The Capitol Years 1995–2007

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The Capitol Years 1995–2007
DandyWarhols CapitolYears.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedJuly 19, 2010
Recorded1995–2007
Label Capitol
Producer Courtney Taylor-Taylor
The Dandy Warhols chronology
The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
(2009)
The Capitol Years 1995–2007
(2010)
This Machine
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
BBC Online mixed [2]
Drowned in Sound 5/10 [3]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 5.0/10 [5]
PopMatters 7/10 [6]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]

The Capitol Years 1995–2007 (also released as The Best of the Capitol Years 1995–2007) is a greatest hits album by American alternative rock band the Dandy Warhols. [2] It was released in the UK on July 19, 2010, and in the United States on August 24, 2010. [2] [7] It comprises their years with Capitol Records, before the band left the label and started their own, Beat the World. It also features one original composition, "This Is the Tide," for which three different music videos were produced.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Boys Better" 4:32
2."Every Day Should Be a Holiday (Tony Lash Mix)" (previously unreleased mix) 3:53
3."Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" 3:12
4."Good Morning" 4:59
5."Godless (Extended Outro)" (previously unreleased edit) 5:41
6."Get Off" 3:10
7."Bohemian Like You" 3:31
8."We Used to Be Friends"Taylor-Taylor, Grant Nicholas, Bjorn Thorsrud3:19
9."Scientist (Are Sound Version)" 3:13
10."The Last High (Edit)" (previously unreleased edit)Taylor-Taylor, Evan Dando 4:35
11."Plan A (Are Sound Version)" 4:59
12."Holding Me Up" 7:15
13."All the Money or the Simple Life Honey"Taylor-Taylor, Miles Zuniga4:29
14."Smoke It"Taylor-Taylor, Zuniga4:06
15."This Is the Tide" (previously unreleased)Brent DeBoer, Zia McCabe5:03

Release history

RegionDate
Australia July 9, 2010
Worldwide July 19, 2010
United States August 24, 2010

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