Tests is an album by The Microphones

The Microphones

The Microphones was a lo-fi band based in Olympia, Washington, and fronted by Phil Elvrum. Elvrum is the principal member of the band, but he has collaborated with many other musicians on his records....

. It was first released as a cassette tape on Knw-Yr-Own in 1998. A CD release by Elsinor followed in the same year, but the track listing was a mixture of The Microphones's three previous albums: Microphone, Wires and Cords, and the Tests cassette.

Tests was re-issued on cassette in an edition of 20 by P.W. ELVERUM & SUN, ltd. The re-issue was to celebrate Record Store Day

Record Store Day

Record Store Day is an internationally celebrated day observed the third Saturday of April each year. Its purpose, as conceived by independent record store employee Chris Brown, is to celebrate the art of music...

 2011 and was only available at The Business in Anacortes, WA. A few additional copies were sold online via P.W. ELVERUM & SUN, ltd.

Cassette

Side A

1. "Microphone Part 2"
2. "Tests" (Phil version)
3. "Feedback Love"
4. "Bomb on Tape Deck Mt."
5. "Tape Deck Ghost"
6. "Bass Leftovers"
7. "Like A Piranha"
8. "Assault on Tape Deck Mt."
9. "Spy Cameras"
10. "Drums That No One Played / El Nino"
11. "Death on Tape Deck Mt."
12. "The Last Night of the Year"

Side B

1. "PreAmp"
2. "Rebirth on Tape Deck Mt."
3. "Eyes for Volume"
4. "Quiet Groove"
5. "OH ANNA"
6. "Summer Electricity"
7. "Little Songs"
8. "Anacortes Has a Secret Love"
9. "Night Time, Then Sleep"

CD

1. "Tests" – 1:36
2. "Feedback Love" – 2:46
3. "Tape Deck Ghost" – 3:22
4. "Like a Piranha" – 4:05
5. "Soundwaves" – 3:01
6. "Drums That No One Played / El Nino" – 2:22
7. "Anacortes Has a Secret Love" – 3:11
8. "Oh Anna" – 3:20
9. "Spy Cameras" – 3:37
10. "Witch Doctor" – 2:35
11. "Monsters" – 3:49
12. "The Last Night of the Year" – 4:54
13. "PreAmp" – 2:29
14. "Quiet Groove" – 2:59
15. "Little Songs" – 4:18
16. "Microphone Pt. 1" – 2:02
17. "Microphone Pt. 2" – 2:23
18. "Eyes for Volume" – 2:43
19. "Wires and Cords" – 6:35

Tests is an album by The Microphones

The Microphones

The Microphones was a lo-fi band based in Olympia, Washington, and fronted by Phil Elvrum. Elvrum is the principal member of the band, but he has collaborated with many other musicians on his records....

. It was first released as a cassette tape on Knw-Yr-Own in 1998. A CD release by Elsinor followed in the same year, but the track listing was a mixture of The Microphones's three previous albums: Microphone, Wires and Cords, and the Tests cassette.

Tests was re-issued on cassette in an edition of 20 by P.W. ELVERUM & SUN, ltd. The re-issue was to celebrate Record Store Day

Record Store Day

Record Store Day is an internationally celebrated day observed the third Saturday of April each year. Its purpose, as conceived by independent record store employee Chris Brown, is to celebrate the art of music...

 2011 and was only available at The Business in Anacortes, WA. A few additional copies were sold online via P.W. ELVERUM & SUN, ltd.

Cassette

Side A

1. "Microphone Part 2"
2. "Tests" (Phil version)
3. "Feedback Love"
4. "Bomb on Tape Deck Mt."
5. "Tape Deck Ghost"
6. "Bass Leftovers"
7. "Like A Piranha"
8. "Assault on Tape Deck Mt."
9. "Spy Cameras"
10. "Drums That No One Played / El Nino"
11. "Death on Tape Deck Mt."
12. "The Last Night of the Year"

Side B

1. "PreAmp"
2. "Rebirth on Tape Deck Mt."
3. "Eyes for Volume"
4. "Quiet Groove"
5. "OH ANNA"
6. "Summer Electricity"
7. "Little Songs"
8. "Anacortes Has a Secret Love"
9. "Night Time, Then Sleep"

CD

1. "Tests" – 1:36
2. "Feedback Love" – 2:46
3. "Tape Deck Ghost" – 3:22
4. "Like a Piranha" – 4:05
5. "Soundwaves" – 3:01
6. "Drums That No One Played / El Nino" – 2:22
7. "Anacortes Has a Secret Love" – 3:11
8. "Oh Anna" – 3:20
9. "Spy Cameras" – 3:37
10. "Witch Doctor" – 2:35
11. "Monsters" – 3:49
12. "The Last Night of the Year" – 4:54
13. "PreAmp" – 2:29
14. "Quiet Groove" – 2:59
15. "Little Songs" – 4:18
16. "Microphone Pt. 1" – 2:02
17. "Microphone Pt. 2" – 2:23
18. "Eyes for Volume" – 2:43
19. "Wires and Cords" – 6:35

Tests is an album by The Microphones

The Microphones

The Microphones was a lo-fi band based in Olympia, Washington, and fronted by Phil Elvrum. Elvrum is the principal member of the band, but he has collaborated with many other musicians on his records....

. It was first released as a cassette tape on Knw-Yr-Own in 1998. A CD release by Elsinor followed in the same year, but the track listing was a mixture of The Microphones's three previous albums: Microphone, Wires and Cords, and the Tests cassette.

Tests was re-issued on cassette in an edition of 20 by P.W. ELVERUM & SUN, ltd. The re-issue was to celebrate Record Store Day

Record Store Day

Record Store Day is an internationally celebrated day observed the third Saturday of April each year. Its purpose, as conceived by independent record store employee Chris Brown, is to celebrate the art of music...

 2011 and was only available at The Business in Anacortes, WA. A few additional copies were sold online via P.W. ELVERUM & SUN, ltd.

Cassette

Side A

1. "Microphone Part 2"
2. "Tests" (Phil version)
3. "Feedback Love"
4. "Bomb on Tape Deck Mt."
5. "Tape Deck Ghost"
6. "Bass Leftovers"
7. "Like A Piranha"
8. "Assault on Tape Deck Mt."
9. "Spy Cameras"
10. "Drums That No One Played / El Nino"
11. "Death on Tape Deck Mt."
12. "The Last Night of the Year"

Side B

1. "PreAmp"
2. "Rebirth on Tape Deck Mt."
3. "Eyes for Volume"
4. "Quiet Groove"
5. "OH ANNA"
6. "Summer Electricity"
7. "Little Songs"
8. "Anacortes Has a Secret Love"
9. "Night Time, Then Sleep"

CD

1. "Tests" – 1:36
2. "Feedback Love" – 2:46
3. "Tape Deck Ghost" – 3:22
4. "Like a Piranha" – 4:05
5. "Soundwaves" – 3:01
6. "Drums That No One Played / El Nino" – 2:22
7. "Anacortes Has a Secret Love" – 3:11
8. "Oh Anna" – 3:20
9. "Spy Cameras" – 3:37
10. "Witch Doctor" – 2:35
11. "Monsters" – 3:49
12. "The Last Night of the Year" – 4:54
13. "PreAmp" – 2:29
14. "Quiet Groove" – 2:59
15. "Little Songs" – 4:18
16. "Microphone Pt. 1" – 2:02
17. "Microphone Pt. 2" – 2:23
18. "Eyes for Volume" – 2:43
19. "Wires and Cords" – 6:35