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1984 single by The Triffids
"Beautiful Waste"
Single by The Triffids
A-side"Beautiful Waste"
B-side"Property Is Condemned"
ReleasedFebruary 1984
RecordedDecember 1983
Emerald City Studios, Sydney
GenreIndie rock, folk rock
Length6:14
LabelWhite Hot / Mushroom
Songwriter(s)David McComb
Producer(s)The Triffids
The Triffids singles chronology
"Spanish Blue"
(1982) 		"Beautiful Waste"
(1984) 		"You Don't Miss Your Water"
(1985)

"Beautiful Waste" is a single released by Australian rock group, The Triffids in February 1984. 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. Youth Group's Toby Martin had previously filled in as one of the guest vocalists for a reformed The Triffids, at the Sydney Festival performances earlier in that year.

Track listing

All tracks written by David McComb.

  1. "Beautiful Waste" – 3:20
  2. "Property Is Condemned" – 2:54

Personnel

The Triffids

Additional musicians

  • Ian Macourt – cello
  • David Angell – viola

References

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  2. Holmgren, Magnus; Skjefte, Morten; Warnqvist, Stefan; Simonetti, Vince. "The Triffids". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 28 July 2002. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. "Like A Version". ABC Radio. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  4. "2008 Sydney Festival line-up". Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  5. "The Triffids latest news". Liberation Music. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  6. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
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