No Alternative

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Template:Album ratings No Alternative is an alternative rock compilation album produced by Paul Heck and Chris Mundy that was released in 1993. It was the third compilation put together by the Red Hot Organization, a charity dedicated to raising money for and awareness of AIDS relief.[1] The album features original tracks and cover versions from bands who went on to define the alternative rock scene of the 1990s. It was released with two different versions of album art: the standard version depicting a boy (without the Nirvana song listed on the back and liner notes),[2] and the alternate version depicting a girl (some with and some without the Nirvana song listed on the back and liner notes).

A television special hosted by MTV and a VHS home video release featured live performances, music videos, and information about AIDS.

On 20 April 2013, as part of the annual internationally celebrated Record Store Day, No Alternative was released for the first time on vinyl as a special 20th anniversary edition LP.[3] Stereogum lauded the album in a retrospective piece, saying that "it captures the American alternative scene at its commercial, cultural, and critical peak."[4] In an interview with Radio New Zealand, producer Paul Heck discussed the history of the Red Hot Organization and the anniversary of No Alternative, saying that the response from the musicians asked to contribute was "overwhelmingly positive" and that some artists even wrote songs specifically for the compilation.[5]

Album track listing

Track listing comparison
No. (CD) No. (Cassette) Title Artist Writer(s)
1 1 Superdeformed Matthew Sweet Matthew Sweet
2 2 For All to See Buffalo Tom Buffalo Tom
3 3 Sexual Healing Soul Asylum Odell Brown, Marvin Gaye, David Ritz
4 4 Take a Walk Urge Overkill Urge Overkill
5 5 All Your Jeans Were Too Tight American Music Club Mark Eitzel
6 6 Bitch Goo Goo Dolls with Lance Diamond Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
7 7 Unseen Power of the Picket Fence Pavement Scott Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus
8 8 Glynis The Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan
9 9 Can’t Fight It Bob Mould Bob Mould
10 10 Hold On Sarah McLachlan Sarah McLachlan
11 11 Show Me Soundgarden Ben Shepherd
12 12 Brittle Straitjacket Fits Shayne Carter, Straitjacket Fits
13 13 Joed Out Barbara Manning and the San Francisco Seals Graeme Downes
14 14 Heavy 33 The Verlaines Graeme Downes
15 15 Effigy Uncle Tupelo John Fogerty
16 16 It's the New Style (Live) Beastie Boys and DJ Hurricane Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin
17 17 Iris (Live) The Breeders Kim Deal
– 18 Burning Spear (Live) Sonic Youth Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Richard Edson
– 19 Hot Nights (Live) Jonathan Richman Jonathan Richman
18 20 Memorial Song / Memorial Tribute (Live) Template:Efn Patti Smith Patti Smith
19 21 Verse Chorus Verse (Template:Efn Template:Efn) Nirvana Kurt Cobain

Home video track listing

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  1. Matthew Sweet – "Superdeformed"
  2. Neneh Cherry – "Athens, Georgia 1993"
  3. Urge Overkill – "Take a Walk"
  4. Hole, Luscious Jackson, Free Kitten, Huggy Bear & Bikini Kill – "No Alternative Girls"
  5. The Smashing Pumpkins – "Hot Heads"
  6. Sarah McLachlan – "Hold On"
  7. The Breeders – "Iris"
  8. Patti Smith – "Memorial Tribute"

US live performances:

  2. Goo Goo Dolls – "Bitch"
  3. The Smashing Pumpkins – "Glynis"
    • directed by Beth McCarthy
  4. The Smashing Pumpkins – "Today"
    • directed by Beth McCarthy
  5. Buffalo Tom – "For All to See"
    • directed by Beth McCarthy

UK live performances:

  2. The Breeders – "Iris"
    • directed by Neil Breakwell
  3. Suede – "The Next Life"
    • directed by Derek Jarman

Spoken word:

  2. Maggie Estep – "No More Mr Nice Girl"
  3. Lou Reed – "Busload of Faith"
  4. David Wojnarowicz – "Untitled"

Charts

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Chart (1993–1994) Peak
position
Australia Alternative Albums (ARIA)[6] 15
US Billboard 200[7] 56
US Top 100 Pop Albums (Cashbox)[8][9] 21

Notes

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References

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Further reading

External links

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