B is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of b-sides, rare recordings and unreleased material from Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 band I Am Kloot

I Am Kloot

I Am Kloot are an English band formed in Manchester, in 1999 by John Bramwell , Peter Jobson and Andy Hargreaves .-History:...

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The album was released in September 2009. The cover art consisted of fan-submitted artwork featuring the letter B.

Disc 1

1. "Titanic"
2. "Proof
   Proof (I Am Kloot song)
   "Proof" – a song by English band I Am Kloot.A demo version of "Proof" was released in 2001 as a B-side on the single "Morning Rain" from the album Natural History. This version is also included on the compilation album B from 2009....
   
   " (demo)
3. "This House Is Haunted"
4. "Cinders "
5. "Deep Blue Sea"
6. "The Mermen"
7. "Gods and Monsters" (Two Lone Swordsmen
   Two Lone Swordsmen
   The Two Lone Swordsmen are British house DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall and studio engineer Keith Tenniswood. Formed in early 1996, following the dissolution of Weatherall's influential Sabres of Paradise techno act, the Swordsmen have explored a variety of styles, from electro and 4/4 techno to...
   
    Remix)
8. "Strange Little Girl"
9. "Junk Culture"
10. "Stop Taking Photographs"
11. "Big Tears"
12. "Monkeys"
13. "By Myself"
14. "A Million Things"

Disc 2

15. "Blue And Bone China"
16. "Asleep at the Wheel"
17. "Fat Kids In Photographs"
18. "Ferris Wheels" (demo)
19. "Tell Me Something"
20. "The Face of Alabaster"
21. "You Gotta Go"
22. "The Great Escape"
23. "Glimmer"
24. "Life In A Day" (live)
25. "Over My Shoulder" (demo)
26. "86TV's" (alternative version)
27. "Twist" (French)
28. "Dogs Howl"

    the UK version includes a hidden track

    Hidden track

    In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...

    
     titled "Salomey Maloney" (lyrics by John Cooper Clarke

    John Cooper Clarke

    John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a "punk poet"...

    
    ; recited by Neil Bell

    Neil Bell (actor)

    Neil Bell is a British actor, mainly on UK TV and in occasional films.Bell studied drama at Oldham College and has played character roles in such TV series as Buried, Shameless, Murphy's Law, Ideal, City Lights, The Bill and Casualty, and the films 24 Hour Party People and Dead Man's Shoes...

    
    )

Bonus Tracks

Bonus traks on "European" 2CD release an on 2LP

LP record

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 release:

29 (CD2) / 15 (LP1). "I'm a Believer"

30 (CD2) / 16 (LP1). "The Red Dress"

Track origins

Track 1 originally released on "Titanic/To You" 7" single

Tracks 2, 27 originally released on "Morning Rain

Morning Rain

"Morning Rain" is a single release by I Am Kloot. Included with the single is a demo of "Proof" and a live version of "Twist" from a February 14, 2001 gig in Paris and features a French sung chorus too .-Track listing:All songs written by John Harold...

" single

Tracks 3, 4 originally released on "Life In A Day" CD single 1

Tracks 5, 13 originally released on "Life In A Day" CD single 2

Track 6 originally released on "Untitled #1" 7" single

Track 7 originally scheduled for release on "I Believe" single

Track 8 originally released on "Maybe I Should

Maybe I Should

"Maybe I Should" is the first single I Am Kloot released after parting ways with their former record label Echo. The songs were recorded during the autumn of 2005. The single was released on 21st November 2005 by Skinny Dog label, co-founded by I Am Kloot's bass player, Peter Jobson, and Elbow's...

" single

Track 9, 10, 22 originally released on "Over My Shoulder" single

Track 11, 12 originally release on "3 Feet Tall" single

Tracks 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 28 previously unreleased on any format

Track 18 original version appears on I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge

I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge

I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge is the fourth studio album by the band I Am Kloot. A limited edition version of 2000 copies was on sale to the public attending their show at Manchester Academy 3 on 24 November 2007, and the following dates on their mini-tour of England and Europe...

Track 20 released as free download from I Am Kloot website in Christmas 2008

Track 24 originally released on "From Your Favourite Sky" single

Track 25 originally released on We Love You, So Love Us Too compilation

Tracks 4, 9, 13, 15, 19 and 22 all pre-date I Am Kloot and were originally performed by singer John Bramwell under the name Johnny Dangerously.

Personnel

• John Harold Arnold Bramwell
  John Bramwell
  John Harold Arnold Bramwell is an English singer-songwriter. He is the frontman for the three-piece alternative rock band I Am Kloot, and has previously issued solo material under the guise of Johnny Dangerously....
  
   – vocals, guitars.
• Peter Jobson – bass, slide guitar, backing vocals, piano, organ.
• Andy Hargreaves
  Andy Hargreaves (musician)
  Andy Hargreaves is the drummer for Manchester band I Am Kloot.He uses KD custom drums and Zildjian cymbals.-References:...
  
  – drums, percussion, glockenspiel.