For the Best of Us

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For the Best of Us
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)
Genre Rock, punk rock
Length35:13
Label Yep Roc
Producer John Doe, Dave Way
John Doe chronology
Forever Hasn't Happened Yet
(2005)
For the Best of Us
(2006)
A Year in the Wilderness
(2007)

For the Best of Us is an album by John Doe, the co-founder of the Los Angeles-based punk rock band X. It was released on Yep Roc Records on July 25, 2006. The album is a repackaging of an EP Doe originally released in 1998 on the Kill Rock Stars label, entitled For the Rest of Us. Doe is billed as "The John Doe Thing" on the album. [1]

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Boston Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Exclaim! (very favorable) [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [5]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Doe; except where indicated

  1. "A Step Outside"
  2. "Let's Get Lost"
  3. "The Unhappy Song"
  4. "Bad, Bad Feelings"
  5. "This Loving Thing"
  6. "Criminal"
  7. "Broken Smile"
  8. "Come Home"
  9. "Zero"
  10. "Vigilante Man" (Woody Guthrie)

Personnel

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