Retrospective (Red House Painters album)
1999 compilation album by Red House Painters
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Retrospective is a double-disc compilation of Red House Painters' songs from the band's 4AD era. The compilation was released in July 1999. Disc one is a collection of definitive Red House Painters tracks culled from their debut album Down Colorful Hill through 1995's Ocean Beach, as picked by 4AD label owner Ivo Watts-Russell. Disc two, subtitled Demos, Outtakes, Live (1989-1995), is a collection of unreleased demos and live recordings from their 4AD years. The essay inside the booklet was written by Rob O'Connor in April 1999. A working title for this collection was Red Perspective.[4]
ReleasedJuly 19, 1999
Recorded1989–1995
LengthCD1: 77:51
CD2: 66:23
Total: 144:08
CD2: 66:23
Total: 144:08
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| Released | July 19, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1995 | |||
| Genres | Folk rock, slowcore | |||
| Length | CD1: 77:51 CD2: 66:23 Total: 144:08 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
| Producer | Mark Kozelek | |||
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Track listing
All tracks are written by Mark Kozelek, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Shock Me" | Ace Frehley | Shock Me EP | 4:47 |
| 2. | "Grace Cathedral Park" | Red House Painters I | 3:52 | |
| 3. | "Katy Song" | Red House Painters I | 8:25 | |
| 4. | "Summer Dress" | Ocean Beach | 2:54 | |
| 5. | "New Jersey" (Electric Version) | Red House Painters II | 4:26 | |
| 6. | "Medicine Bottle" | Down Colorful Hill | 9:51 | |
| 7. | "Michael" | Down Colorful Hill | 5:23 | |
| 8. | "San Geronimo" | Ocean Beach | 7:37 | |
| 9. | "Bubble" | Red House Painters II | 5:32 | |
| 10. | "Mistress" (Piano Version) | Red House Painters I | 4:33 | |
| 11. | "Drop" | Ocean Beach | 8:53 | |
| 12. | "Evil" | Red House Painters II | 7:19 | |
| 13. | "Rollercoaster" | Red House Painters I | 4:18 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Funhouse" (1989 Demo) | 6:07 | |
| 2. | "Waterkill" (1990 Demo) | 7:04 | |
| 3. | "Uncle Joe" (1990 Demo) | 5:56 | |
| 4. | "Helicopter" (1991 Demo) | Kozelek, Jerry Vessel | 5:41 |
| 5. | "Brown Eyes" (1992 4-Track Demo) | 2:01 | |
| 6. | "Dragonflies" (1992 Outtake) | Kozelek, Robyn Riel-Nail | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Japanese to English" (Live in Paris, 1993) | 4:21 | |
| 8. | "Shock Me" (Live on KCRW, 1993) | Frehley | 4:26 |
| 9. | "Over My Head" (1993 4-Track Demo) | 3:58 | |
| 10. | "Brockwell Park" (1993 4-Track Demo) | 5:51 | |
| 11. | "Shadows" (1994 Outtake) | 5:41 | |
| 12. | "Mistress" (Live on KCRW, 1995) | 4:28 | |
| 13. | "Summer Dress" (Live on KCRW, 1995) | 2:34 | |
| 14. | "Instrumental" (1995 Demo) | 4:05 |
Credits
- "Waterkill" (1990 demo) and "Instrumental"(1995 demo) previously unreleased.
- Art direction and design by v23.
- Wire photograph by Chris Bigg; lighthouse photograph by Dominic Davies.
- Liner notes by Rob O'Connor (credited to "Rob O'Condor"; this is a typographical error. Rob O'Connor also penned the liner notes for the vinyl edition of Mark Kozelek's Admiral Fell Promises album in 2010[5]).