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by **Sean** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:02 am

What bands do you guys think have the best b-sides? Here are my favourites:

1) Pet Shop Boys (I think their b-sides are often better than their a-sides)
2) Depeche Mode (I love Ice Machine, Shout, Set Me Free)
3) Duran Duran
4) Strawberry Switchblade
5) Clan of Xymox
6) Erasure
7) The Cure

New Order

OMD & Alphaville have a few good b-sides but a majority of their b-sides, I don't really like.

by **Ollie Stench** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:21 am

I always admired the fact that Duran had non-album b-sides. It made tracking down the singles that much more rewarding.

A Flock Of Seagulls had non-lp and/or live songs on some singles.

Classix Nouveaux had good b-sides too. Tokyo / Old World For S

by **Grunch** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:39 am

The Essence have some great B-sides. If you are a Cure fan, and don't know about The Essence, you are missing out on something wonderful.

Men Without Hats - Utter Space (well, only on a EP I guess, maybe was a b-side to a single?) was a GREAT track.

by **skinnytie** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:30 am

I always bought the 45's to XTC, Squeeze, the Boomtown Rats, and Siouxsie and the Banshees just to get the non-lp b-sides (and in some instances, 2 non-lp b-sides or more if there was a 12" involved). Of course, there were some truly great songs that sho

by **Grunch** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:11 pm

Agree XTC had some great b-sides. Speaking of XTC, has anyone been scooping the Fuzzy Warbles series from Andy Partridge. I have volumes 1-4 and just scooped the new volumes 5-6. Each has about 20 tracks, lots of major must haves for XTC fans, big time. A

by **schwenko** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 1:59 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by Grunch[/i]
 
Men Without Hats - Utter Space (well, only on a EP I guess, maybe was a b-side to a single?

by **Berserker** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:53 pm

My vote goes to Ultravox.

Their B-sides are some of their best songs: "Waiting", "Passionate Reply", "Alles Klar", "I Never Wanted To Begin", "Paths and Angles"...all magnificent.

by **Grunch** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 7:29 pm

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by **Ollie Stench** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 4:43 am

It shows up on Ebay once in awhile. I don't have it (yet). It was originally released as a 10", then Stiff picked it up and re-released it as a 12".

by **Grunch** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 8:13 am

Mine is a 12 inch (record that is)

Website · by **savethewave** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:47 pm

I agree, I've always thought that Depeche Mode, the Cure, and New Order always had good B-sides.

I also like XTC's, Siouxsie's, Elvis Costello's, the Clash, and even Bananrama's b-sides.

By the way, "Aie a Mwana," the B-side of "Really sayin' Someth

by **ekahob** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:06 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by savethewave[/i]
 
I also like XTC's, Siouxsie's, Elvis Costello's, the Clash, and even Bananrama's b-sid

by **skinnytie** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:28 am

"Utter Space" was also the b-side to "I Got the Message" (cat. # STAT20).

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by **skinnytie** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:35 am

I was a bit leery of those CD's, to be quite honest, Grunch. I was never a big fan of those re-workings that Andy Partridge did, such as the "Go+" EP and his first solo album. "Down in the Cockpit (dance mix)" I also found quite weak, and I was put off

by **Surly** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:44 am

Simple Minds have some cool instrumental b-sides.

Some other faves are "Lost Control" by A Flock Of Seagulls (I am DYING for someone to reissue the "Story Of A Young Heart" CD and add that as a bonus track) and "Like A Gun," the b-side of "Send Me An A

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