The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective
20111011
Labels: Epic
Labels: Legacy
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The Best Imitation of Myself
| 1 | Brick (radio mix) | Ben Folds Five | 4:34 |
| 2 | Annie Waits | Ben Folds | 4:16 |
| 3 | Philosophy | Ben Folds Five | 4:32 |
| 4 | Underground | Ben Folds Five | 4:14 |
| 5 | Landed (strings version) | Ben Folds | 4:07 |
| 6 | One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces | Ben Folds Five | 3:51 |
| 7 | Don't Change Your Plans | Ben Folds Five | 5:13 |
| 8 | The Luckiest | Ben Folds | 4:24 |
| 9 | Smoke (Perth, AU 2005) | Ben Folds with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra | 5:34 |
| 10 | Rockin' the Suburbs | Ben Folds | 4:59 |
| 11 | Kate | Ben Folds Five | 3:14 |
| 12 | Gracie | Ben Folds | 2:41 |
| 13 | Still Fighting It (extended version) | Ben Folds | 5:06 |
| 14 | You Don't Know Me | Ben Folds feat. Regina Spektor | 3:12 |
| 15 | There's Always Someone Cooler Than You | Ben Folds | 4:13 |
| 16 | Still | Ben Folds | 2:40 |
| 17 | From Above | Ben Folds lyrics by Nick Hornby | 4:06 |
| 18 | House | Ben Folds Five | 3:43 |
Live
| 1 | Julianne (Stockholm, SE 1997) | Ben Folds Five | 2:43 |
| 2 | Video (Stockholm, SE 1997) | Ben Folds Five | 4:03 |
| 3 | Song for the Dumped (Las Vegas, NV 1998) | Ben Folds Five | 5:09 |
| 4 | Missing the War (London, UK 1999) | Ben Folds Five | 4:34 |
| 5 | Mess (London, UK 1999) | Ben Folds Five | 4:08 |
| 6 | Magic (London, UK 1999) | Ben Folds | 4:10 |
| 7 | Selfless, Cold and Composed (New York, NY 2001) | Ben Folds | 5:06 |
| 8 | Zak and Sara (New York, NY 2002) | Ben Folds | 3:36 |
| 9 | Girl (New York, NY 2002) | Ben Folds | 2:06 |
| 10 | Just Pretend (Melbourne, AU 2003) | The Bens | 3:08 |
| 11 | Fred Jones Part 2 (Perth, AU 2005) | Ben Folds with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra | 3:54 |
| 12 | Careless Whisper (Saratoga, CA 2005) | Ben Folds featuring Rufus Wainwright | 3:37 |
| 13 | All You Can Eat (Nashville, TN 2006) | Ben Folds | 3:06 |
| 14 | Long Tall Texan (Houston, TX 2008) | Ben Folds | 2:10 |
| 15 | Army (Chapel Hill, NC 2008) | Ben Folds Five | 3:26 |
| 16 | Battle of Who Could Care Less (Chapel Hill, NC 2008) | Ben Folds | 3:22 |
| 17 | Kylie From Connecticut (Detroit, MI 2008) | Ben Folds | 5:01 |
| 18 | Effington (Seoul, KR 2001) | Ben Folds | 3:44 |
| 19 | Picture Window (London, UK 2011) | Ben Folds lyrics by Nick Hornby | 3:44 |
| 20 | Sentimental Guy (Adelaide, AU 2011) | Ben Folds | 3:17 |
| 21 | Not the Same (Adelaide, AU 2011) | Ben Folds | 5:37 |
Rarities
| 1 | Unrelated (unfinished song demo - 1996) | Ben Folds | 0:36 |
| 2 | Best Imitation of Myself (demo - 1992) | Ben Folds | 2:50 |
| 3 | Rocky (4 track home demo - 1993) | Ben Folds | 4:28 |
| 4 | Boxing (demo - 1992) | Ben Folds | 4:06 |
| 5 | Julianne (unreleased 1st album - 1994) | Ben Folds Five | 3:17 |
| 6 | Evaporated (unreleased 1st album - 1994) | Ben Folds Five | 4:19 |
| 7 | Alice Childress (KCRW sessions - 1996) | Ben Folds Five | 4:23 |
| 8 | Barrytown ("Me, Myself, and Irene" soundtrack - 2000) | Ben Folds Five | 3:49 |
| 9 | Amelia Bright (Mitch Easter sessions - 2000) | Ben Folds Five | 3:23 |
| 10 | Tell Me What I Did | Ben Folds Five | 2:50 |
| 11 | Rock Star (demo - 2000) | Ben Folds | 3:23 |
| 12 | Losing Lisa (demo - 2000) | Ben Folds | 3:38 |
| 13 | Break Up at Food Court (demo - 2000) | Ben Folds | 2:53 |
| 14 | Hiro's Song (demo - 2000) | Ben Folds | 3:37 |
| 15 | Wandering (demo - 2000) | Ben Folds | 4:27 |
| 16 | The Secret Life of Morgan Davis (alternate mix - 2001) | Ben Folds | 2:41 |
| 17 | Such Great Heights (alternate mix from MySpace sessions - 2006) | Ben Folds | 4:38 |
| 18 | Bitches Ain't Shit | Ben Folds | 3:53 |
| 19 | Time (alternate version - 2004) | Ben Folds | 4:02 |
| 20 | Sleazy ("Download to Donate - Tsunami Relief" - 2011) | Ben Folds | 3:20 |
| 21 | Because the Origami | 8in8 | 4:11 |
| 22 | Stumblin' Home Winter Blues | Ben Folds Five | 2:57 |
Free Folds Five EP
| 1 | Underground (demo 1992) | Ben Folds | 5:06 |
| 2 | Steven's Last Night in Town (demo 1996) | Ben Folds | 3:06 |
| 3 | Song for the Dumped (demo 1996) | Ben Folds | 3:52 |
| 4 | Narcolepsy (live) | Ben Folds Five | 5:35 |
| 5 | Dr. Yang (live in Belgium 2008) | Ben Folds | 2:35 |