Ten Years of Tears

by Arab Strap

Ten Years of Tears cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 23 October 2006
  • Label: Chemikal Underground
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:14:47
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Stuart Murdoch, Stevie Jones, Alan Barr, Stacey Sievwright, Andy Rogers, Alan Wylie, Jenny Reeve, David Gow, David Jeans, Chris Geddes, Chris Bathgate, Isobel Campbell, Michael Scanlin, Gary Miller, Scott Simpson, Mike Robinson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as an extensive retrospective document, 'Ten Years of Tears' compiles a rich assortment of rarities, single edits, and unreleased live cuts to celebrate a decade of the duo's turbulent creative output. The compilation traces their evolution from lo-fi bedroom experiments to polished, beat-driven indietronica and lush chamber pop. It acts as a definitive showcase of their signature blend of vulgar, dryly delivered spoken-word realism and rich, melancholic instrumentation.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, acoustic, vulgar, male-vocalist, confessional

Tracklist

  1. Preface: Set the Scene (1:20)
  2. Islands - Original 1995 Demo (1:34)
  3. The First Big Weekend (4:52)
  4. Gilded - Live (3:19)
  5. I Saw You (3:35)
  6. The Clearing (4:08)
  7. Packs of Three - Peel Session (3:39)
  8. (Afternoon) Soaps (3:54)
  9. Rocket, Take Your Turn (5:40)
  10. To All a Good Night (5:05)
  11. Turbulence - Bis Remix Radio Edit (3:51)
  12. The Shy Retirer (4:02)
  13. Blood - Live (3:43)
  14. If There's No Hope for Us - Rogue Version (2:56)
  15. Where We've Left Our Love (2:58)
  16. The Girl I Loved Before I Fucked (5:07)
  17. Oxytocin (3:46)
  18. There Is No Ending (4:14)
  19. It'a a Heartache (4:10)
  20. Bon Voyage (2:43)

Credits

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