Tuatara (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Tuatara
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Flying Nun Records


Released = 1985
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Flying Nun
Producer =
Reviews = Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h98n1vjozzma link]
Last album = 1984
"Dunedin Double EP"
This album = 1985
"Tuatara"
Next album = 1990
"In Love With These Times"

"Tuatara – A Flying Nun Compilation" is a compilation of previously released songs by artists on New Zealand based Flying Nun Records. It was released as a vinyl album by Flying Nun in 1985 (catalogue number FN045) and on CD with additional tracks. The Chills track was mistakenly attributed to "The Cills".

Track listing

#"Fish" – The Clean (2:26)
#"Coalminer's Song" – The Gordons (5:57)
#"State to Be in" – Fetus Productions (2:40)
#"Death And the Maiden" – The Verlaines (4:34)
#"Looking For the Sun" – Children's Hour (6:06)
#"Isol" – Marie and the Atom (5:32)
#"Pink Frost" – The Chills (4:03)
#"Throwing Stones" – Sneaky Feelings (4:40)
#"Neck of the Woods" – The Great Unwashed (2:07)
#"I Go Wild" – The Bats (2:44)
#"Man With No Desire" – Expendables (5:15)
#"The Brain That Wouldn't Die" – Tall Dwarfs
#:
#;Additional tracks on CD edition
#"Circumspect Penelope" – Look Blue Go Purple (2:53)
#"Since The Accident" – Scorched Earth Policy (3:21)
#"Needles And Plastic" – Doublehappys (5:25)

References

* [http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/viewartist.cfm?artistid=553 Flying Nun re-release announcement]
* [http://discover.natlib.govt.nz/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object.xsl&pm_RC=REPO03DB&pm_OI=424&pm_GT=Y&pm_IAC=Y&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML Promotional poster at National Library of New Zealand]