The Bluetones - The Happy Lobotomy (2006)

The years after the release of 'Luxembourg' were quiet for The Bluetones, but eventually a three-album deal was signed in late 2005 with Cooking Vinyl Records, promptly followed by the limited release of the 'Serenity Now' EP and a full UK tour, and their first eponymous album for the label spawned the single 'My Neighbour's House' in September 2006. It would be four years before the next studio album, with 'A New Athens' appearing on CIA Recordings, but it failed to chart and the writing was on the wall for them, with the band announcing that they'd split after a farewell tour in the autumn of 2011. While they were active they released nearly two dozen singles and EP's, and nearly every one of them had exclusive songs on the b-sides, so this last volume collects the tracks from the final single from the 'Luxemboug' album, plus the flips from their Cooking Vinyl singles, and altogether these four volumes contain 55 non-album tracks released in just an eleven year career.   

Track listing

01 Suffer In Silence (b-side of 'Never Going Nowhere' 2003)
02 Pram Face (b-side of 'Never Going Nowhere' 2003)
03 Choogie Monbassa (b-side of 'Never Going Nowhere' 2003)
04 Serenity Now (single 2005)
05 Autumn Tones (b-side of 'Serenity Now' 2005)
06 Mine In The Morning (b-side of 'Serenity Now' 2005)
07 The Happy Lobotomy (b-side of 'Serenity Now' 2005)
08 Untitled #6 (b-side of 'Head On A Spike' 2006)
09 Surrendered In The Living Room (b-side of 'Head On A Spike' 2006)
10 Your Psychotic Friend (b-side of 'My Neighbour's House' 2006)
11 S. Thoresby (b-side of 'My Neighbour's House' 2006)
12 The Last Song But One (b-side of 'Surrendered' 2006)
13 Wasn't I Right About You (b-side of 'Surrendered' 2006)