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Art Bears-The Art Box

Disc 1: Hopes and Fears

Contains all the tracks from the original release of the first Art Bears album, Hopes and Fears (1978)
Track list

"On Suicide" (Brecht, Eisler) – 1:27
"The Dividing Line" (Cutler, Frith, Cooper) – 4:11
"Joan" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:06
"Maze" (Cutler, Frith) – 5:06
"In Two Minds" (Cutler, Frith) – 8:58
"Terrain" (Frith) – 3:49
"The Tube" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:05
"The Dance" (Cutler, Frith) – 5:09
"The Pirate Song" (Cutler, Hodgkinson) – 1:28
"Labyrinth" (Cutler, Hodgkinson) – 2:15
"Riddle" (Cutler, Frith) – 2:49
"Moeris Dancing" (Frith) – 5:15
"Piers" (Cutler, Frith) – 2:12

Disc 2: Winter Songs

Contains all the tracks from the original release of the second Art Bears album, Winter Songs (1979)
Track list

"The Bath of Stars" (Cutler, Frith) – 1:45
"First Things First" (Cutler, Frith) – 2:50
"Gold" (Cutler, Frith) – 1:41
"The Summer Wheel" (Cutler, Frith) – 2:47
"The Slave" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:38
"The Hermit" (Cutler, Frith) – 2:59
"Rats & Monkeys" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:24
"The Skeleton" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:11
"The Winter Wheel" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:06
"Man & Boy" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:21
"Winter/War" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:05
"Force" (Cutler, Frith) – 0:54
"3 Figures" (Cutler, Frith) – 1:51
"3 Wheels" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:35

Disc 3: The World as It Is Today

Contains all the tracks from the original release of the third Art Bears album, The World as It Is Today (1981)
Track list

"The Song of Investment Capital Overseas" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:38
"Truth" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:56
"Freedom" (Frith, Cutler) – 3:25
"(Armed) Peace" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:30
"Civilisation" (Frith, Cutler) – 4:52
"Democracy" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:22
"The Song of the Martyrs" (Frith, Cutler) – 4:09
"Law" (Frith, Cutler) – 0:51
"The Song of the Monopolists" (Frith, Cutler) – 1:48
"The Song of the Dignity of Labour Under Capital" (Frith, Cutler) – 2:27
"Albion, Awake!" (Frith, Cutler) – 4:08

Disc 4: Art Bears Revisited disc 1

Contains remixed and reworked Art Bears pieces by various musicians, plus two Art Bears singles (tracks 17-18)
Track list

Jon Rose: "The Violin in Winter" – 3:49
Ossatura: "Tranne Lacrimae (Bar Tears)" – 4:12
Otomo Yoshihide/Ground Zero: "On Suicide" – 5:49
Massimo Simonini: "Artico & Baci" – 3:37
When/Lars Pedersen: "The Tube" – 2:44
Warrick Sony/Kalahari Surfers/DJ Ballard: "Rats & Monkeys Remix" – 3:15
John Oswald: "Time/Bye" – 5:01
Chris Cutler: "Three Bears Room" – 4:49
Roberto Musci/Giovanni Venosta/Massimo Mariani: "The World as it Hopes in Winter" – 3:55
The Residents: "The Bath of Stars"/"The Skeleton" – 4:51
Yasushi Utsunomiya: "Tokusa-No-Kandakara (91 Pieces Of 'C')" – 3:02
Herb Heinz: "The Skeleton" – 2:59
Martin Archer: "Long Winter" – 5:03
Jon Leidecker/Wobbly: "Winter/War/Force" – 4:09
Fred Frith: "Everything Again" – 4:14
Jocelyn Robert: "Coquelicot" – 7:17
Art Bears: "Collapse" (Cutler, Frith) – 4:51
Art Bears: "All Hail" (Cutler, Frith) – 4:08

Disc 5: Art Bears Revisited disc 2

Contains remixed and reworked Art Bears pieces by various musicians, plus an unfinished Art Bears piece, completed for the box set (track 18)
Track list

Roger Kleier: "Armed Peace Remix" – 2:36
Bob Drake: "Song of the Monopolists" – 1:16
Andrea Rocca: "The Three Wheels Remix" – 2:45
Vitor Rua: "Gold" – 1:27
Brian Woodbury: "The Fourth Wheel" – 4:10
Chris Cutler: "The Three Figures" – 1:06
Bob Drake: "First Things First : The Mix That Should Not Be" – 2:56
Stevan Tickmayer: "Monopolists Democracy" – 4:24
Annie Gosfield: "All is Encompassed in the Night (part 1)" – 1:35
Annie Gosfield: "All is Encompassed in the Night (part 2)" – 1:35
Annie Gosfield: "All is Encompassed in the Night (part 3)" – 1:37
Biota: "The Summer Mix (part 1)" – 4:08
Biota: "The Summer Mix (part 2)" – 2:47
Biota: "The Summer Mix (part 3)" – 4:10
Biota: "The Summer Mix (part 3)" – 3:09
Thomas Dimuzio: "Democracy Remix" – 4:26
Christian Marclay: "Some Truth" – 4:51
Art Bears: "Carved in Stone (Rebirth)" (Cutler, Frith) – 1:46

Disc 6: Free Box CD

Contains remixed and reworked Art Bears pieces by various musicians, plus five live Art Bears pieces (tracks 4-7,11)
Track list

Bob Drake: "And the Comedy Bears" – 0:42
Duck and Cover: "The Song of Investment Capital Overseas" (Cutler, Frith) – 3:42
John Oswald: "Summer/Freedom" – 2:48
Art Bears: "The Riddle" (Cutler, Frith) – 2:21
Art Bears: "First Things First" (Cutler, Frith) – 1:55
Art Bears: "March From the Dance" (Cutler, Frith) – 1:05
Art Bears: "The Hermit" (Cutler, Frith) – 2:47
Biota: "The Winter Mix" – 4:35
Fred Frith: "Wheels" – 3:12
Yasushi Utsunomiya: "Tokusa-No-Kandakara II" – 3:37
Art Bears: "Coda to Man and Boy" (Cutler, Frith) – 7:17