>> Ten Thousand Days is a five-disc retrospective box set from Sydney rockers The Celibate Rifles, spanning their eight studio albums and 28 years together. Each disk was selected by a different member and contains a bonus track, re-recorded because it either “annoyed or pissed off” the curator the most. Interestingly, fan favourites ‘Back In The Red’ and ‘Tubular Greens’ got re-recorded. For its good intentions, this collection has its problems, not least a lack of cohesion. ‘The More Things Change’ and ‘Lazy Sunshine’ are reprised twice on different disks; the later is followed, ironically, by ‘New Mistakes’. It’s a shame and hopefully not widespread as the third disc (guitarist Kent Steedman’s selection) sums up the strengths of The Celibate Rifles: amazing songs loaded with biting social commentary, attitude, humour and sarcasm. Given that 1987’s Roman Beach Party (arguably The Rifles’ best album) and many others are out of print, a reissue series of the early albums might have been wiser rather than another compilation album – those have already been well represented, notably on 1990’s excellent Platters Du Jour, which is again out of print. <<
1. God Squad
2. JNS
3. Carmine Vittelli (Nynyc)
4. More Things Change
5. Dial Om For Murder
6. Happy House
7. This Gift
8. Paddo Sharps
9. Lazy Sunshine
10. Back In The Red (Re-Recorded)
11. Tubular Greens (Re-Recorder)
12. Netherworld
13. More Things Change
14. Sean O'Farrell
15. S&MTV
16. Lamps
17. Seams (Coming Apart)
18. Wake Up
19. Me & Slick & Willy
20. Lazy Sunshine
21. New Mistakes
22. Let's Get Married
23. Killing Time
24. Pretty Pictures
25. Eddie (Acoustic Version)
26. Sometimes
27. Wonderful Life
28. Johnny
29. Electravision Mantra
30. Kev The Head
31. G'S Gone
32. Light Of Fire (Re-Recorded)
33. Back On The Corner
34. Pretty Colours
35. Ice Blue
36. Wild Desire
37. Glasshouse
38. Downtown
39. Frank Hyde (Slight Return)
40. Salvador
41. Kathy Says
42. Buttland
43. Dre (Re-Recorded)
44. Thankyou America
45. I Shoulda
46. Bill Bonney Regrets
47. Poceanshore
48. Brickin' Around
49. Netherworld (Acoustic)
50. Some Kinda Feeling
51. Invisible Man
52. Merry Xmas Blues
53. When We Meet Again
54. Cold Wind (Re-Recorded)
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