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.
Track listing
Cassette Side A "Microphone Part 2" "Tests" (Phil version) "Feedback Love" "Bomb on Tape Deck Mt." "Tape Deck Ghost" "Bass Leftovers" "Like A Piranha" "Assault on Tape Deck Mt." "Spy Cameras" "Drums That No One Played / El Nino" "Death on Tape Deck Mt." "The Last Night of the Year"
Side B "PreAmp" "Rebirth on Tape Deck Mt." "Eyes for Volume" "Quiet Groove" "OH ANNA" "Summer Electricity" "Little Songs" "Anacortes Has a Secret Love" "Night Time, Then Sleep"
CD "Tests" – 1:36 "Feedback Love" – 2:46 "Tape Deck Ghost" – 3:22 "Like a Piranha" – 4:05 "Soundwaves" – 3:01 "Drums That No One Played / El Nino" – 2:22 "Anacortes Has a Secret Love" – 3:11 "Oh Anna" – 3:20 "Spy Cameras" – 3:37 "Witch Doctor" – 2:35 "Monsters" – 3:49 "The Last Night of the Year" – 4:54 "PreAmp" – 2:29 "Quiet Groove" – 2:59 "Little Songs" – 4:18 "Microphone Pt. 1" – 2:02 "Microphone Pt. 2" – 2:23 "Eyes for Volume" – 2:43 "Wires and Cords" – 6:35
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