B'Sides Themselves

B'Sides Themselves
Cover art by Mark Wilkinson
Compilation album by Marillion
Released	4 January 1988 (CD) June 1988 (vinyl LP, cassette)
Recorded	1982–1987
Genre	Neo-prog
Length	59:42
Label	EMI
Producer	Chris Kimsey, Nick Tauber, Simon Hanhart/Marillion
Marillion chronology
Clutching at Straws (1987) B'Sides Themselves (1988) The Thieving Magpie (1988)

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B'Sides Themselves is a compilation of single B-sides by the British neo-prog band Marillion, which was released on CD only in January 1988. This was the first time that those B-sides were made available in the then still relatively new Compact Disc format (with the exception of "Tux On", which had featured on a limited edition CD single of "Sugar Mice" that was only sold at concerts). However, vinyl LP and cassette versions were issued in June 1988.

The compilation includes "Market Square Heroes", originally the A-side track for Marillion's 1982 debut single release, but here is included because it was re-recorded for the B-side of "Punch and Judy" (1984). "Three Boats Down From The Candy" was originally the B-side of "Market Square Heroes", but the version on this album is the re-recorded B-side of "Punch and Judy".

Also included is the 17-minute epic "Grendel", originally a B-side on the 12" version of the 1982 A-side "Market Square Heroes" single.

B'Sides Themselves would turn out to be the last Marillion record to be released while singer Fish, who left in October 1988, was still in the band.