A Single History: 1991–1997
{{One source|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox album
| name = A Single History: 1991–1997
| type = compilation
| artist = Unwound
| cover = Unwound_ASingleHistory.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 14, 1999
| recorded = December 1991–August 1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Post-hardcore
| length = 58:21
| label = Kill Rock Stars
| producer =
| prev_title = Challenge for a Civilized Society
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Leaves Turn Inside You
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|author=Stewart Mason |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-single-history-1991-1997-mw0000252510 |title=A Single History: 1991-1997 - Unwound | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=1999-09-14 |accessdate=2013-09-03}}
| noprose = yes
}}
A Single History: 1991–1997 is a compilation album by Unwound released on Kill Rock Stars. It contains tracks previously released on various 7-inch singles and multiple-artist compilations. "Crab Nebula" and "Stumbling Block" originally appeared on the band's 1991 demo tape. The fourth song is a reference to the U.S. government's secret MKUltra brainwashing program. The "Negated"/ "Said Serial"/ "Census" 7-inch was the first-ever release on Troubleman Unlimited Records. "Plight" is a cover of a Minutemen song, from the tribute disc Our Band Could Be Your Life. "Seen Not Heard" is from a split 7-inch with Steel Pole Bath Tub; the song comes from the Repetition album sessions. Following an extended drum and bass-style intro, "The Light At The End..." features odd vocal snippets from a man trying to persuade some band to make upbeat, "tribal-sounding" aerobics music.
According to a Kill Rock Stars Q&A from 1999, the cover art is a composite of photos taken by drummer Sara Lund on the band's overseas tours. The top photo is of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice; "the train in the middle is from Japan, and the nuns on the bottom are from a religious procession we witnessed in Trani, Italy."
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Original release
| total_length = 58:21
| all_writing = Unwound, unless noted otherwise.
| title1 = Mile Me Deaf
| length1 = 2:20
| extra1 = "The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train", 1997
| title2 = Broken E-Strings
| length2 = 3:11
| extra2 = "Jabberjaw No.1", 1994
| title3 = Totality
| length3 = 3:07
| extra3 = "MK Ultra/Totality", 1994
| title4 = MK Ultra
| length4 = 4:48
| extra4 = "MK Ultra/Totality", 1994
| title5 = Seen Not Heard
| length5 = 3:41
| extra5 = Split with Steel Pole Bath Tub, 1996
| title6 = Caterpillar
| length6 = 1:58
| extra6 = "Caterpillar/Miserific Condition/Love & Fear", 1992
| title7 = Miserific Condition
| length7 = 1:57
| extra7 = "Caterpillar/Miserific Condition/Love & Fear", 1992
| title8 = Everything Is Weird
| length8 = 2:52
| extra8 = "Corpse Pose/Everything Is Weird", 1996
| title9 = Negated
| length9 = 4:36
| extra9 = "Negated/Said Serial/Census", 1994
| title10 = Said Serial
| length10 = 2:23
| extra10 = "Negated/Said Serial/Census", 1994
| title11 = Census
| length11 = 1:50
| extra11 = "Negated/Said Serial/Census", 1994
| title12 = Plight
| length12 = 1:56
| writer12 = D. Boon, Mike Watt
| extra12 = Our Life Could Be Your Band, Minutemen tribute album
| title13 = Stumbling Block
| length13 = 2:01
| extra13 = Demo, 1991
| title14 = Eternalux
| length14 = 4:58
| extra14 = A Day in the Park comp., 1994
| title15 = New Radio Hit
| length15 = 2:21
| extra15 = The Smitten Love Song Comp., 1994
| title16 = The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train
| length16 = 10:10
| extra16 = The Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train, 1997
| title17 = Crab Nebula
| length17 = 4:06
| extra17 = Demo, 1991
}}
Credits
- Steve Fisk - keyboards, production on 1-8, 14, 16
- Dustin the Roadie - trombone on 10, 11, spoken word on 12
- Sara Lund - cover art
- Kip Beelman - recording engineer for 1, 16
- Stuart Hollerman - recording engineer for 2-7, 14
- John Goodmanson - recording engineer for 8
- Tim Green - recording engineer for 9-12, 15
- Pat Maley - recording engineer for 13, 17
References
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