Released 21 February 2005 Length 67:00 Artist Mogwai Label [PIAS] UK | Recorded Maida Vale, Hippodrome Government Commissions BBC Sessions 1996–2003
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Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003 is a compilation album by the post-rock group Mogwai released in 2005, consisting of sessions recorded between 1996 and 2003 for BBC Radio. Some of the tracks are different from previously released versions – for example, the recording of "R U Still in 2 It?" is entirely instrumental, whereas the studio version on Mogwai Young Team features a lead vocal from Arab Strap member Aidan Moffat. Following the death of BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel in 2004, for whose show many of the tracks were recorded, Mogwai decided to dedicate the album to him. Peel's voice announces "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mogwai!" at the beginning of "Hunted by a Freak", the album's opener.
Contents
CD
All tracks written by Mogwai.
2xLP
All tracks written by Mogwai.
Personnel
Songs
1Hunted by a Freak4:10
2R U Still in 2 It6:19
3New Paths to Helicon - Part II2:54