The Least Worst Of

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Least Worst Of
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Compilation album by
Type O Negative
ReleasedJune 21, 2000
Recorded1989-1999
LengthUnedited: 78:22
Edited: 66:45
Label Roadrunner
Producer Peter Steele, Josh Silver
Type O Negative chronology
World Coming Down
(1999)		''Least Worst Of''
(2000)		 Life Is Killing Me
(2003)
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The Least Worst Of is a compilation album from Type O Negative. It contains previously released material alongside a number of unreleased tracks and remixes. The album is available in an edited variant and an unedited one (with a Parental Advisory label/logo). The photograph on the album cover is of the defunct Parachute jump at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York.

Contents

Consistent with many of the band's previous "joke tracks", the first track, "The Misinterpretation of Silence and Its Disastrous Consequences (Wombs and Tombs Mix)", like the original is completely silent (the only semblance of remixing being that the track is shorter; 39 seconds of silence instead of the original's 1:04). The compilation's title also acts as an example of their self-deprecating sense of humour, with the logic that silence can actually be considered some of their best work.

Track listing

Unedited version

  1. "The Misinterpretation of Silence and Its Disastrous Consequences" (Wombs and Tombs Mix) – 0:39
  2. "Everyone I Love Is Dead" – 4:39
    • Previously unreleased edit. The full-length version can be found on World Coming Down .
  3. "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" – 4:34
    • Previously unreleased edit. The full length version can be found on Bloody Kisses .
  4. "It's Never Enough" – 8:15
    • Previously unreleased studio recording, from the recording sessions of World Coming Down.
  5. "Love You to Death" – 4:47
    • Edit taken from the 1996 European single Love You to Death. The full length version can be found on October Rust .
  6. "Black Sabbath (From the Satanic Perspective)" (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward) – 7:44
    • Edit taken from the 1996 European single My Girlfriend's Girlfriend. This cover originally appeared on the Black Sabbath tribute Nativity in Black under the song's original title, simply "Black Sabbath", and was sung with its original lyrics, but the version that appeared on "The Least Worst Of" has Peter Steele's own lyrics, sung from the perspective of Satan.
  7. "Christian Woman" – 4:25
    • Edit taken from the 1993 European single Christian Woman. The full length version can be found on Bloody Kisses.
  8. "12 Black Rainbows" – 5:10
  9. "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" (Cheese Organ Mix) – 3:43
    • Previously unreleased alternate mix. The original version can be found on October Rust.
  10. "Hey Pete" (Pete's Ego Trip Version) (Billy Roberts) – 5:19
  11. "Everything Dies" – 4:33
    • Edit taken from the 1999 European single Everything Dies, from the recording sessions of World Coming Down.
  12. "Cinnamon Girl" (Depressed Mode Mix) (Neil Young) – 3:50
    • Taken from the 1997 U.S./European single Cinnamon Girl. The original version can be found on October Rust.
  13. "Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity" – 12:29
    • Taken from Slow Deep and Hard.
  14. "Stay Out of My Dreams" – 8:15
    • Previously unreleased studio recording, from the recording sessions of World Coming Down.

Edited version

  1. "The Misinterpretation of Silence and Its Disastrous Consequences" (Wombs And Tombs Mix) – 0:39
    • Previously unreleased remix. The original version can be found on Slow Deep and Hard
  2. "Everyone I Love Is Dead" – 4:39
    • Previously unreleased edit. The full-length version can be found on World Coming Down.
  3. "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" – 4:35
    • Previously unreleased edit. The full length version can be found on Bloody Kisses.
  4. "Love You to Death" – 4:47
    • Edit taken from the 1996 European single Love You to Death. The full length version can be found on October Rust.
  5. "Black Sabbath (From the Satanic Perspective)" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) – 7:44
    • Edit taken from the 1996 European single My Girlfriend's Girlfriend. This cover originally appeared on the Black Sabbath tribute Nativity in Black, but this version has Peter Steele's own lyrics, sung from the perspective of Lucifer.
  6. "Christian Woman" – 4:25
    • Edit taken from the 1993 European single Christian Woman. The full length version can be found on Bloody Kisses.
  7. "12 Black Rainbows" – 5:10
    • Taken from the 1999 European single Everything Dies, from the recording sessions of World Coming Down. The song revolves around non-sexual foreplay, relationship breakups, alcohol abuse, and heartache.
  8. "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" (Cheese Organ Mix) – 3:43
    • Previously unreleased alternate mix. The original version can be found on October Rust.
  9. "Hey Pete" (Pete's Ego Trip version) (Roberts) – 5:19
    • Previously unreleased studio version. The faux live version can be found on The Origin of the Feces.
  10. "Everything Dies" – 4:33
    • Edit taken from the 1999 European single Everything Dies, from the recording sessions of World Coming Down.
  11. "Cinnamon Girl" (Depressed Mode Mix) (Young) – 3:52
    • Taken from the 1997 U.S./European single Cinnamon Girl. The original version can be found on October Rust.
  12. "Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10−8 cm−3 gm−1 sec−2" – 9:04
    • Taken from Slow Deep and Hard.
  13. "Stay Out of My Dreams" – 8:15
    • Previously unreleased studio recording, from the recording sessions of World Coming Down.

Personnel

Charts

YearChartPosition
2000 The Billboard 200 99

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