Noah and the Whale Presents the A Sides Noah and the Whale Presents the A Sides Noah and the Whale Presents the A Sides is a limited edition EP released on 25 December 2008 by the folk rock band Noah and the Whale on Mercury Records Limited. Only 2500 copies of the album were released on 12" vinyl with all of the proceeds going towards the charity Age Concern. Recorded over two nights with a two-take limit, the album is described on the Young And Lost Club website as "A mixture of unheard originals and covers, and ground-breaking artwork from the band’s long-term collaborator Alex Brenchley, the raw
A-Sides 39 on the Australian Albums Chart, and number 6 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. It contains one song absent from previous albums ("Bleed Together") which appeared on import copies of the "Burden in My Hand" single. The opening track "Nothing to Say" was originally not an A-side. It appeared as the B-side to the band's first single "Hunted Down" on Sub Pop in 1987. In addition, "Get on the Snake" from "Louder Than Love" was released as a promo-only single in 1989. Also, the 1990 Sub Pop single "Room a Thousand Years Wide" does not appear on "A-Sides", nor