title: Retrospective (Red House Painters album)
text: # Retrospective (Red House Painters album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | NME | 8/10 |
  
  Retrospective is a double-disc compilation of Red House Painters' songs from the band's 4AD era. The compilation was released in July 1999. Disc one is a collection of definitive Red House Painters tracks culled from their debut album Down Colorful Hill through 1995's Ocean Beach, as picked by 4AD label owner Ivo Watts-Russell. Disc two, subtitled Demos, Outtakes, Live (1989-1995), is a collection of unreleased demos and live recordings from their 4AD years. The essay inside the booklet was written by Rob O'Connor in April 1999. A working title for this collection was Red Perspective.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All tracks are written by Mark Kozelek, except where noted.
  
  ## Credits
  
  * "Waterkill" (1990 demo) and "Instrumental"(1995 demo) previously unreleased.
  * Art direction and design by v23.
  * Wire photograph by Chris Bigg; lighthouse photograph by Dominic Davies.
  * Liner notes by Rob O'Connor (credited to "Rob O'Condor"; this is a typographical error. Rob O'Connor also penned the liner notes for the vinyl edition of Mark Kozelek's Admiral Fell Promises album in 2010).
  
  ## Release history
  
  | Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue # |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United Kingdom | July 19, 1999 | 4AD | 2CD | DAD 9013 CD |
  | United States | July 20, 1999 | 4AD | 2CD | DAD 9011 CD |
  