Anthology (The Clean album)

Anthology is a collection of early material by the New Zealand band The Clean, most of which had previously been out of print and hard to find. It was released by Flying Nun Records in 2002.

Anthology
Compilation album by
Released2002
GenreIndie rock, lo-fi, alternative rock
Length134:46
LabelFlying Nun, Merge Records
The Clean chronology
Getaway
(2001)
Anthology
(2002)
Mister Pop
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
StylusA+ [2]
Pitchfork Media(8.5/10) [3]

The band's early releases, which had been only available on vinyl in the early 1980s, are included in their entirety. Anthology opens with the two tracks from The Clean's debut single, Tally Ho!, all five tracks of the Boodle Boodle Boodle EP, and all seven from Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten. "At the Bottom" and "Getting Older" were released as a 7" 45 rpm single in 1983.

Track listing

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Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Tally Ho!"2:42
2."Platypus"3:17
3."Billy Two"2:23
4."Thumbs Off"2:59
5."Anything Could Happen"2:39
6."Sad Eyed Lady"3:03
7."Point That Thing Somewhere Else"5:28
8."Fish"2:24
9."Flowers"3:26
10."Side On"2:03
11."Slug Song"3:20
12."Beatnik"1:57
13."End of My Dream"4:09
14."On Again/Off Again"1:47
15."At the Bottom"3:51
16."Getting Older"4:18
17."Scrap Music"1:31
18."Whatever I Do Is Right"2:32
19."Two Fat Sisters (live)"2:55
20."Odditty"2:34
21."Quickstep (live)"5:53
22."At the Bottom (live)"3:26
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Draw(in)g to a (W)hole"2:04
2."I Wait Around"2:41
3."The Blue"1:47
4."Some One"1:53
5."Big Soft Punch"2:33
6."Diamond Shine"3:14
7."Big Cat"1:42
8."Outside the Cage"5:07
9."Safe in the Rain"2:56
10."Secret Place"3:33
11."Do Your Thing"4:14
12."Linger Longer"2:27
13."Too Much Violence"3:50
14."Trapped in Amber"3:16
15."Psychedelic Ranger"2:50
16."Late Last Night"2:49
17."Ludwig"2:11
18."Wipe Me, I'm Lucky"3:11
19."Franz Kafka at the Zoo"1:58
20."Clutch"2:16
21."Balkans"1:20
22."Indigo Blue"2:33
23."Chumpy"3:46
24."Twist Top"2:04

Charts

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Chart (2002-2014) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] 33

References

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  1. ^ Deming, Mark. Anthology at AllMusic
  2. ^ Stylus review Archived 2 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ^ "Charts.nz – The Clean – Anthology". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2021.