{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} The '''Electronic Anthology Project''' began as the idea of Built to Spill bassist Brett Nelson. Always having loved and been greatly influenced by 1980s new wave music, he wondered what a guitar-driven band like Built to Spill would sound like if made a little more new wave (circa 1982). The EP was released on March 19, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14584-the-electronic-anthology-project/|title=The Electronic Anthology Project: The Electronic Anthology Project Album Review - Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/built_to_spill_give_themselves_electro_makeover_as_electronic_anthology_project|title=Built to Spill Give Themselves an Electro Makeover as the Electronic Anthology Project|work=Exclaim|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref>
A second collection of re-imagined tracks were issued for Record Store Day on April 21, 2012. This time the release featured songs by indie rock band Dinosaur Jr.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.twentyfourbit.com/2012/01/built-to-spill-j-mascis-record-electronic-dinosaur-jr/|title=Built to Spill, J Mascis Record Electronic Dinosaur Jr. Project|website=www.twentyfourbit.com|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref> The album, called simply, "The Electronic Anthology Project of Dinosaur Jr.", featured synthesizers and programmed beats by Nelson and vocals by Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16598-the-electronic-anthology-project-of-dinosaur-jr/|title=The Electronic Anthology Project: The Electronic Anthology Project of Dinosaur Jr. Album Review - Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref> There followed a collaboration with Death Cab for Cutie, with a re-imagining of two songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2013/06/death-cab-for-cutie-new-album-electronic-anthology-project/|title=Death Cab for Cutie Are Working on a New Album - SPIN|date=2013-06-13|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/death-cab-for-cutie-soul-meets-body_n_3533729.html|title=Indie Icons Get New Twist|date=2013-07-02|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref>
== The Electronic Anthology Project EP track listing == # I Dim Our Angst in Agony ("Goin' Against Your Mind" from You in Reverse, 2006) # Age I Felt ("Get a Life" from Ultimate Alternative Wavers, 1993) # At the Where ("The Weather" from Ancient Melodies of the Future, 2001) # Eels ("Else" from Keep It Like a Secret, 1999) # What If Your Dull ("I Would Hurt a Fly" from Perfect from Now On, 1997) # A Gloss Siren ("Israel's Song" from There's Nothing Wrong with Love, 1994) # Far Path Tall Sign ("Things Fall Apart" from There Is No Enemy, 2009)
==The Electronic Anthology Project of Dinosaur Jr. track listing== # Sludgefeast (from You're Living All Over Me, 1987) # Pond Song (from Bug, 1988) # Raisans (from You're Living All Over Me, 1987) # In a Jar (from You're Living All Over Me, 1987) # The Lung (from You're Living All Over Me, 1987) # Kracked (from You're Living All Over Me, 1987) # Tarpit (from You're Living All Over Me, 1987) # Little Fury Things (from You're Living All Over Me, 1987) # Feel the Pain (from Without a Sound, 1994) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-electronic-anthology-project-of-dinosaur-jr-mw0002374972|title=The Electronic Anthology Project of Dinosaur Jr. – The Electronic Anthology Project {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref>
== The Electronic Anthology Project of Death Cab for Cutie track listing ==
# Soul Meets Body (from Plans, 2005) # Champagne From a Paper Cup (from Something About Airplanes, 1998)
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