Remains (Alkaline Trio album)

Remains is a 2007 compilation album by American punk band Alkaline Trio, collecting B-sides, rarities, and unreleased tracks from 2000 to 2006. It is their second such compilation, following Alkaline Trio, which collected tracks from 1996 to 1999.

Contents
The album is a collection of 22 tracks that the band has recorded for various compilations, EPs, B-sides and international releases. The disc also includes three new live tracks from a 2006 concert at Avalon in Los Angeles. Vocalist/guitarist, Matt Skiba describes the collection as "an unintentional sort of bookend for our career thus far." A DVD that includes 45 minutes of material, including all the band's videos from From Here to Infirmary, Good Mourning, and Crimson, accompanies the disc. Included is exclusive B-roll and behind-the-scenes footage from the band's live shows.

Release and reception
On November 6, 2006, Remains was announced for release. The band explained: "...in the midst of the torrent of recording albums and touring to support them -- we will book into a studio and record some more... These truly are the remains of the last half-decade." On December 31, the band posted an e-card, which contained "We Can Never Break Up" and "Hell Yes" available for streaming. It was released on January 31, 2007, through Vagrant. On February 6, a music video was released for "Warbrain". The video includes live footage of the band from a New Year's Eve show. The album peaked at #64 on Billboard 200. By August 2008, the album sold 60,000 copies. A vinyl repressing of the album was released through Newbury Comics on February 3, 2023, and was limited to 500 copies.

Scraps companion album
On Valentine's Day 2007, the band posted a bulletin on their MySpace giving a downloadable template and cipher. When printed and aligned correctly with the booklet in the Remains album, the template gave a user name and a password. When the cipher was deciphered, it gave a web address to go to. This website contained a downloadable album and cover file. The cipher and template accessible to Blood Pact members was different from those of the general public.

MySpace Scraps Tracks Blood Pact Scraps Tracks
 * 1) "Private Eye" (Acoustic) - 3:38
 * 2) "Crawl" (Acoustic) - 4:23
 * 3) "This Could Be Love" (Acoustic) - 4:15
 * 4) "Cringe" (Live) - 2:24
 * 5) "You've Got So Far to Go" (Live) - 2:58
 * 6) "Mr. Chainsaw" (Live) - 3:37
 * 7) "She Took Him to the Lake" (Live) - 2:32
 * 8) "Crawl" (BBC) - 4:27
 * 9) "Heaven" (BBC) - 3:35
 * 10) "Over at the Frankenstein Place" - 2:32 Total - 34:18
 * 1) "Fine Without You" (Remix)
 * 2) "Burn" (Alleged Remix)
 * 3) "Prevent This Tragedy" (Live)
 * 4) "Warbrain" (Demo)