B-side

In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song (the one that the record producer hopes will receive radio airplay and become a "hit"), while the B-side, or "flipside," is secondary.

B-side collections

• Anthrax - Attack of the Killer B's (1991)
• Broken Social Scene - Bee Hives (2003)
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - B-Sides and Rarities (2005)
• The Cure - ' (2004)
• Def Leppard - Retro Active
• Feeder - Picture Of Perfect Youth (2004)
• Five Iron Frenzy - Cheeses...(of Nazareth)
• Fountains of Wayne - Out of State Plates
• Gorillaz - G-Sides (2001)
• Green Day - Shenanigans (2002)
• James - Ultra (2001)
• Kent - B-Sidor 95-00 (2000)
• Less Than Jake - B is for B-Sides (2004)
• Moby - ' (2001)
• Moby - 18 B-Sides (2004) (most of the b-sides from album 18)
• Morphine-B-Sides and Otherwise (1997)
• Nirvana - Incesticide (1992)
• NoFX - 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records (2002)
• Oasis - The Masterplan (1998)
• Ocean Colour Scene - B-sides, Seasides and Freerides (1997)
• OMD - Navigation - The B-Sides (2001)
• Pearl Jam - Lost Dogs (2003)
• Pet Shop Boys - Alternative (1995)
• Pixies - Complete B-Sides (2001)
• Shihad - B-Sides (1996)
• Skinny Puppy - B-Sides Collect (1999)
• Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (1994)
• Smashing Pumpkins - Judas O (2001) (limited edition bonus CD to Rotten Apples; a collection of B-sides meant to "sequel" Pisces Iscariot)
• Something for Kate - Phantom Limbs - Selected B Sides (2004)
• Suede - Sci-Fi Lullabies (1998)
• Tears for Fears - Saturnine Martial & Lunatic (1996)
• They Might Be Giants - Miscellaneous T
• They Might Be Giants - They Got Lost