Mercury Rev 2005




Mercury Rev unveil their first Best Of

The package features a rarities CD

American indie rockers Mercury Rev are to release their first Best Of compilation in the autumn.

'The Essential Mercury Rev - Stillness Breathes (1991-2006)' is released on October 2 as a 2CD set. CD1 contains many of the band's best known tracks, including the hit singles 'The Dark Is Rising', 'Goddess On A Hiway' and 'Opus 40'.

CD2 will feature session tracks, rarities and a host of cover versions -among them tracks originally made famous by The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and David Bowie.

The full tracklisting is:

CD1:

'Diamonds'
'Everlasting Arm'
'In A Funny Way'
'Goddess On A Hiway'
'Chasing A Bee'
'The Dark Is Rising'
'Black Forest (Lorelei)'
'Holes'
'Carwash Hair'
'Empire State'
'Something For Joey'
'Frittering'
'A Drop In Time'
'Opus 40'

CD2

'I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier' (1999 Peel Session)
'I Only Have Eyes For You'
'Observatory Crest'
'Streets Of Larado'
'So There'
'Afraid'
'He Was A Friend Of Mine'
'Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp (Chemical Brothers remix)'
'It's A Man's Man's Man's World'
'Clamor'
'Seagull'
'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'
'Coney Island Cyclone' (1991 Peel Session)
'Silver Street'
'Deadman' (with Alan Vega)
'Philadelphia (KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic mix)'
'Good Times Ahead'
'Memory Of A Free Festival'

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I really like this band and I want this cd. Santa?

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Well, it was no Goodburger.

i want this too. santa, i've been a very good boy!

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i like them too

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said thanks for the insults and compliments
you'll never forget my face no more

Found this while looking for something else. Um... do Mercury Rev just hate their old stuff or something?