All the Best Songs

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All the Best Songs
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Compilation album by
No Use for a Name
ReleasedJuly 10, 2007 (2007-07-10)
Recorded1993–2005
Genre Punk rock
Length71:48
Label Fat Wreck Chords
Producer Donnell Cameron, Pat Coughlin, Fat Mike, Ryan Greene, Ed Gregor, Karl H., Rory Koff, Dave Nassie, Steve Papoutsis, Chris Shiflett, Tony Sly
No Use for a Name chronology
Keep Them Confused
(2005)		All the Best Songs
(2007)		 The Feel Good Record of the Year
(2008)

All the Best Songs is a compilation album by the American punk rock band No Use for a Name, released July 10, 2007 through Fat Wreck Chords. A "best of" album, it compiles 24 tracks from the band's six studio releases between 1993 and 2005, as well as two previously unreleased songs recorded during sessions for their 2005 album Keep Them Confused . [1] [2] Following the 2012 death of band leader Tony Sly, Fat Wreck Chords released an updated version of the album in 2016, dropping the two Keep Them Confused outtakes and adding four tracks from the band's final studio album, 2008's The Feel Good Record of the Year . [3] The Keep them Confused outtakes were later released on the b-sides complilation Rarities Vol. 2: The Originals

Contents

Release

No Use for a Name supported the album with a headlining West Coast tour, with support from Whole Wheat Bread and the Flatliners. [4]

Reception

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Jo-Ann Greene rated it 41⁄2 stars out of 5, calling it "a grand retrospective of the high points of their Fat years." [2]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1] [3]

All tracks are written by Tony Sly.

Original 2007 release
No.TitleLength
1."International You Day" (from Hard Rock Bottom , 2002)2:54
2."Justified Black Eye" (from ¡Leche con Carne! , 1995)2:39
3."Coming Too Close" (from Life in the Fat Lane , 1999)3:04
4."Invincible" (from Making Friends , 1997)2:18
5."Dumb Reminders" (from Hard Rock Bottom, 2002)2:49
6."Fatal Flu" (from ¡Leche con Carne!, 1995)2:27
7."Life Size Mirror" (from More Betterness! , 1999)3:14
8."On the Outside" (from Making Friends, 1997)2:51
9."Soulmate" (from ¡Leche con Carne!, 1995)3:04
10."Let Me Down" (from Hard Rock Bottom, 2002)2:58
11."Permanent Rust" (from The Daily Grind , 1993)2:33
12."Chasing Rainbows" (from More Betterness!, 1999)2:50
13."Not Your Savior" (from More Betterness!, 1999)3:54
14."Black Box" (from Keep Them Confused , 2005)2:52
15."The Answer Is Still No" (from Making Friends, 1997)2:39
16."Straight from the Jacket" (from ¡Leche con Carne!, 1995)2:22
17."Any Number Can Play" (from Hard Rock Bottom, 2002)2:44
18."For Fiona" (from Keep Them Confused, 2005)2:45
19."The Daily Grind" (from The Daily Grind, 1993)2:22
20."Let It Slide" (from More Betterness!, 1999)2:14
21."Feeding the Fire" (from The Daily Grind, 1993)2:28
22."Part Two" (from Keep Them Confused, 2005)3:35
23."Growing Down" (from Making Friends, 1997)2:04
24."Exit" (from ¡Leche con Carne!, 1995)3:35
25."History Defeats" (previously unreleased outtake from the Keep Them Confused sessions)2:22
26."Stunt Double" (previously unreleased outtake from the Keep Them Confused sessions)2:11
Total length:71:48
2016 reissue
No.TitleLength
1."International You Day" (from Hard Rock Bottom, 2002)2:54
2."Justified Black Eye" (from ¡Leche con Carne!, 1995)2:39
3."Coming Too Close" (from More Betterness!, 1999)3:04
4."Invincible" (from Making Friends, 1997)2:18
5."Dumb Reminders" (from Hard Rock Bottom, 2002)2:49
6."Biggest Lie" (from The Feel Good Record of the Year , 2008)2:09
7."Fatal Flu" (from ¡Leche con Carne!, 1995)2:27
8."Life Size Mirror" (from More Betterness!, 1999)3:14
9."On the Outside" (from Making Friends, 1997)2:51
10."Soulmate" (from ¡Leche con Carne!, 1995)3:04
11."Let Me Down" (from Hard Rock Bottom, 2002)2:58
12."The Feel Good Song of the Year" (from The Feel Good Record of the Year, 2008)3:09
13."Permanent Rust" (from The Daily Grind, 1993)2:33
14."Chasing Rainbows" (from More Betterness!, 1999)2:50
15."The Trumpet Player" (from The Feel Good Record of the Year, 2008)3:10
16."Not Your Savior" (from More Betterness!, 1999)3:54
17."Black Box" (from Keep Them Confused, 2005)2:52
18."The Answer Is Still No" (from Making Friends, 1997)2:39
19."Straight from the Jacket" (from ¡Leche con Carne!, 1995)2:22
20."Any Number Can Play" (from Hard Rock Bottom, 2002)2:44
21."For Fiona" (from Keep Them Confused, 2005)2:45
22."The Daily Grind" (from The Daily Grind, 1993)2:22
23."Under the Garden" (from The Feel Good Record of the Year, 2008)3:01
24."Let It Slide" (from More Betterness!, 1999)2:14
25."Feeding the Fire" (from The Daily Grind, 1993)2:28
26."Part Two" (from Keep Them Confused, 2005)3:35
27."Growing Down" (from Making Friends, 1997)2:04
28."Exit" (from ¡Leche con Carne!, 1995)3:35

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1] [3]

Band

Additional performers

Production

Artwork and design

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References

  1. 1 2 3 All the Best Songs (CD liner notes). No Use for a Name. San Francisco: Fat Wreck Chords. 2007. FAT 690.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. 1 2 Greene, Jo-Ann. "All the Best Songs". Allmusic . Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  3. 1 2 3 All the Best Songs (CD liner notes). No Use for a Name. San Francisco: Fat Wreck Chords. 2016. FAT 952-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ "No Use For A Name touring West Coast this July". Alternative Press. June 11, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
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