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"Best B-Sides"

What band do you think writes the best B-sides? My personal favourite is Blur. Their B-sides are always a bit more experimental - especially around the time they released 'Blur'. 'Get out of Cities', 'Polished Stone' and 'Swallows in the Heatwave' are three of my favourte songs and they all came from singles off 'Blur'. Oasis make B-sides of the same quality as their A-sides, but I was young then and I didn't know better. Sometimes remixes are quite good, but not if it's some crappy garage tune with about 6 different versions stuck on the back of it.

Not a B-side but Xfm played "Parabola" by Tool this morning and I hadn't heard that in an age.

Goddamn amazing tune.

Well you're obviously a fan so I say buy it. Or borrow it off a mate first if you're still unsure.

I've got all their albums, but this is the only one that I've held out on for so long.

Hmmmpphhh.. tough question that. I wouldn't bother with the DVD - nice concept n all that but you wont watch it more than once.

There are some class tunes on the album (sidewalk surfer girl, juxtaposed.. no sympathy) but overall its not so immediate as their previous records.

There are a lot more acoustic tracks and 'big band' tracks and the whole album has quite a bitter edge to it.

If you are a fan of SFA, I'd say buy it. If you are new, pick up Radiator. Still, its leaps and bounds ahead of what most bands put out on record, its just I expected something more...

Yeah, SFA do too. Is 'Rings Around...' worth getting?

SFA normally do some decent B-sides - namely Guacamole, Calimero, Foxy Music, Smokin ... oh I could go on...

Pre - Everything Must Go Manics did some top B-sides.. Charles Windsor, Wrote for Luck.... but they lost the plot a bit after a while

Dont buy many singles any more...

ohh yeh how could i forget - born slippy by Underworld was a b-side before it was used on Trainspotting witch led the eventual release of it as a normal single.

smashing pumpkins did somegood b-sides especially on the tonite tonite singles.

but my fav b-side of all time is by The Chemical Brothers, its called 'Morning Lemon' makes me laugh everytime and its a top tune too.

Yep I'd agree... Blur do great B-Sides...

Radiohead used to... Talk Show Host, How I made my Millions, Palo Altro.

The Bluetones hid some woderful songs on the 'b-sides' to their singles.

'The Simple Things' and 'Glad to see You Back Again' stand out.

Mansun had some wonderful 'b-sides' early on, like 'Grey Lantern' and 'Flourella'.

Ash have done some decent b-sides too, with 'Cantina Band' being a cover of the song from Star Wars. They tended to be heavier in their b-sides, less pop, more rock, so they were cool.

Pulp had some cool b-sides too. One that stands out was a song called 'Cocaine Socialism', it basically ripped the tune from one of the songs from This Is Hardcore, but changed all of the lyrics to an attack on New Labour and Tony Blair's attempt to 'Rock the Vote'.