variants
or B side
plural B-sides or B sides
1
: the reverse side of a phonograph record : flip side
The B-side of the album features a 12-minute instrumental piece …—
Quinn Moreland
Quinn Moreland2
: a recorded song (such as a remix or a previous outtake) that accompanies the lead selection on a single (see single entry 2 sense 1c(2)) or EP
The highly promoted single … will be backed with two B sides: a live gospel version of "One More Try" … and an instrumental version of "Older"…—The Boston Herald
The Boston Herald"I Promise" is yet another reminder that the songs Radiohead leaves off its albums are often just as good as the ones that make it on. … So why has the band still not put out a compilation of B-sides and rarities?—Zach Schonfeld
Zach Schonfeld
often, specifically
: such a song on the flip side of a record
The song ["I Saw Her Standing There"] … was chosen as the B side for the "I Want to Hold Your Hand" single that topped the charts in America. —Rolling Stone
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For this collection, The Friends of Rachel Worth, Bright Yellow Bright Orange and Oceans Apart have been pressed on vinyl for the first time and accompanied by seven CDs of B-sides, radio sessions and demos.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The program was a notch off-center, but a Trifonov bullseye: B-side Tchaikovsky, a smattering of Chopin waltzes and the Barber sonata, another chapter in Trifonov’s American story but relayed with Prokofiev and Shostakovich’s gristle.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2024
Think of it as having a B-sides album — those cuts might work somewhere else.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
This 30th-anniversary vinyl reissue unearths a rare 2009 remastered version of the double album and includes a third LP of B-sides, live takes, and remixes.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The irony is that songwriter Ezra Koenig and his buddies can’t relinquish memories, which inform, on the transportive B-side, the most somber, regretful music of their career.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
The digital deluxe edition arrives October 25 and includes unreleased demos, B-sides, live versions, and bonus songs.
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 9 Aug. 2024
Galaxie 500 have announced a new album of outtakes, B-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased tracks.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 10 July 2024
Doobie Brothers Phoenix concert rocked every hit that stirs your '70s soul Best Prince songs of all time: 40 classics, from 'Purple Rain' to album tracks and B-sides Fuerza Regida announces new metro Phoenix concert.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2024
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David Chiu, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The program was a notch off-center, but a Trifonov bullseye: B-side Tchaikovsky, a smattering of Chopin waltzes and the Barber sonata, another chapter in Trifonov’s American story but relayed with Prokofiev and Shostakovich’s gristle.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2024
Think of it as having a B-sides album — those cuts might work somewhere else.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
This 30th-anniversary vinyl reissue unearths a rare 2009 remastered version of the double album and includes a third LP of B-sides, live takes, and remixes.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The irony is that songwriter Ezra Koenig and his buddies can’t relinquish memories, which inform, on the transportive B-side, the most somber, regretful music of their career.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
The digital deluxe edition arrives October 25 and includes unreleased demos, B-sides, live versions, and bonus songs.
—Eric Torres, Pitchfork, 9 Aug. 2024
Galaxie 500 have announced a new album of outtakes, B-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased tracks.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 10 July 2024
Doobie Brothers Phoenix concert rocked every hit that stirs your '70s soul Best Prince songs of all time: 40 classics, from 'Purple Rain' to album tracks and B-sides Fuerza Regida announces new metro Phoenix concert.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2024
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