To Venus and Back - B-sides

B-sides

Given the conditions under which the album was created, To Venus and Back is unique in that it does not have any studio tracks that serve as B-sides. Instead the album's singles are backed by live tracks recorded from the previous year's tour.

Title Length Single
"Hey Jupiter" 4:32 "Bliss" (1999)
"Upside Down" 5:47
"Baker, Baker" 3:54 "1000 Oceans" (1999)
"Winter" 6:59
"Famous Blue Raincoat" 5:25 "Glory of the 80s" (UK) (1999) /

"Concertina" (US) (2000)

"Twinkle" 2:48

Following the theme of the album's second disc, which is composed of live tracks arranged similarly to an actual concert, the B-sides that appear on the album's singles are live songs performed solo with Amos on the piano. The chart on the left lists only the songs that were released as B-sides on singles from To Venus and Back.

The sole track recorded during the To Venus and Back recording sessions that does not appear on the album, nor as a B-side, is the nine-minute "Zero Point". Of the song's exclusion from the album, Amos has said that the song wasn't intentionally left off the album, rather an over-sensitivity about a certain gardening issue led "Dātura" to being included instead. Interestingly, the liner notes of To Venus and Back state, "Zero Point - your time is coming". The song was released seven years later on A Piano: The Collection (2006).

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