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The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective (Deluxe) (Bonus Tracks, Explicit)

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Released: Oct 2011
Label: Epic/Legacy
He's got a couple dozen songs better than "Brick," y'know, and this three-layered beast lets alt-rock's reigning piano man unload them all, from his Ben Folds Five years ("Don't Change Your Plans") to his subsequent decade of solo work ("Still Fighting It"). The second disc focuses on his raucous live shows, while disc three dips into b-sides and oddities, most inconsequential, but a few either appealingly goofy (a straight-ish cover of Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit") or profoundly sad (the guest-star-studded "Because the Origami") or a bit of both. "The Luckiest" is a wedding-dance classic.
- Rob Harvilla
Ben Folds - The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective (Deluxe) 2011-11-11
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    4:32
    Brick (Radio Mix)
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    4:14
    Annie Waits
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    4:03
    Landed (Strings Version)
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    3:50
    One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces
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    Don't Change Your Plans
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    The Luckiest
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    5:33
    Smoke (Live with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
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    Rockin' The Suburbs
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    Kate
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    Gracie
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    Still Fighting It (Extended Version-previously unreleased)
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    You Don't Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) (Seeds Album Version)
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    There's Always Someone Cooler Than You
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    2:37
    Still (Soundtrack Album Version)
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    House (previously unreleased new recording)
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    Julianne (previously unreleased, Live Stockholm, Sweden, 3/12/1997)
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    Video (previously unreleased, Live Stockholm, Sweden, 3/12/1997)
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    4:34
    Missing The War (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)
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    Mess (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)
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    Magic (Live Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, 12/14/99)
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    Selfless, Cold and Composed (Live Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, 12/9/01)
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    3:37
    Zak And Sara (Live Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, 6/13/02)
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    Girl (Live Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, 6/13/02)
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    Just Pretend (Live Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 3/24/03)
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    Fred Jones Part 2 (Live Kings Park in Perth, Australia, 3/12/03)
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    Careless Whisper (Live Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA)
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    All You Can Eat (Live Myspace Broadcast, 2/27/07)
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    Long Tall Texan (Live Warehouse Houston, TX, 10/24/08)
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    Army (Live UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/18/08)
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    Battle of Who Could Care Less (Live UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 9/18/08)
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    Kylie From Connecticut (Live from Detroit, MI 10/9/08)
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    Effington (Live Ax Hall, Seoul, South Korea, 6/9/11)
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    Picture Window (Live HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK, 2/20/11)
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    Sentimental Guy (Live A.E.C. Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, 5/22/11)
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    Not The Same (Live A.E.C. Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, 5/22/11)
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    0:34
    Unrelated (Unfinished Song Demo, 1996)
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    Best Imitation Of Myself (Demo, 1992)
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    Rocky (4 Track Demo, 1993)
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    Boxing (Demo, 1992)
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    4:21
    Alice Childress (Rare On Air 3: KCRW Performances, 1997)
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    3:47
    Barrytown (Originally released on "Me, Myself And Irene" Soundtrack, 2000)
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    3:20
    Amelia Bright (Mitch Easter Sessions, 2000)
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    2:49
    Tell Me What I did (New Recording 2011 - previously unreleased)
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    3:20
    Rock Star (Demo, 2000)
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    3:37
    Losing Lisa (Demo, 2000)
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    Break Up At Food Court (Demo, 2000)
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    3:35
    Hiro's Song (Demo, 2000)
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    4:24
    Wandering (Demo, 2000)
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    2:39
    The Secret Life Of Morgan Davis (Alternate Mix, 2001)
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    4:37
    Such Great Heights (Alternate Mix from MySpace Sessions, 2006)
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    3:50
    Bitches Ain'T Sh*T (E.P. Version Featuring Mr. Reynolds And Lin-Z)
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    Time (Alternate Version, 2004)
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    3:18
    Sleazy (Originally released on "Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief", 2011)
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    Because The Origami (Originally released on "Nighty Night", 2011)
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    Stumblin' Home Winter Blues (New Recording 2011 - previously unreleased)
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    Underground (Demo, 1992)
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    Stevens Last Night In Town (Demo, 1994)
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    Song For The Dumped (Demo 1994)
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    Narcolepsy (Live Brussels, Belgium, 1999)
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    Dr. Yang (Live Leuven, Belgium, 11/23/2008)
℗ 2011 Ben Folds/(P) 2011Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved./This compilation (P) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment / Distributed by Epic, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment