The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Best Imitation of Myself
• 1
  Brick (radio mix)

  Ben Folds Five
  4:34
• 2
  Annie Waits
  4:16
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Philosophy

  Ben Folds Five
  4:32
  3.6 ★
• 4
  Underground

  Ben Folds Five
  4:14
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Landed (strings version)
  4:07
• 6
  One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces

  Ben Folds Five
  3:51
  4.1 ★
• 7
  Don't Change Your Plans

  Ben Folds Five
  5:13
  3.5 ★
• 8
  The Luckiest
  4:24
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Smoke (Perth, AU 2005)

  Ben Folds with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra
  5:34
• 10
  Rockin' the Suburbs
  4:59
  4.8 ★
• 11
  Kate

  Ben Folds Five
  3:14
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Gracie
  2:41
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Still Fighting It (extended version)
  5:06
• 14
  You Don't Know Me

  feat. Regina Spektor
  3:12
  4.2 ★
• 15
  There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
  4:13
• 16
  Still
  2:40
• 17
  From Above

  Ben Folds lyrics by Nick Hornby
  4:06
  3.0 ★
• 18
  House

  Ben Folds Five
  3:43
• CD 2: Live
• 1
  Julianne (Stockholm, SE 1997)

  Ben Folds Five
  2:43
• 2
  Video (Stockholm, SE 1997)

  Ben Folds Five
  4:03
• 3
  Song for the Dumped (Las Vegas, NV 1998)

  Ben Folds Five
  5:09
• 4
  Missing the War (London, UK 1999)

  Ben Folds Five
  4:34
• 5
  Mess (London, UK 1999)

  Ben Folds Five
  4:08
• 6
  Magic (London, UK 1999)
  4:10
• 7
  Selfless, Cold and Composed (New York, NY 2001)
  5:06
• 8
  Zak and Sara (New York, NY 2002)
  3:36
• 9
  Girl (New York, NY 2002)
  2:06
• 10
  Just Pretend (Melbourne, AU 2003)

  The Bens
  3:08
• 11
  Fred Jones Part 2 (Perth, AU 2005)

  Ben Folds with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra
  3:54
• 12
  Careless Whisper (Saratoga, CA 2005)

  Ben Folds featuring Rufus Wainwright
  3:37
• 13
  All You Can Eat (Nashville, TN 2006)
  3:06
• 14
  Long Tall Texan (Houston, TX 2008)
  2:10
• 15
  Army (Chapel Hill, NC 2008)

  Ben Folds Five
  3:26
• 16
  Battle of Who Could Care Less (Chapel Hill, NC 2008)
  3:22
• 17
  Kylie From Connecticut (Detroit, MI 2008)
  5:01
• 18
  Effington (Seoul, KR 2001)
  3:44
• 19
  Picture Window (London, UK 2011)

  Ben Folds lyrics by Nick Hornby
  3:44
• 20
  Sentimental Guy (Adelaide, AU 2011)
  3:17
• 21
  Not the Same (Adelaide, AU 2011)
  5:37
• CD 3: Rarities
• 1
  Unrelated (unfinished song demo - 1996)
  0:36
• 2
  Best Imitation of Myself (demo - 1992)
  2:50
• 3
  Rocky (4 track home demo - 1993)
  4:28
• 4
  Boxing (demo - 1992)
  4:06
• 5
  Julianne (unreleased 1st album - 1994)

  Ben Folds Five
  3:17
• 6
  Evaporated (unreleased 1st album - 1994)

  Ben Folds Five
  4:19
• 7
  Alice Childress (KCRW sessions - 1996)

  Ben Folds Five
  4:23
• 8
  Barrytown ("Me, Myself, and Irene" soundtrack - 2000)

  Ben Folds Five
  3:49
• 9
  Amelia Bright (Mitch Easter sessions - 2000)

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

  Ben Folds Five
  2:50
• 11
  Rock Star (demo - 2000)
  3:23
• 12
  Losing Lisa (demo - 2000)
  3:38
• 13
  Break Up at Food Court (demo - 2000)
  2:53
• 14
  Hiro's Song (demo - 2000)
  3:37
• 15
  Wandering (demo - 2000)
  4:27
• 16
  The Secret Life of Morgan Davis (alternate mix - 2001)
  2:41
• 17
  Such Great Heights (alternate mix from MySpace sessions - 2006)
  4:38
• 18
  Bitches Ain't Shit
  3:53
• 19
  Time (alternate version - 2004)
  4:02
• 20
  Sleazy ("Download to Donate - Tsunami Relief" - 2011)
  3:20
• 21
  Because the Origami

  8in8
  4:11
• 22
  Stumblin' Home Winter Blues

  Ben Folds Five
  2:57
• Digital Media 4: Free Folds Five EP
• 1
  Underground (demo 1992)
  5:06
• 2
  Steven's Last Night in Town (demo 1996)
  3:06
• 3
  Song for the Dumped (demo 1996)
  3:52
• 4
  Narcolepsy (live)

  Ben Folds Five
  5:35
• 5
  Dr. Yang (live in Belgium 2008)
  2:35

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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 [1.6, 1.11, 2.7], melodica [6, 11], percussion [17], performer [7], piano [1.3-4, 1.6, 1.11-12, 1.17, 3.21], producer [6, 11-12, 17], recording [6, 11], vocal [1.12, 1.17, 3.21]
• 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

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  The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective

  3x CD
  10 October 2011
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  The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective

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

  CD
  11 October 2011