A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78 and 45 rpm phonograph records, whether singles or extended plays (EPs). The A-side usually featured the recording that the artist, record producer, or the record company intended to receive the initial promotional effort and then receive radio airplay, hopefully, to become a "hit" record. The B-side (or "flip-side") is a secondary recording that has a history of its own: some artists, notably Elvis Presley, Little Richard, the Beatles, Chuck Berry, and Oasis, released B-sides that were considered as strong as the A-side and became hits in their own right. Creedence Clearwater Revival had hits, usually unintentionally, with both the B-sides of their A-side releases. Others took the opposite track: producer Phil Spector was in the habit of filling B-sides with on-the-spot instrumentals that no one would confuse with the A-side. With this practice, Spector was assured that airplay was focused on the side he wanted to be the hit side.

B-Side (album)

B-SIDE is a compilation album by Mr. Children, released on May 10, 2007, marking the fifteenth anniversary of their first album's release. It collects all of the group's B-sides, with a booklet providing liner notes for each of them.

A promotional video was created for the song Hibiki (ひびき) to promote this compilation.

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two

B-Side (EP)

B-Side is a premiere five song extended play by Chinese-American artist Baiyu released on December 07, 2010 via the artist's Bandcamp page. Most of the songs from this project were completed during her 6 month stay in Kauai, Hawaii where she also completed the filming for an independent film, along with a music video for the single "Sweet Misery". While in the mountains of Kapaa, Baiyu also took this opportunity to record a remix version of Ryan Leslie's song "When We Dance", for which a video was also released, and subsequently featured on The FaderBossip and the likes. Though "When We Dance" was not featured on the mixtape itself, it was one of the catalysts for launching Baiyu's music career into the public eye.

Track listing

All credits adapted from the included digital booklet.

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