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"There are loads of songs that won't be on the album. I've cut 35 tracks [for Boys For Pele], and it's been a bit brutal. But, it's become fairly obvious to me what this album is and isn't. It's coming down
between two songs to complete the album song order. The guys even have bets on it in the studio, meaning which one will make it. Mark wants one, the Dutch guys want another, and I'm the one who has to decide. Mark has fought for a B-side to get on the record, and it's pretty serious. I'm saving yet another for a film, because I think it will work better elsewhere. Her name is Cooling, and she isn't gonna be heard right now.
There's another A-side called, To the Fair Motor Maids of Japan. That one I scratched until I'm ready to release it, but
it was to be on the album. So what's happened now is, there are two songs, both B-sides, that have shoved these other ones out of the way. I don't think I can have both of them on the record because then I'll have more than 14 tracks, plus the ins and outs, meaning the shorts songs, which equal 18 songs. That makes the album 72-73 minutes long, and I'm pushin' the limit. The song order that I have now is reading for me. Some novels are very long, but it's the story now. I'm kinda clear on what the story is.
There are parts of the story where I kinda cock my head and go, 'Fuck, I don't know what that means, but that's OK.' It'll keep me busy when I'm touring. I can figure it out then, or tomorrow, or whenever.'"
-- Tori; Upside Down Newsletter #7, early 1996
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