Ben Folds - The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective (2011)

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Ben Folds - The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective (2011)(3 CD)(FLAC+cue+log)












The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds and his alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five, and is scheduled to be released in the United States of America on October 11, 2011 by Legacy Records. The title comes from a song from their 1995 self-titled debut album.

The standard-edition album contains 17 popular songs from the band's discography and Folds' subsequent solo career, as well as the new Ben Folds Five single "House", which debuted on the website for the NBC competition show The Sing Off, of which Folds is a judge.

An expanded edition includes 43 additional tracks over three discs, including two more new songs from Ben Folds Five recorded in 2011. Folds also made available through his website the additional album Fifty-Five Vault, a 56-track collection of rarities. A five-track sampler from this album, Free Folds Five, was included with digital copies of The Best Imitation of Myself.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Imitation_of_Myself:_A_Retrospective









Tracklist:

Disc 1:

01. Brick (Radio Mix) (4:43)
02. Annie Waits (4:17)
03. Philosophy (4:36)
04. Underground (4:11)
05. Landed (Strings Version) (4:28)
06. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces (3:52)
07. Don't Change Your Plans (5:11)
08. The Luckiest (4:44)
09. Smoke (with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra) (Perth, AU 2005) (5:33)
10. Rockin' the Suburbs (5:00)
11. Kate (3:14)
12. Gracie (2:40)
13. Still Fighting It (Extended Version) (5:06)
14. You Don't Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) (3:12)
15. There's Always Someone Cooler Than You (4:11)
16. Still (2:38)
17. From Above (with Nick Hornby) 4:04)
18. House (3:43)




Disc 2:

Live 1997-2011

01. Julianne (with Ben Folds Five)
02. Video (with Ben Folds Five, recorded at Studion in Stockholm, Sweden on March 12, 1997)
03. Song for The Dumped (with Ben Folds Five, recorded for Hard Rock Café Live television program on June 12, 1998)
04. Missing the War (with Ben Folds Five)
05. Mess (with Ben Folds Five)
06. Magic (with Ben Folds Five, recorded at Royal Albert Hall in London, UK on December 14, 1999)
07. Selfless, Cold and Composed (Recorded at Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on December 9 2001)
08. Zak and Sara
09. Girl (Recorded at Roseland Ballroom in New York, NY on June 13, 2002)
10. Just Pretend (with the Bens, recorded at Palais Theatre in Melbourne, Australia on March 24, 2003)
11. Fred Jones Part 2 (with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, recorded at Kings Park in Perth, Australia on March 12 & 13 2005)
12. Careless Whisper (George Michael cover, featuring Rufus Wainwright, recorded at Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA on August 24, 2005)
13. All U Can Eat (recorded at Ben's Studio in Nashville, TN on October 24, 2006)
14. Long Tall Texan (recorded at the Warehouse in Houston, TX on October 24, 2008)
15. Army (with Ben Folds Five)
16. Battle of Who Could Care Less (with Ben Folds Five, recorded at UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill on September 18, 2008 for the MySpace "Front to Back" series)
17. Kylie from Connecticut (recorded at the State Theatre, Detroit, MI on October 9, 2008)
18. Effington (recorded at Ax Hall, Seoul, South Korea on June 9, 2011)
19. Picture Window (recorded at HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London, UK on February 20, 2011)
20. Sentimental Guy (recorded at A.E.C. Theatre in Adelaide, Australia on May 22, 2011)
21. Not the Same (recorded at A.E.C. Theatre in Adelaide, Australia on May 22, 2011)





Disc 3:

Rarities 1991-2011

01. Unrelated (Unfinished Song Demo - 1996)
02. Best Imitation of Myself (Demo - 1992)
03. Rocky (4 Track Home Demo