Complete 'B' Sides

Complete 'B' Sides is a compilation album of songs by American alternative rock band Pixies. It features the B-sides for seven out of eight of their UK singles, as well as for one USA single, from the 1980s and 1990s. The eighth, "Letter to Memphis", had no B-sides. These singles are:

1. "Gigantic" (1988)
2. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" (1989)
3. "Here Comes Your Man" (1989)
4. "Velouria" (1990)
5. "Dig for Fire" (1990)
6. "Planet of Sound" (1991)
7. "Alec Eiffel" (USA) (1991)

ReleasedMay 3, 2001 (2001-05-03)

Recorded1988–1991, various studios

GenreAlternative rock

Length48:35

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Complete 'B' Sides
Compilation album by Pixies
Released	May 3, 2001 (2001-05-03)
Recorded	1988–1991, various studios
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	48:35
Language	English
Label	4AD GAD 2103
Producer	Gil Norton, Gary Smith, Pixies
Pixies compilations chronology
Pixies at the BBC (1998) Complete 'B' Sides (2001) Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies (2004)

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	89/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Drowned in Sound	10/10[4]
NME	7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media	9.6/10[6]

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The album's booklet also features commentaries for each song by Pixies frontman Black Francis. Of "Velvety Instrumental Version", he writes, "The title implies that there was a version with lyrics, but there wasn't." A non-instrumental version, titled simply "Velvety", would later appear on Frank Black and the Catholics' 2002 album, Devil's Workshop.