What does B sides and rarities mean?

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What does B sides and rarities mean?

Each 7-inch vinyl single had two sides, an A-side and a B-side. It is now quite common for long-running musicians to not only release a collection of their A-side hits, more commonly known as “Greatest Hits”, but to also release these B-side songs exclusively on albums commonly titled “B-Sides & Rarities”.

What does B-side mean?

The B-side (or “flip-side”) is a secondary recording that typically receives less attention; although some B-sides have been as successful as, or more so than, their A-sides.

What was Muse’s first song?

Uprising
The Resistance beat its predecessor Black Holes and Revelations in album sales in its debut week in the UK with approximately 148,000 copies sold. The first single, “Uprising”, was released seven days earlier.

Do B-sides still exist?

While not as successful as its origin, the B-side collection still fared mightily, even in the face of no promotional push. In the same vein, many of the leftover tracks from Carly Rae Jepsen’s 2015 effort, Emotion were repurposed for Emotion: Side B.

What are BTS B-side tracks?

8 Underrated BTS B-Sides to Listen to On Their Eighth Anniversary

  • “Paldogangsan” (2013) MBCkpop. 9.48M subscribers.
  • “We On” (2013) BTS – Topic.
  • “Tomorrow” (2014) BTS – Topic.
  • “Rain” (2014) BTS – Topic.
  • “Love is not over” (2015) BTS – Topic.
  • “Autumn Leaves” (2015) BTS – Topic.
  • “Sea” (2017) krist.
  • “Paradise” (2018) BTS – Topic.

What is muse’s best song?

Muse: 10 of the best

  • Plug In Baby.
  • New Born.
  • Time Is Running Out.
  • Butterflies and Hurricanes.
  • Knights of Cydonia.
  • United States of Eurasia/Collateral Damage.
  • Survival.
  • Supremacy.

When did Singles stop having B-sides?

With the decline of cassette singles in the 1990s, the A-side/B-side dichotomy became virtually extinct, as the remaining dominant medium, the compact disc, lacked an equivalent physical distinction. However, the term “B-side” is still used to refer to the “bonus” tracks or “coupling” tracks on a CD single.

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