nothing, Only to Destroy It
    6:21
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Pretty Soon, I Don’t Know What, but Something Is Going to Happen
    15:49
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    The Shotgun Message
    1:37
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Sometimes It’s Our Mistakes That Make for the Greatest Ideas
    3:15
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    I Used to Hate Cell Phones but Now I Hate Car Accidents
    5:02
    2.5 ★
  • 9
    It Was as If the Dead Man Stood Upon the Air
    1:30
    2.5 ★
  • 10
    The Human Face, Divine
    5:40
    3.0 ★
  • 11
    Organized Beyond Recognition
    7:28
    3.0 ★
  • CD 2: O’ God, the Aftermath
  • 1
    Murderotica: An Avalanche in D Minor
    1:58
  • 2
    Vertebraille: Choke That Thief Called Dependence
    3:12
  • 3
    Bayonetwork: Vultures in Vivid Color
    3:29
  • 4
    Dilemmachine: Coalition Hoax
    2:12
  • 5
    Coffinspire: Multitudes, Multitudes in the Valley of Decision!
    4:25
  • 6
    Liarsenic: Creating a Universe of Discourse
    4:08
  • 7
    Disconnecktie: The Faithful Vampire
    10:08
  • 8
    Absentimental: Street Clam
    3:12
  • 9
    Charactarantula: Talking to You and the Intake of Glass
    4:17
  • 10
    Pretendeavor: In Reference to a Sinking Ship
    4:27
  • 11
    Scientifiction: I. A Clot of Tragedy / II. A Swarm of Dedication
    6:22
  • CD 3: Redeemer
  • 1
    A Grand Scene for a Color Film
    3:24
  • 2
    Blueprints for Future Homes
    2:49
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    Small Spark vs. a Great Forest
    5:00
  • 4
    Temperamental Widower
    2:46
  • 5
    End of All Things Will Be Televised
    5:11
  • 6
    Songs Sound Much Sadder
    3:04
  • 7
    Longest Lasting Statement
    2:47
  • 8
    Amnesty Please
    4:14
  • 9
    Like Swimming Circles
    3:04
  • 10
    Cemetery Like a Stage
    4:26
  • 11
    No Passenger: No Parasite
    4:58

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