Tests (album)
Introduction '''''Tests''''' is an album by The Microphones. 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. Most of the material was recorded at The Business while Elverum worked there. ''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 2011 and was only available at The Business in Anacortes, WA. A few additional copies were sold online via P.W. ELVERUM & SUN, ltd.
Track listing === Cassette ===;Side A# "Microphone Part 2"# "Tests" (Phil version)# "Feedback Love"# "Bomb on Tape Deck Mt. "# "Tape Deck Ghost"# "Bass Leftovers"# "Like A Piranha"# "Assault on Tape Deck Mt. "# "Spy Cameras"# "Drums That No One Played / El Nino"# "Death on Tape Deck Mt. "# "The Last Night of the Year";Side B# "PreAmp"# "Rebirth on Tape Deck Mt. "# "Eyes for Volume"# "Quiet Groove"# "OH ANNA"# "Summer Electricity"# "Little Songs"# "Anacortes Has a Secret Love"# "Night Time, Then Sleep"=== CD ===# "Tests" – 1:36# "Feedback Love" – 2:46# "Tape Deck Ghost" – 3:22# "Like a Piranha" – 4:05# "Soundwaves" – 3:01# "Drums That No One Played / El Nino" – 2:22# "Anacortes Has a Secret Love" – 3:11# "Oh Anna" – 3:20# "Spy Cameras" – 3:37# "Witch Doctor" – 2:35# "Monsters" – 3:49# "The Last Night of the Year" – 4:54# "PreAmp" – 2:29# "Quiet Groove" – 2:59# "Little Songs" – 4:18# "Microphone Pt. 1" – 2:02# "Microphone Pt. 2" – 2:23# "Eyes for Volume" – 2:43# "Wires and Cords" – 6:35
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