definitive Soft Bulletin tracklist

the lack of similarity between releases annoys me to no end. the way i've currently got them sequenced matches the original vinyl release except for the placement of Slow Motion, which I think I moved based on something one of them said in an interview in that (great) Soft Bulletin documentary that pitchfork.tv did. in other words:

1. race for the prize
2. spoonful weighs a ton
3. spark that bled
4. slow motion
5. spiderbite song
6. buggin
7. what is the light
8. observer
9. waitin for a superman
10. suddenly everything has changed
11. the gash
12. feeling yourself disintegrate
13. sleeping on the roof

how does this look to yall? i feel like there's probably a thread that covers this already but a quick search didn't turn one up.

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What's the Spiderbite Song? That's not on my copy.

it is...a song. that was included on the US CD and vinyl releases. and the 5.1 re-release. in turn, Slow Motion was omitted from the US CD release. the dumbest of major label bullshit

also, it is good. seek it out.

You forgot the Peter Mokran mixes!! Those were all released on the original U.S. release of the album and are all better by far than the "real" ones. Suppposedly the band detests them. The lesson, as always: NEVER LISTEN TO THE ARTISTS!!

having the album end with 2 not-that-different alternate mixes of songs that have already appeared on the album always seemed really unnecessary to me. they shoulda just picked one version or the other of each song.

that list minus slow motion the definitive one for me

i always figured the altnerate mixes were tantamount to bonus tracks

No way dude, the remix of "Race for the Prize" has its balls cut off. The drums in the OG band mix are far superior.

yeah seriously, fuck outta here Snrub. Emperor is otm about the drums, and Soft Bulletin is all about the insane low end

otm

no idea what "slow motion" is tho

I've never got how this record was canonised when no one actually knows what's on it.

i never knew "spiderbite song" wasn't on everyone's soft bulletin. y'all got jipped.

I've never even heard of Spiderbite Song until this thread.

This is my UK Cd tracklisting:

1. Race for the Prize
2. A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
3. The Spark That Bled
4. Slow Motion
5. What Is the Light?
6. The Observer
7. Waitin' for a Superman
8. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
9. The Gash
10. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
11. Sleeping on the Roof
12. Sleeping On The Roof
13. Race For The Prize
14. Waitin' For The Superman (Remix)

Or is it...? That's copied and pasted from Amazon. Not sure ...Roof is twice in a row, though? Will take photo tonight.

Spotify has no slow motion but has Spiderbite and Buggin' remix-Album version instead. And no repeating "Sleeping on the roof"

'part from that, the same.

the spotify version doesn't have a count-off at the beginning of "race for the prize" which is on my cd

Pretty sure UK CD there's no repeating Sleepin on the Roof, the last 3 songs are the remixes of Race for the Prize, Waitin' for Superman and Buggin' (not that there's a non-remix of that anyway).

Is there any real reason for doing this? I can sort of see why labels might have different mixes for other markets (the Manics' Holy Bible for example) but to actually mess with the tracklist and change out songs is just ?

It's the Flaming Lips, innit?

ah, I suppose. I just assumed it was record labels being dicks for no reason, and I thought the Flips didn't really like the remixes and they were forced on by the label.

this is the official UK copy that i had when it came out. the vinyl had Buggin as a proper track half way through? that's how it should have been, not like on the CD where it's just thrown away at the end after 2 remixes. the whole bonus track remix idea really kills the mood it's crazy.

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I always used to turn it off after Sleeping On The Roof, I think.

I've had this fourteen track version since it came out, always skipped the remixes but I think Buggin' makes a great last song. Never heard Spiderbite Song.

I just saw the 2012 vinyl reissue yesterday with this tracklisting

Disc: 1
1. Race For The Prize
2. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
3. The Spark That Bled
4. The Spiderbite Song
5. Buggin' (Remix)
6. What Is The Light?
7. The Observer
Disc: 2
1. Waitin' For A Superman
2. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
3. The Gash
4. Slow Motion
5. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
6. Sleeping On The Roof

Would be interested to hear how that sounds.

Just listened to Spiderbite song on Youtube, yeah it's great. I really want to get that vinyl copy now.

That vinyl tracklist looks just about perfect to me.

the track rearrangement was definitely all Warner Bros bullshit, not any decision on the Lips' part. the remixes too. and they have definitely stated that Disintegrate / Sleeping on the Roof are the proper end to the album.

just can't remember why i moved Slow Motion from track 11 to track 4. but there was a reason.

That vinyl tracklist does look good. For some reason I've always been under the impression Buggin' was originally on some movie soundtrack, and was a pretty poor substitute for the Spiderbite Song (I can't remember if they played that when they toured the UK in 1999, but they definitely did it for a Peel session, along with some other song that I can't remember what it was now).

The album before this was "Zaireeka", the 4-CDs-at-once thing, so I bet when Warner Bros. decided to go ahead and back that, they would have alot more control over "Bulletin".

Buggin' was on Austin Powers 2.

Spiderbite Song is WAY awesome and the album came out in UK before US so I pre-ordered it back in '99 and had to do without it for a year or two.