B'Sides Themselves

Infobox Album |
Name = B'Sides Themselves
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Marillion

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Released = January 4, 1988 (CD)
June 1988 (vinyl LP, cassette)
Recorded = 1982 - 1987
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 59:42
Label = EMI
Producer = Chris Kimsey, Nick Tauber, Simon Hanhart/Marillion
Reviews =
Last album = "Clutching at Straws"
(1987)
This album = "B'Sides Themselves"
(1988)
Next album = "The Thieving Magpie"
(1988)

"B'Sides Themselves" is a compilation of single B-sides by rock band Marillion released in Januar 1988. Originally only available on CD, it was also issued on vinyl in June 1988.

It includes the 17-minute epic "Grendel", originally released as the bonus B-side of the 12 inch version of Marillion's debut single "Market Square Heroes" (1982) and not previously available in album format. "Market Square Heroes", originally an A-side track, is also included here because it was re-recorded for the b-side of "Punch and Judy" (1984), as was "Three Boats Down From The Candy", the standard b-side of "Market Square Heroes", which also appears in the new version.

Not included are the B-sides of the singles "Heart of Lothian" (1985, "Chelsea Monday") and "Warm Wet Circles" (1987, "White Russian", "Incommunicado"), as they contained live versions of album tracks. The B-side of "Incommunicado" (1987, "Going Under") is not included, either, which was used as a bonus track of the CD version of "Clutching at Straws" and therefore not strictly a non-album track.

Track listing

#"Grendel" (Single Version) – 17:15 (B-Side of "Market Square Heroes", 1982)
#"Charting The Single" – 4:48 (B-Side of "He Knows You Know", 1983)
#"Market Square Heroes" (Alternative Version - Edit) – 3:56 (originally released as an A-Side (1982), this version is from the B-Side of "Punch and Judy", 1984)
#"Three Boats Down From The Candy" (Alternative Version) – 4:01 (originally released as the B-Side of "Market Square Heroes" (1982), this version is from the B-Side of "Punch and Judy", 1984)
#"Cinderella Search" (Single Edit) – 4:21 (B-Side of "Assassing", 1984)
#"Lady Nina" – 3:43 (B-Side of "Kayleigh", 1985, released as a separate single in the U.S., 1986)
#"Freaks" – 4:04 (B-Side of "Lavender", 1985, live version released as a separate single in 1988)
#"Tux On" – 5:12 (B-Side of "Sugar Mice", 1985)
#"Margaret" (Live) – 12:17 (B-Side of "Garden Party", 1985)

Tracks 1-4 and 9 produced by Nick Tauber
Track 5 produced by Simon Hanhart and Marillion
Tracks 6-8 produced by Chris Kimsey