{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Trainer | type = Compilation | artist = Plaid | cover = PlaidTrainer.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2000|07|10|df=yes}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = IDM, electronic, techno | length = 145:14 | label = Warp Records | producer = Plaid | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/trainer-mw0000103657|title=Trainer – Plaid|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=1 February 2021|last=Bush|first=John}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2score = 4/5<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Plaid: Trainer|magazine=Alternative Press|issue=149|date=December 2000|page=86}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Muzik'' | rev3score = 4/5<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Plaid: Trainer|magazine=Muzik|issue=63|date=August 2000|last=Hall|first=John|page=74}}</ref> | rev4 = ''NME'' | rev4score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000710060718.html|title=Plaid – Trainer|magazine=NME|date=10 July 2000|access-date=1 February 2021|last=Segal|first=Victoria|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817234959/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000710060718.html|archive-date=17 August 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev5score = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6331-trainer/|title=Plaid: Trainer|website=Pitchfork|date=10 July 2000|access-date=1 February 2021|last=Cooper|first=Paul}}</ref> }}
'''''Trainer''''' is a two-disc compilation released in 2000 by Plaid. It includes the group's rare 1991 debut ''Mbuki Mvuki'', as well as other hard-to-find or unreleased material. Some of the tracks were recorded under Plaid's aliases Atypic, Balil and Tura.
==Track listing==
===Disc one=== #"Uneasy Listening" – 5:37 #"Anything" – 5:01 #"Slice of Cheese" – 6:00 #"Link" – 6:04 #"Perplex" – 4:05 #"Summit" – 4:38 #"Bouncing Checks" – 5:29 #"Yak" – 5:51 #"Scoobs in Columbia" – 5:34 #"Chirpy" – 4:47 #"Prig" (as 'Atypic') – 4:52 #"Eshush" (as 'Balil') – 4:42 #"Blah" (as 'Atypic') – 4:47 #"Norte Route" (as 'Balil') – 4:31
===Disc two=== #"Fly Wings" – 4:06 #"Whirling of Spirits" (as 'Balil') – 5:55 #"Choke and Fly" (as 'Balil') – 5:51 #"Small Energies" (as 'Balil') – 6:09 #"Jolly" (as 'Atypic') – 6:07 #"Letter" (as 'Tura') – 5:20 #"Soft Key" (as 'Tura') – 5:18 #"Reishi" (as 'Tura') – 9:01 #"Uland" (as 'Balil') – 4:09 #"Tan Sau" – 6:07 #"Android" – 7:00 #"Angry Dolphin" – 8:13<ref name="'Plaid - Trainer' at Bleep">{{cite web|title=Plaid - Trainer - Warp - Bleep|url=https://bleep.com/release/12781-plaid-trainer|website=Bleep.com|publisher=Warp Records|accessdate=26 May 2015}}</ref>
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Category:2000 compilation albums Category:Plaid (band) albums