Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Automatic 2. Compulsion 3. Concentrate 4. Pearl of Great Price [Daniel Brigham Remix] - (remix) 5. Minor Keys 6. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want 7. Easy 8. Spooky 9. Mr. Martin 10. Mr. Martin [Acoustic] 11. I Love You Like the Little Bird 12. Mall Monarchy [Compulsion] 13. M23 14. Guitar Man [Bread] 15. Black Jacket 16. Broken Arm 17. Taxi 18. Gangs of Riverside 19. Brightest of the Head, The 20. Altercation
DISC 2: 1. Man Who Will Lead, The 2. Thin As a Needle 3. Lucky Ones, The 4. For Us 5. White Fog 6. Family Line 7. W.S. 2005 8. Brightest of the Head [Acoustic], The 9. I Love You Like the Little Bird [Acoustic] 10. Under the Mily Way 11. Magic
| Details | | Producer: | Scott Hatch | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Starflyer 59: Daniel Bazan, David Bazan, Jason Martin. For the uninitiated, this odds-and-sods collection of B-sides and demos also does well as an introduction to the low-gloss, sleepily atmospheric new wave that Jason Martin has been doing so well since the mid-1990s. Many of the songs appeared in full-band form on the 2008 release DIAL M; having the acoustic demos available for side-by-side comparisons opens the songs up in interesting new ways, driving home Martin's talent for strong melodies and trenchant lyrics. Respectful covers like the Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" and the Church's "Under the Milky Way" provide no new entree into those songs, but sound perfectly at home in this context, and throw a light on Martin's influences.
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