The Essential

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Iron Horse/Born to Lose
  5:21
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Louie Louie
  2:53
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Overkill (long version)
  5:13
  4.1 ★
• 4
  Too Late, Too Late
  3:24
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Damage Case
  3:01
  3.6 ★
• 6
  Tear Ya Down
  2:41
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Bomber
  3:43
  4.3 ★
• 8
  All the Aces
  3:24
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Stone Dead Forever
  4:53
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Ace of Spades
  2:48
  4.2 ★
• 11
  (We Are) The Road Crew
  3:25
• 12
  The Chase Is Better Than the Catch
  4:17
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Live to Win
  3:36
  3.4 ★
• 14
  The Hammer
  3:13
• 15
  Please Don’t Touch

  Headgirl
  2:50
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Stay Clean
  2:43
  4.0 ★
• 17
  Metropolis
  3:34
  4.0 ★
• 18
  Capricorn
  4:10
  4.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Speedfreak
  3:27
• 2
  Iron Fist
  2:53
  3.4 ★
• 3
  Don’t Need Religion
  2:42
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Another Perfect Day
  5:29
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Shine
  3:10
  2.5 ★
• 6
  Die You Bastard
  4:24
• 7
  Killed by Death
  3:54
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Deaf Forever
  4:27
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Orgasmatron
  5:23
  3.6 ★
• 10
  Doctor Rock
  3:39
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Ain’t My Crime
  3:44
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Rock ’n’ Roll
  3:49
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Eat the Rich
  4:36
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Dogs
  3:50
• 15
  R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
  1:28
  3.6 ★
• 16
  1916
  3:47
  4.0 ★
• 17
  March or Die
  5:41
• 18
  I Ain’t No Nice Guy
  4:18
• 19
  Name in Vain
  3:06
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Arabella Rodriguez
  assistant [12-14]
• Ashley Howe
  engineer [3, 5, 16-18]
• Bill Laswell
  engineer [13], producer [8-11]
• Brian Robertson
  guitar [4-6]
• Caroline Orme
  assistant [12-14]
• Casey McMackin
  engineer [15-19]
• Charles Harrowell
  engineer [1-3]
• Denise Dufort
  drums (drum set) [15]
• Eddie Clarke
  co [1-3], electric guitar [2.1-3, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.10, 1.12-13, 1.16-18], guitar [4, 7-9, 15], producer [4]
• Enid Williams
  bass guitar [15]
• Guy Bidmead
  engineer [12, 14], producer [12-14], remixer [13]
• James Hoskins
  cello [16]
• Jason Corsaro
  co [9-11], engineer [8-11, 13]
• Jimmy Miller
  producer [3, 5, 7-9, 16-18], remixer [6]
• John Burns
  engineer [1]
• John David Keen
  producer [1]
• Kelly Johnson
  guitar [15], lead vocals [15]
• Kim McAuliffe
  guitar [15]
• Lawrence Ethan
  additional [17-19]
• Lemmy Kilmister
  acoustic guitar [18], bass guitar [2.4-6, 1.4, 1.7-9, 1.15], cello [18], electric bass guitar [1.1, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.10, 1.12-13, 1.16-18, 2.1-3, 2.7-19], lead vocals [1.1, 1.3-10, 1.12-13, 1.15-18, 2.1-19], producer [2.12-14, 1.4]
• Mikkey Dee
  drums (drum set) [17, 19]
• Neil Richmond
  engineer [6], producer [6]
• Nicholas Raymonde
  producer [4]
• Ozzy Osbourne
  guest [18], lead vocals [18]
• Pete Gill
  drums (drum set) [7-11]
• Peter Solley
  cello [18], keyboard [17], mix [15-16], producer [15-19]
• Phil Campbell
  acoustic guitar [18], electric guitar [7-19], producer [12-14], slide guitar [13]
• Phil Dane
  assistant [12-14]
• Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor
  drums (drum set) [2.1-6, 2.12-16, 2.18, 1.1, 1.3-10, 1.12-13, 1.16-18], producer [1.4, 2.12-14]
• Roland Herrington
  assistant [12-14]
• Slash
  electric guitar [18], guest [18], solo [18]
• Tim Nitz
  additional [17-19]
• Tony Platt
  mix [4-6], producer [4-6]
• Trevor Hallesy
  engineer [3, 5, 7-9, 16-18]
• Vic Maile
  co [8], producer [10, 12-13, 15]
• Will Reid-Dick
  producer [1-3]
• Würzel
  electric guitar [7-16, 18], producer [12-14]
• Show all credits (37)

Issues

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  The Essential

  2x CD
  2007
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  The Essential

  2x CD
  2007