Anthology (The Clean album)

Anthology
Compilation album by The Clean
Released	2002
Genre	Indie rock, lo-fi, alternative rock
Length	134:46
Label	Flying Nun, Merge Records
The Clean chronology
Getaway (2001) Anthology (2002) Mister Pop (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Stylus	A+
Pitchfork Media	(8.5/10)

Anthology is a collection of early material by the New Zealand band The Clean, most of which had previously been out of print and hard to find. It was released by Flying Nun Records in 2002.

The band's early releases, which had been only available on vinyl in the early 1980s, are included in their entirety. Anthology opens with the two tracks from The Clean's debut single, Tally Ho!, all five tracks of the Boodle Boodle Boodle EP, and all seven from Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-so Sounds So-so, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten. "At the Bottom" and "Getting Older" were released as a 7" 45 rpm single in 1983.

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tally Ho!"	2:42
2.	"Platypus"	3:17
3.	"Billy Two"	2:23
4.	"Thumbs Off"	2:59
5.	"Anything Could Happen"	2:39
6.	"Sad Eyed Lady"	3:03
7.	"Point That Thing Somewhere Else"	5:28
8.	"Fish"	2:24
9.	"Flowers"	3:26
10.	"Side On"	2:03
11.	"Slug Song"	3:20
12.	"Beatnik"	1:57
13.	"End of My Dream"	4:09
14.	"On Again/Off Again"	1:47
15.	"At the Bottom"	3:51
16.	"Getting Older"	4:18
17.	"Scrap Music"	1:31
18.	"Whatever I Do Is Right"	2:32
19.	"Two Fat Sisters (live)"	2:55
20.	"Odditty"	2:34
21.	"Quickstep (live)"	5:53
22.	"At the Bottom (live)"	3:26

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Draw(in)g to a (W)hole"	2:04
2.	"I Wait Around"	2:41
3.	"The Blue"	1:47
4.	"Some One"	1:53
5.	"Big Soft Punch"	2:33
6.	"Diamond Shine"	3:14
7.	"Big Cat"	1:42
8.	"Outside the Cage"	5:07
9.	"Safe in the Rain"	2:56
10.	"Secret Place"	3:33
11.	"Do Your Thing"	4:14
12.	"Linger Longer"	2:27
13.	"Too Much Violence"	3:50
14.	"Trapped in Amber"	3:16
15.	"Psychedelic Ranger"	2:50
16.	"Late Last Night"	2:49
17.	"Ludwig"	2:11
18.	"Wipe Me, I'm Lucky"	3:11
19.	"Franz Kafka at the Zoo"	1:58
20.	"Clutch"	2:16
21.	"Balkans"	1:20
22.	"Indigo Blue"	2:33
23.	"Chumpy"	3:46
24.	"Twist Top"	2:04

Charts

Chart (2002-2014)	Peak position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)	33