{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Prototypes and Painkillers | type = Compilation | artist = Strung Out | cover = Strung Out - Prototypes and Painkillers cover.jpg | border = yes | alt = | released = March 31, 2009 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = * Pop-punk<ref name="amg"/><ref name="pelone"/> * heavy metal<ref name="pelone"/> | length = | label = Fat Wreck Chords | producer = | prev_title = Blackhawks Over Los Angeles | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Agents of the Underground | next_year = 2009 }}
'''''Prototypes and Painkillers''''' is a compilation album by the punk rock band Strung Out, released on March 31, 2009, by Fat Wreck Chords.<ref name="amg">{{Citation |title=Strung Out - Prototypes and Painkillers Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/prototypes-and-painkillers-mw0000813733 |access-date=2023-04-27 |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427170247/https://www.allmusic.com/album/prototypes-and-painkillers-mw0000813733 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pelone">{{Cite web |last=Pelone |first=Joe |date=14 April 2009 |title=Strung Out - Prototypes and Painkillers |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/8219/strung-out-prototypes-and-painkillers |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=www.punknews.org |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427170247/https://www.punknews.org/review/8219/strung-out-prototypes-and-painkillers |url-status=live }}</ref> It consists of outtakes, demos, and compilation tracks taken from various recording sessions over the course of the band's career, including several previously unreleased tracks.
==Track listing==
{{track listing | total_length = | all_writing = Strung Out except where noted | title1 = Don't Look Back | note1 = 2001; b-side from ''An American Paradox'' sessions, released on limited edition of album | length1 = 2:41 | title2 = Novacain | note2 = 2000; b-side from ''The Element of Sonic Defiance'' sessions; released on ''Live Fat, Die Young'' | length2 = 2:53 | title3 = I'm Not a Loser | note3 = 1992; written by Frank Navetta and originally performed by the Descendents; previously unreleased | length3 = 1:28 | title4 = Novella | note4 = 2007; b-side from ''Blackhawks Over Los Angeles'' sessions; released on iTunes version of album | length4 = 3:00 | title5 = Lost Motel | note5 = 2000; ''An American Paradox'' demo; released on ''Fat Club'' 7-inch single | length5 = 4:00 | title6 = Pleather | note6 = 1999; ''An American Paradox'' demo; previously unreleased | length6 = 3:01 | title7 = Klawsterfobia | note7 = 1999; from ''Short Music for Short People'' | length7 = 0:31 | title8 = Ghost Town | note8 = 1997; b-side from ''Twisted by Design'' sessions; released on ''Crossroads and Illusions'' | length8 = 2:07 | title9 = Bark at the Moon | note9 = 2002; written and originally performed by Ozzy Osbourne; from ''Punk Goes Metal'' | length9 = 3:32 | title10 = Sinner or Coward? | note10 = 1992; previously unreleased | length10 = 1:39 | title11 = Season of the Witch | note11 = 1994; released on Strung Out / Jughead's Revenge split 7-inch single | length11 = 2:49 | title12 = Your Worst Mistake | note12 = 2001; b-side from ''An American Paradox'' sessions; released on ''Uncontrollable Fatulence'' | length12 = 3:26 | title13 = Betrayal | note13 = 2002; from ''Beyond Cyberpunk'' | length13 = 2:50 | title14 = More Than Words | note14 = 2007; b-side from ''Blackhawks Over Los Angeles'' sessions; released on limited edition of album | length14 = 3:29 | title15 = Barfly | note15 = 1997; b-side from ''Twisted by Design'' sessions; released on ''Crossroads and Illusions'' | length15 = 3:11 | title16 = Night of the Necro | note16 = 1999; previously unreleased | length16 = 2:10 | title17 = American Lie | note17 = 1994; released on ''As a Matter of Fact'' | length17 = 2:34 | title18 = Dig | note18 = 2000; demo version for ''An American Paradox''; released on ''Fat Club'' 7-inch single | length18 = 2:55 | title19 = Wrong Side of the Tracks | note19 = 1996; demo version; released on ''Punk Bites''; re-recorded for ''Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues'' | length19 = 2:49 | title20 = Just Like Me | note20 = 1997; demo version; released on ''Punk Bites 2''; re-recorded for ''Twisted by Design'' | length20 = 2:08 | title21 = Mad Mad World | note21 = 1992; demo version; previously unreleased; re-recorded for ''Another Day in Paradise'' | length21 = 2:16 | title22 = Jacqueline | note22 = 1996; demo from ''Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues'' sessions; released on ''Fearless Flush Sampler''; re-recorded for ''The Element of Sonic Defiance'' as "Jackie-O" | length22 = 2:32 | title23 = Velvet Alley | note23 = 2003; acoustic version; from ''Punk Goes Acoustic'' | length23 = 4:19 | title24 = Ashes | note24 = 1992; demo version; previously unreleased; re-recorded for ''Another Day in Paradise'' | length24 = 2:42 | title25 = Forever Is Today | note25 = 1992; previously unreleased | length25 = 2:20 }}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Discogs release|4952867}} {{Strung Out}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Strung Out albums Category:2009 compilation albums Category:Fat Wreck Chords compilation albums Category:Pop punk albums by American artists Category:Heavy metal albums by American artists
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