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
Back in Front progress approaching the second last flight. He overtook Rooster Booster before the last hurdle and won by four lengths from Inglis Drever. O'Grady commented "I didn't think he was going to win coming down the hill or that he would come home as well as he did - I'd forgotten how good he is". At the 2005 Cheltenham Festival Back In Front started 7/2 joint-favourite with Hardy Eustace for the Champion Hurdle, in a strong field which also included Macs Joy, Harchibald, Brave Inca, Intersky Falcon, Al Eile and Rooster Booster. Ruby Walsh was given the ride on the gelding,