Creation Records compilations were cheap, cheerful and a great way of sampling singles, EPs and album cuts. I'm pretty sure Keeping The Faith: A Creation Dance Compilation was the first I picked up and worth a post in its own right. Not long after, I picked up (even cheaper) secondhand copies of Do You Believe In Love?, A Palace In The Sun and Sorted, Snorted And Sported. With the exception of Keeping The Faith, I generally found Creation compilations a real hit-and-miss affair, unlikely to bear start-to-finish plays and most useful as material for mix tapes. I was not especially moved by Tangerine, The Bounty Hunters, Something Pretty Beautiful and didn't explore their music beyond these and other Creation compilations that I got over the years.
Today's selection is from a mix CD that I put together circa 2004-2005, when I decided to have a clear out and donate some albums to a local charity shop. There are some notable omissions from the original albums - Chelsea Girl by Ride, the Andrew Weatherall remixes of Primal Scream and Love Corporation, No More Sorry by My Bloody Valentine - because I had them elsewhere on albums or compilations that I was keeping.
This, then, is the 'best of the rest' but with a sequencing that I was happy to play and replay. It's mostly guitar-based (acoustic and squawling, sometimes both) with the odd sprinkling of electronic beats and samples. Enjoy.
1) Honey Power: My Bloody Valentine (Tremolo EP, 1991)
2) I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have (Album Version): Primal Scream (Primal Scream, 1989)
3) Street Of Lights: Peter Astor (Zoo, 1991)
4) Snow (Album Version): The Times (E For Edward, 1989)
5) Yu-Yu (FTD Mix): Hypnotone (Hypnotonic EP, 1991)
6) Girl Go (Single Version): The Jazz Butcher (Girl Go EP, 1990)
7) Laze It Up: Swervedriver (Sandblasted EP, 1991)
8) Chevron: Peter Astor (Submarine, 1990)
9) Love (Album Version): Love Corporation (Lovers, 1991)
10) Don't Ask Why: My Bloody Valentine (Glider EP, 1990)
11) Dream Beam (Ben Chapman 7" Edit): Hypnotone (Dream Beam EP, 1990)
12) Rave Down: Swervedriver (Rave Down EP. 1990)
13) Shine (Single Version): Slowdive (Holding Our Breath EP, 1991)
14) Lundi Bleu (Radio Edit): The Times (Lundi Bleu EP, 1992)
15) She's On Drugs: The Jazz Butcher (Cult Of The Basement, 1990)
16) You're Just Dead Skin To Me: Primal Scream (Primal Scream, 1989)
17) Star Sign (Album Version): Teenage Fanclub (Bandwagonesque, 1991)
1990: Do You Believe In Love?: 4, 6, 16
1991: A Palace In The Sun: 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15
1991: Sorted, Snorted And Sported: 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 14, 17
