Enter the Vaselines is a compilation album by the indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band The Vaselines

The Vaselines

The Vaselines are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 1986, the band was originally a duo between its songwriters Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, but later added James Seenan and Eugene's brother Charlie Kelly on bass and drums respectively from the band Secession. McKee had...

. The release date is May 5, 2009, on the record label Sub Pop

Sub Pop

Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...

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The album is a deluxe reissue of their 1992 compilation The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History

The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History

The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History is a compilation album by the indie rock band The Vaselines, released May 1992 on Sub Pop Records, catalogue SP145b. The album compiles every previous release by the band, the two EP's Son of A Gun and Dying For It, as well as their only long-playing...

. Disc one compiles all tracks from their two previous EP's (Son of a Gun (EP)

Son of a Gun (EP)

Son of A Gun was the debut extended play single by Glasgow alternative rock group The Vaselines. The title-song of this EP came to a wider audience after Nirvana covered it, along with "Molly's Lips", on their compilation album Incesticide...

and Dying for It (EP)

Dying for It (EP)

Dying for It was the second release by Glasgow alternative rock group The Vaselines, like its predecessor an extended play single. The EP was later included on their career retrospective collection The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History....

) and only LP record (Dum-Dum), in chronological order of release, with the exception of the previously unreleased track "Bitch", which is inserted after what was the fourth track on Dum-Dum. Disc two includes demos and live tracks recorded in Bristol

Bristol

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 and London

London

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Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Son of a Gun
   Son of a Gun (EP)
   Son of A Gun was the debut extended play single by Glasgow alternative rock group The Vaselines. The title-song of this EP came to a wider audience after Nirvana covered it, along with "Molly's Lips", on their compilation album Incesticide...
   
   " – 3:46
2. "Rory Rides Me Raw" – 2:28
3. "You Think You're a Man
   You Think You're a Man
   "You Think You're a Man" is the fifth single from the album The Story So Far by Divine. It was also covered by The Vaselines in 1987 and appeared on the EP Son of a Gun.-Chart performance:...
   
   " – 5:43
4. "Dying for It" – 2:22
5. "Molly's Lips
   Candy/Molly's Lips
   "Candy"/"Molly's Lips" is a vinyl-only split-single from the American rock bands The Fluid and Nirvana. It was released in January 1991 on Sub Pop records and includes the live versions of "Candy" by The Fluid, and "Molly's Lips" by Nirvana....
   
   " – 1:44
6. "Teenage Superstars" – 3:28
7. "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
   Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
   "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a song originally recorded by Scottish alternative band The Vaselines for their EP Dying for it. It is a parody on the Christian children's hymn, "I'll Be a Sunbeam", which has the opening line "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam".The song was a hit only in indie-pop and...
   
   " – 3:31
8. "Sex Sux (Amen)" – 3:10
9. "Slushy" – 2:00
10. "Monsterpussy" – 1:43
11. "Bitch" – 2:42
12. "No Hope" – 3:21
13. "Oliver Twisted" – 2:49
14. "The Day I Was a Horse" – 1:29
15. "Dum-Dum" – 1:57
16. "Hairy" – 1:48
17. "Lovecraft" – 5:37
18. "Dying for It (The Blues)" – 3:09
19. "Let's Get Ugly" – 2:19

Disc 2

1. "Son of a Gun" (Demo) - 2:30
2. "Rosary Job" (Demo) - 3:01
3. "Red Poppy" (Demo) - 2:13
4. "Son of a Gun" (Live in Bristol) - 3:58
5. "Rosary Job" (Live in Bristol) - 3:24
6. "Red Poppy" (Live in Bristol) - 2:11
7. "Rory Rides Me Raw" (Live in Bristol) - 3:07
8. "You Think You're a Man" (Live in Bristol) - 1:48
9. "Dying For It" (Live in London) - 2:12
10. "Monsterpussy" (Live in London) - 1:58
11. "Let's Get Ugly" (Live in London) - 3:03
12. "Molly's Lips" (Live in London) - 2:14
13. "The Day I Was a Horse" (Live in London) - 2:37
14. "The Day I Was a Horse (Again)" (Live in London) - 2:50
15. "Sex Sux (Amen)" (Live in London) - 4:14
16. "I Didn't Know I Loved You ('Til I Saw You Rock 'N' Roll)" (Live in London) - 3:25
17. "Teenage Superstars" (Live in London) - 4:22

Personnel

• Ag Wright - Keyboards
• Ian Beveridge - Engineer
• Peter Haigh - Engineer
• David Keegan - Guitar
• Charly Kelly - Drums
• Stephan Pastel - Producer
• Sophie Pragnell - Viola
• Gordon Rintoul - Engineer
• James Seenan - Bass
• Jamie Watson - Guitar (Steel), Producer, Engineer, Slide Guitar
• Jane Higgins - Design