Numero (2024, Reissue)
I wrote a lot about Unwound on this website many years ago as I picked up the various Numero box sets that came out. I love those records and they are the epitome of completeness and a well done retrospective. That said, there are so many great Unwound songs that are sprinkled throughout those boxes, which makes listening a little scattershot when you're looking at non-album tracks. Numero makes it easy for dummies like me and have put out a reworked version of the A Single History compilation.
This was originally called A Single History 1994 - 1997, was a single LP and came out on Kill Rock Stars. Obviously it didn't contain the entirety of Unwound's singles, but gathered up most of the early 7" songs. Numero took that ball and ran with it farther than a very far thing. This version is called A Single History 1994 - 2001. It boasts 23 songs as compared to the original's 16 and is a double LP set.
They also fixed one of the things I find most annoying on singles comps. The Numero version has all of the songs in chronological order and keeps all of the songs that were on a single together in the track listing. It's always been a pet peeve of mine when tracks aren't in order on singles comps and to me, this is a much more satisfying listening experience.
There's a ton of great Unwound songs here like "Mkultra," "Corpse Pose" and "Negated." All hits. Plus it has my very favorite Unwound song of all time, "Broken E Strings" from the Jabberjaw compilation. While my friend from high school Pat was super instrumental in making me pay attention to Unwound even before that Jabberjaw comp came out, that song is the one that really grabbed me and made me a fan for life. This is a great compilation and despite owning these songs on those Unwound box sets, I'm excited to have the easy listening experience of a proper Unwound singles comp.
Unwound – A Single History 1991-2001:
https://unwound.bandcamp.com/album/a-single-history-1991-2001
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