Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987–2005

Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987–2005 is a compilation album by New Zealand noise rock band The Dead C, released on 1 August 2006 through Ba Da Bing Records.

Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987–2005
Compilation album by The Dead C
Released	1 August 2006
Recorded	1987 (1987)–2003 (2003)
Genre	Noise rock
Length	145:02
Label	Ba Da Bing
Producer	The Dead C
The Dead C chronology
The Damned (2003) Vain, Erudite and Stupid: Selected Works 1987–2005 (2006) Future Artists (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	7.9/10

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Dead C

Disc one

No.	Title	From the album	Length
1.	"Max Harris"	DR503	5:35
2.	"Angel"	DR503b	6:59
3.	"3 Years"	Xpressway Pile-Up	6:21
4.	"Maggot"	Eusa Kills	7:07
5.	"Glass Hole Pit"	Eusa Kills	1:08
6.	"Helen Said This"	Helen Said This	10:58
7.	"Hell Is Now Love"	Trapdoor Fucking Exit	4:07
8.	"Highway"	Clyma est mort	0:48
9.	"Power"	Clyma est mort	7:04
10.	"Mighty"	Power	2:19
11.	"Constellation"	Harsh 70s Reality	6:41
12.	"T. Is Never Over I & II"	Harsh 70s Reality	4:03
13.	"World"	World Peace Hope et al.	7:53

Disc two

No.	Title	From the album	Length
1.	"The Marriage of Reason and Squalor"	The Operation of the Sonne	14:28
2.	"Bitcher"	The White House	6:27
3.	"Voodoo Spell"	The White House	2:16
4.	"Repent IV"	Repent	11:53
5.	"Head"	Tusk	11:03
6.	"All Channels Open"	The Dead C	6:31
7.	"Tuba Is Funny (Slight Return)"	The Dead C	7:30
8.	"Repulsion"	New Electric Music	10:38
9.	"Truth"	The Damned	3:13

Personnel

• Rob Carmichael – design
• The Dead C – production, recording
• Michael Morley – instruments
• Bruce Russell – instruments
• Robbie Yeats – instruments