Side A
Artist	Song
The Feelies	The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
The Feelies	Loveless Love
The Feelies	Forces At Work
The Feelies	Raised Eyebrows
The Feelies	Crazy Rhythms
The Trypes	A Plan Revised
The Feelies	On The Roof
The Feelies	High Road
The Feelies	Slipping (Into Something)
The Feelies	When Company Comes
The Feelies	Let's Go
The Feelies	She Said, She Said [Beatles cover]
Yung Wu	Shore Leave
Yung Wu	Big Day [Eno/Manzanera cover]
Yung Wu	Eternal Ice
The Feelies	It's Only Life
The Feelies	Too Much
The Feelies	Too Far Gone
The Feelies	Away
The Feelies	What Goes On [VU cover]
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Speed the Plough	Everyday Needs
Speed the Plough	The Tide Won't Tire
The Feelies	Waiting
The Feelies	Time For A Witness
The Feelies	Sooner Or Later
The Feelies	Doin' It Again
The Feelies	Barstool Blues [N. Young cover]
The Feelies	I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms [J. Richman cover]
The Feelies	White Light/White Heat [VU cover]
Speed the Plough	Deepest Brown
Wake Ooloo	Time To Go
Wake Ooloo	Nobody Heard
Wake Ooloo	From Afar
Wake Ooloo	Any Minute
Wild Carnation	Rising Tide
Wake Ooloo	Don't Look Now
Wake Ooloo	Too Long Gone
Wake Ooloo	Fun To Be Happy [Love Tractor cover]
Speed the Plough	Said & Done
Wake Ooloo	Too Many Times
Glenn Mercer	Morning Lights
Glenn Mercer	Whatever Happened
Glenn Mercer	Get It Back

Comment:

The long-overdue expansion of my old single-disc Feelies mix (planned it for last year, but then got wind of a Glenn Mercer solo disc set for 2007 release and held off). This one finally does justice to one of the finest (and most sadly overlooked) bands of the late 70's and 80's -- with room to let their myriad side projects shine as well. Ranging from Television-inspired twin-guitar post-punk grooves to pre-Americana acoustic bliss to Lou Reed-aping rock, the Feelies spent a decade and a half as the band on the verge, but a few brushes with fame aside (house band in Jonathan Demme's Something Wild but lost their shot at a big-budget concert film when he opted instead for the Talking Heads; big media push behind their final album that fell short and precipitated their break-up) just couldn't break into the big time. A huge injustice indeed.
To my ears, their 1986 release The Good Earth still holds up today as one of the greatest albums of all time, jangly guitars and pastoral ambience with just a hint of Velvet Underground-inspired drone; pure beauty. And their legendary, herky-jerky 1980 debut is nearly as great. The final two weren't quite as unforgettable, but are still near-essential listening. And then you've got all the side projects:
The Trypes (later reformulated as Speed the Plough), featuring various friends and occasional contributions from members of the Feelies; Yung Wu, essentially the mid-80s Feelies (plus Trypes/STP members) but with percussionist Dave Weckerman taking lead vocal duties (not one of America's finest singers, but has a certain charm); Wake Ooloo, Feelies frontman Glenn Mercer's post-Feelies band (with Weckerman and others), not in the same league as the Feelies but a few fine songs nonetheless; and Wild Carnation, a Speed the Plough spin-off with Feelies bassist Brenda Sauter on vocals.

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