5 Lives Left

sonic youth once claimed that the family cat were their favourite uk rock band, so it is about time that there was a collection of their finest tracks. compiled by paul frederick (aka fred) and john graves this 2cd set tracks the band's career from the first single, 'tom verlaine', on bad girl through to previously unreleased tracks from the abandoned 4th album. all the band's singles feature including the classic 'steamroller', and 'colour me grey' and 'river of diamonds' which feature pj harvey on backing vocals. together with bbc session tracks, key album tracks and b-sides this 37 track set is a must for any discerning record collection!