| "Beautiful Waste" | ||||
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| SinglebyThe Triffids | ||||
| A-side | "Beautiful Waste" | |||
| B-side | "Property Is Condemned" | |||
| Released | February 1984 | |||
| Recorded | December 1983 Emerald City Studios, Sydney | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, folk rock | |||
| Length | 6:14 | |||
| Label | White Hot / Mushroom | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David McComb | |||
| Producer(s) | The Triffids | |||
| The Triffids singles chronology | ||||
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"Beautiful Waste" is a single released by Australian rock group, The Triffids in February 1984.[1][2] Not included on any of the band's studio albums nor extended plays, it was first compiled on Australian Melodrama (1994). Its B-side, "Property Is Condemned", was included on the 1984 EP Raining Pleasure. A film clip was made for "Beautiful Waste". Its name was adapted for a 2008 posthumous compilation of mid-1980s non-album tracks, Beautiful Waste and Other Songs.
In May 2008, Youth Group performed a cover version of "Beautiful Waste" on national radio station Triple J's "Like a Version" segment.[3] Youth Group's Toby Martin had previously filled in as one of the guest vocalists for a reformed The Triffids, at the Sydney Festival[4] performances earlier in that year.[5]
All tracks written by David McComb.[6]
