The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective

Ben Folds

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• Released on 10/10/2011 by Epic - Legacy
• Main artists: Ben Folds
• Genre: Pop/Rock

1 Brick (Radio Mix)

Ben Folds Five 00:04:32

Andy Wallace, Mixing Engineer - Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Producer - Ben Folds Five, Performer - Caleb Southern, Producer - Celeb Southern, Recording Engineer - Chris Teale, Violin - Darren Jessee, Composer - Darren Jessee, Lyricist - David Davidson, Violin - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer - John Catchings, Acoustic Cello - Kristin Wilkinson, Viola

(P) 1997 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

2 Annie Waits (Album Version)

Ben Folds 00:04:14

Aaron Lepley, 2nd Engineer - Andrew R. Wallace, Programmer - Andrew R. Wallace, Recording Engineer - Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer - Ben Folds, Producer - Ben Grosse, Mixing Engineer - Ben Grosse, Producer - Ben Grosse, Programmer - Ben Grosse, Recording Engineer - Blumpy, Programmer - Blumpy, Recording Engineer - Cameron Webb, Engineer - Cameron Webb, Programmer - Chuck Bailey, 2nd Engineer - Dale Lawtone, 2nd Engineer - John Mark Painter, Arranger - John Vitale, Programmer - Justin Pynes, 2nd Engineer - Rick Behrens, 2nd Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Uly Noriega, 2nd Engineer

(P) 2001 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

3 Philosophy (Album Version)

Ben Folds Five 00:04:28

4 Underground (Album Version)

Ben Folds Five 00:04:11

5 Landed (Strings Version)

Ben Folds 00:04:03

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Keyboards - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer - Ben Folds, Piano - Ben Folds, Producer - Ben Folds, Vocal - Jared Reynolds, Bass - Jared Reynolds, Vocal - Joe Costa, Recording Engineer - Lindsay Jamieson, Drums - Lindsay Jamieson, Percussion - Lindsay Jamieson, Vocal - Paul Buckmaster, Conductor - Paul Buckmaster, Orchestrator

(P) 2005 Sony Music Entertainment

6 One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces (Album Version)

Ben Folds Five 00:03:49

Andy Wallace, Mixing Engineer - Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Producer - Ben Folds Five, Performer - Caleb Southern, Producer - Celeb Southern, Recording Engineer - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer - Norwood Cheek, Synthesizer

(P) 1997 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

7 Don't Change Your Plans (Album Version)

Ben Folds Five 00:05:10

Andy Wallace, Mixing Engineer - Antoine Silverman, Violin - Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds Five, Performer - Caleb Southern, Producer - Caleb Southern, Recording Engineer - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer - Jane Scarpantoni, Acoustic Cello - John Mark Painter, Flugelhorn - Lorenza Ponce, Violin - Mark Feldman, Violin - Roger Lian, Edited By

(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

8 The Luckiest (Album Version)

Ben Folds 00:04:21

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer - Ben Folds, Producer - Ben Folds, Vocal - Ben Grosse, Producer

(P) 2001 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

9 Smoke (Live with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Ben Folds 00:05:32

Anna Goodman, Composer - Anna Goodman, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer - Joe Costa, Mixing Engineer - Michael Pigneguy, Orchestrator

(P) 2005 Sony Music Entertainment

10 Rockin' the Suburbs (Album Version)

Ben Folds 00:04:57

Aaron Lepley, 2nd Engineer - Andrew R. Wallace, Programmer - Andrew R. Wallace, Recording Engineer - Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer - Ben Folds, Producer - Ben Grosse, Mixing Engineer - Ben Grosse, Producer - Ben Grosse, Programmer - Ben Grosse, Recording Engineer - Blumpy, Programmer - Blumpy, Recording Engineer - Cameron Webb, Engineer - Cameron Webb, Programmer - Chuck Bailey, 2nd Engineer - Dale Lawtone, 2nd Engineer - John Mark Painter, Arranger - John Vitale, Programmer - Justin Pynes, 2nd Engineer - Richard Fortus, Guitar - Rick Behrens, 2nd Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Uly Noriega, 2nd Engineer

(P) 2001 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

11 Kate (Album Version)

Ben Folds Five 00:03:11

Andy Wallace, Mixing Engineer - Anna Goodman, Composer - Anna Goodman, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Producer - Ben Folds Five, Performer - Caleb Southern, Producer - Celeb Southern, Recording Engineer - Chris Teale, Violin - Darren Jessee, Composer - Darren Jessee, Lyricist - David Davidson, Violin - Howie Weinberg, Mastering Engineer - John Catchings, Acoustic Cello - Kristin Wilkinson, Viola

(P) 1997 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

12 Gracie (Album Version)

Ben Folds 00:02:38

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Keyboards - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer - Ben Folds, Piano - Ben Folds, Producer - Ben Folds, Vocal - Jared Reynolds, Bass - Jared Reynolds, Vocal - John Mark Painter, Producer - Lindsay Jamieson, Drums - Lindsay Jamieson, Percussion - Lindsay Jamieson, Vocal - Michael Brauer, Mixing Engineer

(P) 2005 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

13 Still Fighting It (Extended Version-previously unreleased)

Ben Folds 00:05:06

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

14 You Don't Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) (Seeds Album Version)

Ben Folds 00:03:10

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer - Ben Folds, Producer - Joe Costa, Mixing Engineer

