B-Sides & Rarities 1996–2003

B-Sides & Rarities 1996–2003
Compilation album by Eels
Released	April 5, 2005 (2005-04-05)
Recorded	1996–2003
Genre	Indie rock
Length	58:48
Language	English
Label	Interscope
Producer	E
Eels chronology
Shootenanny! (2003) B-Sides & Rarities 1996–2003 (2005) Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (2006)
Alternative cover
Cover used at the German iTunes Music Store

B-Sides & Rarities 1996–2003 is compilation album by the band Eels, released in 2005 exclusively via the iTunes Store. Eels also released a physical compilation of B-sides and rarities in 2008 called Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996–2006 that included all of these tracks except the "Flyswatter" remix.

Track listing

All songs by E, except where noted:

1. "Fucker" – 2:19
2. "My Beloved Monster" (live) – 2:35
3. "Stepmother" – 2:52
4. "Animal" (E and Jim Lang) – 2:40
5. "Susan's Apartment" (E, Jim Jacobsen, and Jim Weatherly) (Mike Simpson remix) – 3:30
6. "Altar Boy" (Rickie Lee Jones) – 2:11
7. "Bad News" (Sally Dworsky and E) – 2:55
8. "Dog's Life" – 4:01
9. "Novocaine for the Soul" (E and Mark Goldenberg) (The Moog Cookbook remix) – 3:10
10. "Funeral Parlor" – 2:13
11. "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" – 3:00
12. "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" – 3:06
13. "Flyswatter" (The Polka Dots remix)  – 2:31
14. "Vice President Fruitley" (Butch, E, and Lisa Germano) – 2:17
15. "Jennifer Eccles" (Alan Clarke and Graham Nash) – 3:20
16. "My Beloved Monstrosity" – 3:29
17. "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, and George David Weiss) – 2:09
18. "Her" – 2:51
19. "Waltz of the Naked Clowns" – 2:48
20. "Sad Foot Sign" – 2:20

Track information

• "Fucker" and "My Beloved Monster" (live) from the "Novocaine for the Soul" single (1996).
• "Stepmother" from the "Susan's House" single (1996)
• "Animal" from the "Rags to Rags" single/EP (1996)
• "Susan's Apartment" (Mike Simpson remix) and "Altar Boy" from the "Your Lucky Day in Hell" single (1997)
• "Bad News" from the soundtrack of The End of Violence (1997) by Wim Wenders
• "Dog's Life" from the soundtrack of Welcome to Woop Woop (1997) by Stephan Elliott. This song includes reversed samples of "Efils' God" (off Electro-Shock Blues).
• "Novocaine for the Soul" (The Moog Cookbook remix) and "Funeral Parlor" from the "Last Stop: This Town" single (1998)
• "Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas" from the "Cancer for the Cure" single (1998)
• "Birdgirl on a Cell Phone" from the "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" single (2000)
• "Flyswatter" (The Polka Dots remix) and "Vice President Fruitley" from the "Flyswatter" singles (2000)
• "Jennifer Eccles", "My Beloved Monstrosity" and "Can't Help Falling in Love" from the "Souljacker Part 1" singles (2001)
• "Her", "Waltz of the Naked Clowns" and "Sad Foot Sign" from the "Saturday Morning" single (2003)

External links

• Eels' official site on B-Sides & Rarities 1996–2003