Compilation (The Clean album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Compilation

| type = Compilation

| artist = The Clean

| cover = Compthclean.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1986

| recorded = 1981–1982

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie rock, lo-fi

| length = 57:00

| language = English

| label = Flying Nun

| producer =

| prev_title = Odditties

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Vehicle

| next_year = 1990

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/compilation-mw0000197032|title=Compilation – the Clean | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222112216/http://www.allmusic.com/album/compilation-mw0000197032|url-status=live}}

}}

Compilation is a compilation cassette by New Zealand group The Clean. It was released in 1986 by Flying Nun Records.{{Cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Clean-Compilation/release/2232925 |title=Discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=21 May 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102140453/http://www.discogs.com/Clean-Compilation/release/2232925 |url-status=live }} The album consists of early recordings, as well as songs from their 2 EPs, "Boodle Boodle Boodle" and "Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten". The CD version also contains 6 additional live tracks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Clean-Compilation/release/6953086|title=The Clean – Compilation (1988, Silver Disc, CD)|publisher=Discogs|date=5 October 1988|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222194313/https://www.discogs.com/Clean-Compilation/release/6953086|url-status=live}}

Track listing

  1. "Billy Two"
  2. "At The Bottom"
  3. "Tally Ho!"
  4. "Anything Could Happen"
  5. "Point That Thing Somewhere Else"
  6. "Flowers"
  7. "Fish"
  8. "Beatnik"
  9. "Getting Older"
  10. "Slug Song"
  11. "Oddity"
  12. "Whatever I Do"

Bonus tracks on 1988 version

  1. "Quickstep" – 4:11
  2. "Count To Ten" – 2:03
  3. "Wild Western Shores" – 2:41
  4. "Art School" – 2:15
  5. "Hold Onto The Rail" – 2:59
  6. "Point That Thing Somewhere Else (A Return)" – 6:39

Personnel

  • Vocals – Doug Hood
  • Bass, Vocals – Peter Gutteridge
  • Drums – Lyndsay Hooke
  • Drums, Vocals, Artwork [Cover]– Hamish Kilgour
  • Guitar, Liner Notes, Compiled By [Cd Booklet] – David Kilgour
  • Compiled By [Cd Booklet], Photography By [All Other Photographs] – Craig McNab
  • Photography By [Early Clean Photograph] – Terry Moore
  • Recorded By – Chris Knox (tracks: 1, 4 to 10, 12), The Clean (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 12), Doug Hood (tracks: 1, 4 to 10, 12)
  • Written-By – Kilgour, Kilgour, Gutteridge (tracks: 5, 18), Scott (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 17)

References