(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment

15 There's Always Someone Cooler Than You (Album Version)

Ben Folds 00:04:09

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer - Ben Folds, Piano - Ben Folds, Producer - Ben Folds, Vocal - John Mark Painter, Producer

(P) 2006 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

16 Still (Soundtrack Album Version)

Ben Folds 00:02:37

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer - Ben Folds, Producer - Frank Wolf, Mixing Engineer - Joe Costa, Recording Engineer - Rupert Gregson-Williams, Arranger

(P) 2006 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

17 From Above (Album Version)

Ben Folds 00:04:04

18 House (previously unreleased new recording)

Ben Folds Five 00:03:42

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds Five, Performer - Joe Costa, Recording Engineer - Michael H. Brauer, Mixing Engineer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

DISC 2

1 Julianne (previously unreleased, Live Stockholm, Sweden, 3/12/1997)

Ben Folds Five 00:02:43

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds Five, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

2 Video (previously unreleased, Live Stockholm, Sweden, 3/12/1997)

Ben Folds Five 00:04:03

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds Five, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

3 Song For The Dumped (Live Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, 5/8/98)

Ben Folds Five 00:05:08

4 Missing The War (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)

Ben Folds 00:04:34

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

5 Mess (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)

Ben Folds Five 00:04:08

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds Five, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

6 Magic (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)

Ben Folds Five 00:04:10

Ben Folds Five, Performer - Darren Jessee, Composer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

7 Selfless, Cold and Composed (Live Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, 12/9/01)

Ben Folds 00:05:06

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

8 Zak And Sara (Live Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, 6/13/02)

Ben Folds 00:03:37

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

9 Girl (Live Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, 6/13/02)

Ben Folds 00:02:06

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

10 Just Pretend (Live Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 3/24/03)

The Bens 00:03:08

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Kweller, Composer - Ben Lee, Composer - The Bens, Performer

(P) 2011 Danger Zone LLC

11 Fred Jones Part 2 (Live Kings Park in Perth, Australia, 3/12/03)

Ben Folds 00:03:53

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer - Iain Grandage, Orchestrator

(P) 2005 Sony Music Entertainment

12 Careless Whisper (Live Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA)

Ben Folds with Rufus Wainwright 00:03:35

Andrew Ridgeley, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer - George Michael, Composer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

13 All You Can Eat (Live Myspace Broadcast, 2/27/07)

Ben Folds 00:03:06

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2006 Sony Music Entertainment

14 Long Tall Texan (Live Warehouse Houston, TX, 10/24/08)

Ben Folds 00:02:10

Ben Folds, Performer - Henry Strzelecki, Composer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

15 Army (Live UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/18/08)

Ben Folds Five 00:03:26

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds Five, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

16 Battle of Who Could Care Less (Live UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/18/08)

Ben Folds Five 00:03:22

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds Five, Performer

(P) 2011 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

17 Kylie From Connecticut (Live from Detroit, MI 10/9/08)

Ben Folds 00:05:01

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

18 Effington (Live Ax Hall, Seoul, South Korea, 6/9/11)

Ben Folds 00:03:44

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

19 Picture Window (Live HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK, 2/20/11)

Ben Folds 00:03:44

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer - Nick Hornby, Lyricist

(P) 2011 Ben Folds

20 Sentimental Guy (Live A.E.C. Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, 5/22/11)

Ben Folds 00:03:17

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

21 Not The Same (Live A.E.C. Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, 5/22/11)

Ben Folds 00:05:37

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

DISC 3

1 Unrelated (Unfinished Song Demo, 1996)

Ben Folds 00:00:34

Anna Goodman, Lyricist - Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

2 Best Imitation Of Myself (Demo, 1992)

Ben Folds 00:02:48

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Ben Folds

3 Rocky (4 Track Demo, 1993)

Ben Folds 00:04:26

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Ben Folds

4 Boxing (Demo, 1992)

Ben Folds 00:04:03

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer

(P) 2011 Ben Folds

5 Julianne (Unreleased 1st album, 1994)

Ben Folds Five 00:03:14

6 Evaporated (Unreleased 1st album, 1994)

Ben Folds Five 00:04:17

7 Alice Childress (Rare On Air 3: KCRW Performances, 1997)

Ben Folds Five 00:04:20

Anna Goodman, Composer - Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds Five, Performer

(P) 1997 Sony Music Entertainment

8 Barrytown (Originally released on "Me, Myself And Irene" Soundtrack, 2000)

Ben Folds Five 00:03:47

9 Amelia Bright (Mitch Easter Sessions, 2000)

Ben Folds Five 00:03:20

Ben Folds Five, Performer - Darren Jessee, Lyricist

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

10 Tell Me What I Did (New Recording 2011 - previously unreleased)

Ben Folds 00:02:48

Ben Folds Five, Performer - Robert Sledge, Composer

(P) 2011 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

11 Rock Star (Demo, 2000)

Ben Folds 00:03:20

Ben Folds, Composer - Ben Folds, Performer - Ben Folds Five, Performer

(P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment

About the album

• 4 disc(s) - 66 track(s)
• Total length: 04:10:32

• Main artists: Ben Folds
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Epic - Legacy
• Genre: Pop/Rock
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