Tests (album)

Tests is an album by The Microphones. It was first released as a cassette tape on Knw-Yr-Own in 1998. A CD release by Elsinor followed in the same year, but the track listing was a mixture of The Microphones's three previous albums: Microphone, Wires and Cords, and the Tests cassette. Most of the material was recorded at The Business while Elverum worked there.

Tests was re-issued on cassette in an edition of 20 by P.W. ELVERUM & SUN, ltd. The re-issue was to celebrate Record Store Day 2011 and was only available at The Business in Anacortes, WA. A few additional copies were sold online via P.W. ELVERUM & SUN, ltd.

Cassette

 * Side A
 * 1) "Microphone Part 2"
 * 2) "Tests" (Phil version)
 * 3) "Feedback Love"
 * 4) "Bomb on Tape Deck Mt."
 * 5) "Tape Deck Ghost"
 * 6) "Bass Leftovers"
 * 7) "Like A Piranha"
 * 8) "Assault on Tape Deck Mt."
 * 9) "Spy Cameras"
 * 10) "Drums That No One Played / El Nino"
 * 11) "Death on Tape Deck Mt."
 * 12) "The Last Night of the Year"


 * Side B
 * 1) "PreAmp"
 * 2) "Rebirth on Tape Deck Mt."
 * 3) "Eyes for Volume"
 * 4) "Quiet Groove"
 * 5) "OH ANNA"
 * 6) "Summer Electricity"
 * 7) "Little Songs"
 * 8) "Anacortes Has a Secret Love"
 * 9) "Night Time, Then Sleep"

CD

 * 1) "Tests" – 1:36
 * 2) "Feedback Love" – 2:46
 * 3) "Tape Deck Ghost" – 3:22
 * 4) "Like a Piranha" – 4:05
 * 5) "Soundwaves" – 3:01
 * 6) "Drums That No One Played / El Nino" – 2:22
 * 7) "Anacortes Has a Secret Love" – 3:11
 * 8) "Oh Anna" – 3:20
 * 9) "Spy Cameras" – 3:37
 * 10) "Witch Doctor" – 2:35
 * 11) "Monsters" – 3:49
 * 12) "The Last Night of the Year" – 4:54
 * 13) "PreAmp" – 2:29
 * 14) "Quiet Groove" – 2:59
 * 15) "Little Songs" – 4:18
 * 16) "Microphone Pt. 1" – 2:02
 * 17) "Microphone Pt. 2" – 2:23
 * 18) "Eyes for Volume" – 2:43
 * 19) "Wires and Cords" – 6:35