The Capitol Years 1995–2007 | ||||
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Released | July 19, 2010 | |||
Recorded | 1995–2007 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Courtney Taylor-Taylor | |||
The Dandy Warhols chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
BBC Online | mixed [2] |
Drowned in Sound | 5/10 [3] |
The Phoenix | [4] |
Pitchfork | 5.0/10 [5] |
PopMatters | 7/10 [6] |
Slant Magazine | [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.
All tracks are written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 Thorsrud | 3:19 |
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 Zuniga | 4:29 |
14. | "Smoke It" | Taylor-Taylor, Zuniga | 4:06 |
15. | "This Is the Tide" (previously unreleased) | Brent DeBoer, Zia McCabe | 5:03 |
Region | Date |
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Australia | July 9, 2010 |
Worldwide | July 19, 2010 |
United States | August 24, 2010 |
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent DeBoer. The band's name is a play on the name of American pop artist Andy Warhol.
Dandys Rule OK is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, recorded from 1994 to 1995 and released on 6 April 1995 by Tim/Kerr Records.
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Courtney A. Taylor, known as Courtney Taylor-Taylor, is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. Taylor-Taylor has written the majority of the band's songs.
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Dig! is a 2004 American documentary film about the collision of art and commerce through the eyes of The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, focusing on the developing careers and the love-hate relationship of the bands' respective frontmen Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Anton Newcombe. It was shot over seven years and compiled from over 2,500 hours of footage. It won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art for their permanent collection.
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