The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Brick (radio version)

  Ben Folds Five
  4:34
• 2
  Annie Waits
  4:17
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Philosophy

  Ben Folds Five
  4:38
  3.6 ★
• 4
  Underground

  Ben Folds Five
  4:13
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Landed (strings version)
  4:07
• 6
  One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

  Ben Folds Five
  3:52
  4.1 ★
• 7
  Don’t Change Your Plans

  Ben Folds Five
  5:12
  3.5 ★
• 8
  The Luckiest
  4:25
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Smoke

  Ben Folds and WASO
  5:34
• 10
  Rockin’ the Suburbs
  4:58
  4.8 ★
• 11
  Kate

  Ben Folds Five
  3:13
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Gracie
  2:40
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Still Fighting It (extended version)
  5:06
• 14
  You Don’t Know Me

  feat. Regina Spektor
  3:11
  4.2 ★
• 15
  There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You
  4:18
• 16
  Still
  2:40
• 17
  From Above
  4:04
  3.0 ★
• 18
  House
  3:43
• CD 2
• 1
  Julianne

  Ben Folds Five
  2:43
• 2
  Video

  Ben Folds Five
  4:03
• 3
  Song for the Dumped

  Ben Folds Five
  5:09
• 4
  Missing the War

  Ben Folds Five
  4:34
• 5
  Mess
  4:08
• 6
  Magic
  4:10
• 7
  Selfless, Cold and Composed
  5:06
• 8
  Zak and Sara
  3:36
• 9
  Girl
  2:06
• 10
  Just Pretend

  The Bens
  3:08
• 11
  Fred Jones, Part 2

  Ben Folds and WASO
  3:54
• 12
  Careless Whisper

  feat. Rufus Wainwright
  3:37
• 13
  All U Can Eat
  3:06
• 14
  Long Tall Texan
  2:10
• 15
  Army

  Ben Folds Five
  3:26
• 16
  Battle of Who Could Care Less
  3:22
• 17
  Kylie From Connecticut
  5:01
• 18
  Effington
  3:44
• 19
  Picture Window
  3:44
• 20
  Sentimental Guy
  3:17
• 21
  Not the Same
  5:37
• CD 3
• 1
  Unrelated
  0:36
• 2
  Best Imitation of Myself
  2:50
• 3
  Rocky
  4:28
• 4
  Boxing
  4:06
• 5
  Julianne

  Ben Folds Five
  3:17
• 6
  Evaporated

  Ben Folds Five
  4:19
• 7
  Alice Childress

  Ben Folds Five
  4:23
• 8
  Barrytown
• 9
  Amelia Bright

  Ben Folds Five
  3:23
• 10
  Tell Me What I Did

  Ben Folds Five
  2:50
• 11
  Rock Star
  3:23
• 12
  Losing Lisa
  3:38
• 13
  Break Up at Food Court (demo – 2000)
  2:53
• 14
  Hiro’s Song
  3:37
• 15
  Wandering
  4:27
• 16
  The Secret Life of Morgan Davis
  2:41
• 17
  Such Great Heights
  4:38
• 18
  Bitches Ain’t Shit
  3:54
• 19
  Time
  4:02
• 20
  Sleazy
  3:20
• 21
  Because the Origami

  8in8
  4:11
• 22
  Stumblin’ Home Winter Blues
  2:56

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Release credits

• Amanda Palmer
  vocal [21]
• Andy Wallace
  mix [6-7, 11]
• Anthony Ruotolo
  additional [14]
• Antoine Silverman
  violin [7]
• Ben Folds
  acoustic guitar [17], analog synthesizer [17], bass guitar [17], drums (drum set) [17], electric piano [6, 11], lead vocals [6, 11], melodica [6, 11], percussion [17], piano [1.3-4, 1.6, 1.11-12, 1.17, 3.21], producer [6, 11-12, 17], recording [6, 11], vocal [3.21, 1.12, 1.17]
• Benny Grotto
  mix [21], recording [21]
• Caleb Southern
  producer [3-4, 6-7, 11], recording [6-7, 11]
• Csaba Petocz
  engineer [14]
• DJ Swamp
  additional [10], guest [10]
• Darren Jessee
  background vocals [6, 11], drums (drum set) [3-4, 6, 11], percussion [6, 11]
• David Henry
  cello [12]
• Dennis Herring
  drum machine [14], producer [14]
• Fernando Lodeiro
  additional [14], assistant [14]
• Fleming McWilliams
  additional [8]
• Jane Scarpantoni
  cello [7]
• Jared Reynolds
  bass guitar [12]
• Joe Costa
  editor [14], engineer [14], mix [17], recording [12, 17]
• John Mark Painter
  conductor [7], double bass [12], flugelhorn [7], producer [12], strings [7]
• Kate Miller‐Heidke
  vocal [17]
• Leslie Richter
  editor [17], engineer [17]
• Lindsay Jamieson
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Lorenza Ponce
  violin [7]
• Mark Feldman
  violin [7]
• Michael Brauer
  mix [12, 14]
• Norwood Cheek
  synthesizer [6]
• Regina Spektor
  guest [14]
• Richard Fortus
  guitar [10]
• Robert Sledge
  background vocals [6, 11], bass guitar [3-4, 6, 11], double bass [6, 11]
• Sean Slade
  producer [21]
• Will Hensley
  assistant [14]
• Show all credits (30)

Issues

• 

  T
  The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective

  3x CD
  10 October 2011
• 

  T
  The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective

  3x CD, Digital Media
  11 October 2011
• T
  The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective

  CD
  11 October 2011