Sharks Patrol These Waters (1995)

About this title: Sharks Patrol These Waters collects songs from the Volume series of cutting-edge alternative/indie-rock collections. Nearly every style of underground pop music, from Britpop to noise-pop to dream-pop, is included on this massive compilation. Among the many highlights here are the Cocteau Twins' twinkly cover of "Frosty The Snowman," Slowdive's "Some Velvet Morning," Stereolab's "Super Falling Star," the Sugarcube's "Hetero Scum" and Suede's "My Insatiable One." The Breeders' "Safari," Belly's "White Belly" and Throwing Muses' "Firepile" recall 4AD's edgy girl-pop heyday, while Elastica's "S ... read more

Tracks:

1. Super Glider [Monteiro/Robinson]
2. Wake Up [Butler/Fortus]
3. Black Sheep Boy [Hardin]
4. Barney (...And Me) [Boo Radleys/Carr]
5. Pyrotechnician [Stewart/Wener]
6. See the Lights
7. Fake [Johansson/Madan]
8. Oily Water [Albarn/Coxon/James/]
9. S.O.F.T. [Frischmann/Holland]
10. White Belly [Abong/Donelly]
11. Safari [Deal]
12. Vow [Garbage]
13. Smiles [Pierce]
14. Stupid Car [Greenwood/Greenwood]
15. Some Velvet Morning [Hazlewood]
16. Only Now [Gardener]
17. Roland Navigator [Cote]
18. Wheels [Lanegan]
19. Sharks Patrol These Waters [Sandman]
20. Her [Tindersticks]
21. Ruby [Gallon Drunk/Silver]
22. Odio-Amor, Odio-Amor [Adamson]
23. Frosty the Snowman [Nelson/Rollins]
24. Skin Diving 1-3-4 [Booth]
25. Fake '88
26. Lip Tripping
27. Firepile [Hersh]
28. My House [Terrorvision]
29. PCP [Bradfield/James/Moo]
30. Machine Drug [Edwards]
31. I Believe [EMF]
32. Hetero Scum [Sugarcubes]
33. Innocent
34. Arid Al's Dream [Scanlon/Smith]
35. She's Dead [Pulp]
36. My Insatiable One [Anderson/Butler]
37. Bailed Out [Haines]
38. Zoo's Out
39. Little Girl Blue [Rodgers/Hart]
40. Now
41. Super Falling Star [Gane/Sadier]
42. Tinkerbell [Berenyi]
43. Belt [Teenage Fanclub]
44. Fuck Off [Hayden]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.