B-Sides and Otherwise is a rarities compilation album by the alternative rock band Morphine, released in September 1997 by Rykodisc. It features B-Sides and other rare tracks not otherwise available on the band's studio albums.
Background
In 1996, when Morphine's record contract with Rykodisc was sold off to DreamWorks at the band's request, the band still owed Rykodisc two albums. An agreement was made in which Rykodisc obtained the exclusive rights to the two future archival releases B-Sides and Otherwise and 2000's Bootleg Detroit.
Band leader Mark Sandman had originally wanted the compilation to be called Besides, but when informed that label mates Sugar had released a B-sides collection of the same name, Sandman subsequently came up with B-Sides and Otherwise.
Critical reception
In an indifferent review, Pitchfork wrote that B-Sides and Otherwise shows the two sides of Morphine: "the creepy, grooving side ... and the boring, pretentious art rock-cum-beat poet masturbations that make up the bulk of this disc."
| length4 = 3:14
| title5 = Mile High
| extra5 = Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead soundtrack (1995)
| length5 = 3:02
| title6 = Shame
| extra6 = "Cure for Pain" single (1993)
| length6 = 2:44
| title7 = Down Love's Tributaries
| writer7 = Morphine
| extra7 = "Cure for Pain" single
| length7 = 8:08
| title8 = Kerouac
| writer8 = Sandman, Billy Conway
| extra8 = Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness tribute (1997)
| length8 = 2:54
| title9 = Pulled Over the Car
| extra9 = Yes (1995) [Japan exclusive]
| length9 = 2:56
| title10 = Sundayafternoonweightlessness
| writer10 = Morphine
| extra10 = "Super Sex" single
| length10 = 4:52
| title11 = Virgin Bride
| extra11 = from an Australian-only bonus CD included with Like Swimming (1997)
| length11 = 3:29
| title12 = Mail
| writer12 = Sandman, Ernest Noyes Brookings
| extra12 = Outstandingly Ignited - Lyrics by Ernest Noyes Brookings, Vol. 4 compilation (1995)
| length12 = 2:19
| title13 = My Brain
| extra13 = "Cure for Pain" single
| length13 = 2:45
;Notes
- Tracks 1–3 recorded live May 25, 1994, at Bullet Sound, Nederhorst den Berg, the Netherlands, for 2 Meter Sessies (NOS/VARA TV)
Personnel
Adapted from the album liner notes:
;Morphine
- Mark Sandman – vocals, 2-string slide bass, organ, guitar, knobs
- Dana Colley – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, autoharp, dobro feedback
- Billy Conway – drums
;Additional musicians
- Mike Rivard – bass (4)
- Russ Gershon – tenor saxophone on (4, 5)
- Tom Halter – trumpet (5)
- Larry Dersch – drums (5)
- Jerome Deupree – drums (6)
- Sabine Hrechdakian – vocals (7)
- Frank Swart – bass (12)
- Dominique Zar – drums (12)
- Rick Barry – percussion (13)
;Technical
- Morphine – producer (1–3)
- Mark Sandman – producer (4–7, 9, 10, 12, 13), engineer at Hi-N-Dry (4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13), cover design
- Paul Q. Kolderie – producer (6, 9), engineer at Fort Apache (6, 9, 11) and The Outpost (6)
- Han Nuyton – engineer at Bullet Sound (1–3)
- Phil Davidson – mixing (1–3)
Charts
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for B-Sides and Otherwise
! scope="col"| Chart (2024)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Croatian International Albums (HDU)
| 40
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