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{{Infobox album
| name       = Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981–1983)
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [[Virgin Prunes]]
| cover      = Virgin Prunes - Over the Rainbow 1981-1983.jpeg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|1985|4|df=yes}}
| recorded   = August 1980&nbsp;– April 1983
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Post-punk]], [[gothic rock]]
| length     = 58:20
| label      = Baby
| producer   = Virgin Prunes
| prev_title = [[A New Form of Beauty|A New Form of Beauty Parts 1–4]]
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = [[The Moon Looked Down and Laughed]]
| next_year  = 1986
}}{{italic title|all=yes|noerror}}
'''''Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981–1983)''''' is a compilation album by the Irish rock band [[Virgin Prunes]]. It was issued by Baby Records in April 1985.<ref>{{cite book |first=Martin Charles |last=Strong |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HJfGtREyuSAC&dq |title=The Great Indie Discography |publisher=[[Canongate Books|Canongate U.S.]] |date=2003 |access-date=21 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virginprunes.com/discography/ |title=Virgin Prunes / Discography |publisher=virginprunes.com |date=2011 |access-date=21 September 2014}}</ref> In 1986, the album was issued on CD augmented with the studio recordings from ''[[Heresie (EP)|Hérésie]]''.
== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = [[Virgin Prunes]]
| extra_column    = Original album (date)
| title1          = Down the Memory Lane
| extra1          = ''[[Heresie (EP)|Hérésie]]'' EP (1982)
| length1         = 3:17
| title2          = Red Nettle
| extra2          = ''[[C81 (album)|C81]]'' compilation (1981)
| length2         = 2:19
| title3          = Mad Bird in the Wood
| extra3          = ''Dokument: Ten Highlights in the History of Popular Music 1981>1982'' (1982)
| length3         = 4:22
| title4          = Jigsawmentallama
| extra4          = previously unreleased
| length4         = 6:25
| title5          = The King of Junk
| extra5          = previously unreleased
| length5         = 2:52
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column    = Original album (date)
| title1          = Just a Love Song
| extra1          = previously unreleased
| length1         = 3:02
| title2          = The Happy Dead
| extra2          = previously unreleased
| length2         = 13:46
| title3          = Third Secret
| extra3          = ''Perspectives and Distortion'' compilation (1981)
| length3         = 4:31
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = CD bonus tracks
| extra_column    = Original album (date)
| title9          = We Love Deirdre
| extra9          = ''Hérésie'' EP (1982)
| length9         = 1:18
| title10          = Rhetoric
| extra10          = ''Hérésie'' EP (1982)
| length10         = 7:19
| title11          = Man on the Corner
| extra11          = ''Hérésie'' EP (1982)
| length11         = 2:24
| title12          = Nisam Lo
| extra12          = ''Hérésie'' EP (1982)
| length12         = 1:28
| title13          = Loved One
| extra13          = ''Hérésie'' EP (1982)
| length13         = 4:29
| title14          = Go't' Away Deirdre
| extra14          = ''Hérésie'' EP (1982)
| length14         = 0:48
}}
== Personnel ==
'''Virgin Prunes'''
* Mary D'Nellon&nbsp;– drums, production
* [[Dik Evans]]&nbsp;– guitar, production
* [[Gavin Friday]]&nbsp;– vocals, production
* [[Guggi]]&nbsp;– vocals, production
* Strongman&nbsp;– bass guitar, production
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Charts (1985)
!Peak<br />position
|-
| [[UK Indie Chart]]<ref>{{cite book |first=Barry |last=Lazell |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/v.htm |title=Indie Hits 1980–1989 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |date=1997 |access-date=21 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509194831/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/v.htm |archive-date=9 May 2008 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|}
==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalog
|-
| France
| 1985
| Baby
| [[vinyl record|LP]]
| Baby 002
|-
| France
| 1985
| Baby
| [[Compact Cassette|Cassette]]
| BABY t002
|-
| France
| 1986
| Baby
| CD
| Baby 002 CD
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Discogs master |master=5916 |name=Over the Rainbow (A Compilation of Rarities 1981–1983) |type=album}}
{{Virgin Prunes}}
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[[Category:1985 compilation albums]]
[[Category:Virgin Prunes albums]]
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