All the Blue Changes – An Anthology 1988–2003

All The Blue Changes – An Anthology 1988–2003
Compilation album by
Released27 February 2006
Recorded1988 to 2003
GenreAmbient, trip hop, dream pop, Art rock
LabelHidden Art
ProducerTim Bowness, Steven Wilson
No-Man chronology
Lost Songs Vol. 1
(2001)
All The Blue Changes – An Anthology 1988–2003
(2006)
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AllMusic[1]

All The Blue Changes – An Anthology 1988–2003 is a double CD compilation by British Art Rock group No-Man, spanning their entire career – from the Speak sessions in 1988 up until the release of Together We're Stranger in 2003. Many songs are unreleased versions of No-Man songs.

Track listing

CD 1
No.TitleLength
1."Pink Moon"3:04
2."Colours"4:09
3."Days In The Trees (previously unreleased mix)"7:11
4."Reich"2:34
5."Walker (previously unreleased album outtake from 1991)"3:24
6."Back To The Burning Shed"2:47
7."Road"3:18
8."Housekeeping"5:31
9."Heaven Taste (new edit, previously unreleased)"10:31
10."Watching Over Me"4:43
11."Simple"7:05
12."Things Change"7:30
CD 2
No.TitleLength
1."Pretty Genius"3:51
2."My Revenge On Seattle (previously unreleased single edit/mix)"4:47
3."Dry Cleaning Ray (previously unreleased edit)"3:28
4."Sicknote"8:11
5."Carolina Skeletons"5:08
6."Something Falls"3:28
7."Only Rain"7:26
8."Returning Jesus"5:19
9."Chelsea Cap"5:23
10."Photographs In Black And White"10:03
11."The Break Up For Real (drum mix) (previously unavailable on CD)"3:58
12."(Bluecoda) (previously unavailable on CD)"2:36

Notes

The version of "Days In The Trees" which appears on "All The Blue Changes" is a different mix of the "Mahler" version which made considerable impact when released as a single – it also features a longer fadeout than the other versions. The version of "Dry Cleaning Ray" is a version of the single mix without a fade-out (running about 30 seconds longer), and "My Revenge On Seattle" is the unused alternate mix and edit made for a planned single release (before the band chose "Dry Cleaning Ray" instead). Of the rare tracks, "Walker" dates back to the 1991 sessions for "Loveblows & Lovecries" and would have featured on the initial track list for that album. "The Break Up For Real (Drum Mix)" and "(bluecoda)" both originally appeared on the limited-edition vinyl edition of "Together We're Stranger". -Steven-[2]

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