The compilation Great American Gingerbread is subtitled "Rasputina Rarities & Neglected Items." Melora Creager's cello-based group is already idiosyncratic enough on its regular releases that the thought of an album pulling together its oddities seems like doubling down on quirkiness.
And so it is, from the group's 2004 demo of the Kinks' "I Go to Sleep" to the unused demo of "Death at Disneyland," which begins as chamber music only to give way to an electric guitar solo.
That's one of several instrumentals, including "Loom" and the nearly 12-minute "On My Knees" (the title a reference to the cello, it is to be hoped!).
Those are among the more conventional inclusions.
And the most unconventional? Probably "Mystery Man-Monkey," which finds Creager reading news reports about, yes, a "man-monkey" terrorizing the countryside, over a track featuring fanciful monkey sounds.
Of course, this is a collection for dedicated fans of Rasputina, especially those who feel that the group has never gone quite far enough.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pudding CryptMelora Creager | Rasputina | Play | 03:06 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 2 | Do What I DoMelora Creager | Rasputina | Play | 02:28 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 3 | Black Hole HunterMelora Creager | Rasputina | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 4 | Black Hole.2Melora Creager | Rasputina | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 5 | LoomMelora Creager | Rasputina | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 6 | Ballad of Lizzie BordenMelora Creager | Rasputina | Play | 00:56 | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| 7 | On My KneesMelora Creager | Rasputina | Play | 11:45 | 26 MB | 46 MB |
| 8 | I Go To Sleep | Rasputina | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| 9 | Death At Disneyland | Rasputina | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 10 | Skylark | Rasputina | Play | 01:06 | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| 11 | Children's Reform Center | Rasputina | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 30 MB |
| 12 | Mysterious Man | Rasputina | Play | 05:29 | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| 13 | Skeleton Bang | Rasputina | Play | 01:40 | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| 47 mins | 108 MB | |||||
| 47 mins | 247 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dae Bennett | Producer |
| 2 | Nana Bornant | Primary Artist |
| 3 | Kris Cowperthwaite | Primary Artist |
| 4 | Melora Creager | Artwork, Composer, Primary Artist |
| 5 | Ray Davies | Composer |
| 6 | Rasputina | Primary Artist |
| 7 | Jonathon Tebeest | Primary Artist |
| 8 | Mike Viola | Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |