Tag: Weird Pop

Readers Poll 2011: Best compilations, box sets and live albums of the year

Readers Poll 2011: Best compilations, box sets and live albums of the year

As 2011 quickly winds to an end, we’re happy to roll out the first of four days’ worth of results from our second-annual Slicing Up Eyeballs Readers Poll, in which nearly 500 of you cast ballots for your favorite new, reissued and freshly compiled music of the year. First up: Your Top 10 compilations, box sets and/or live albums.

New releases: R.E.M. 'Lifes Rich Pageant,' plus Dead Can Dance, Tones on Tail on vinyl

New releases: R.E.M. ‘Lifes Rich Pageant,’ plus Dead Can Dance, Tones on Tail on vinyl

This week’s new releases include the expanded 25th anniversary reissue of R.E.M.’s ‘Lifes Rich Pageant,’ plus Dead Can Dance’s 4LP ‘Box Set II’ and ‘Weird Pop,’ the brand-new double-vinyl best-of from Bauhaus spin-off Tones on Tail.

Tones on Tail 'Weird Pop' vinyl best-of to feature rare and unreleased tracks

Tones on Tail ‘Weird Pop’ vinyl best-of to feature rare and unreleased tracks

For a band with just one album and a handful of EPs and singles, Bauhaus spinoff Tones on Tail already has been the subject of more than its share of compilations, and now comes another: ‘Weird Pop,’ a double-vinyl best-of that features at least one previously unreleased cut and several other rarities.