Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987–2005
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{{Infobox album
| name = Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987–2005
| type = Compilation
| artist = The Dead C
| cover = Dead C - Vain, Erudite and Stupid.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 August 2006
| recorded = {{Start date|1987}}–{{Start date|2003}}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Noise rock
| length = 145:02
| label = Ba Da Bing
| producer = The Dead C
| prev_title = The Damned
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Future Artists
| next_year = 2007
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Pitchfork Media
| noprose = yes
}}
Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987–2005 is a compilation album by New Zealand noise rock band The Dead C, released on 1 August 2006 through Ba Da Bing Records.
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| headline = Disc one
| all_writing = The Dead C
| extra_column = From the album
| title1 = Max Harris
| extra1 = DR503
| length1 = 5:35
| title2 = Angel
| extra2 = DR503b
| length2 = 6:59
| title3 = 3 Years
| extra3 = Xpressway Pile-Up
| length3 = 6:21
| title4 = Maggot
| extra4 = Eusa Kills
| length4 = 7:07
| title5 = Glass Hole Pit
| extra5 = Eusa Kills
| length5 = 1:08
| title6 = Helen Said This
| extra6 = Helen Said This
| length6 = 10:58
| title7 = Hell Is Now Love
| extra7 = Trapdoor Fucking Exit
| length7 = 4:07
| title8 = Highway
| extra8 = Clyma est mort
| length8 = 0:48
| title9 = Power
| extra9 = Clyma est mort
| length9 = 7:04
| title10 = Mighty
| extra10 = Power
| length10 = 2:19
| title11 = Constellation
| extra11 = Harsh 70s Reality
| length11 = 6:41
| title12 = T. Is Never Over I & II
| extra12 = Harsh 70s Reality
| length12 = 4:03
| title13 = World
| extra13 = World Peace Hope et al.
| length13 = 7:53
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Disc two
| extra_column = From the album
| title1 = The Marriage of Reason and Squalor
| extra1 = The Operation of the Sonne
| length1 = 14:28
| title2 = Bitcher
| extra2 = The White House
| length2 = 6:27
| title3 = Voodoo Spell
| extra3 = The White House
| length3 = 2:16
| title4 = Repent IV
| extra4 = Repent
| length4 = 11:53
| title5 = Head
| extra5 = Tusk
| length5 = 11:03
| title6 = All Channels Open
| extra6 = The Dead C
| length6 = 6:31
| title7 = Tuba Is Funny (Slight Return)
| extra7 = The Dead C
| length7 = 7:30
| title8 = Repulsion
| extra8 = New Electric Music
| length8 = 10:38
| title9 = Truth
| extra9 = The Damned
| length9 = 3:13
}}
Personnel
- Rob Carmichael – design
- The Dead C – production, recording
- Michael Morley – instruments
- Bruce Russell – instruments
- Robbie Yeats – instruments
References
{{Reflist}}
{{The Dead C}}
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Category:2006 compilation albums
Category:Ba Da Bing Records albums
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