Essentials (Failure album)

Essentials
Greatest hits album by Failure
Released	2006
Recorded	1992 - 1996
Genre	Alternative rock, space rock, alternative metal
Length	2:12:20
Label	CD Baby
Producer	Failure
Failure chronology
Golden (2004) Essentials (2006) Tree of Stars (2014)

Essentials is the second compilation album by the alternative rock band Failure. It was released in 2006 on CD Baby.

Background

Following the release of Golden (2004), both key members, Ken Andrews and Greg Edwards got back together to create a double disc album highlighting Failure's best moments, while including several rarities and the complete demos for Magnified (1994). The album also includes individual song critiques by Ken and Greg (only for the first disc).

Notes

Disc 1

• Tracks 1-3 are from the debut album Comfort.
• Tracks 4-7 are from the second album Magnified.
• Tracks 8-14 are from the third album Fantastic Planet.

Disc 2

• Tracks 1-4 (rare 7 inch singles).
• Tracks 5-14 (demos for Magnified).

Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Macaque"	Ken Andrews	4:14
2.	"Something"	Andrews	2:58
3.	"Screen Man"	Andrews	6:19
4.	"Frogs"	Andrews, Greg Edwards	4:57
5.	"Bernie"	Andrews, Edwards	5:19
6.	"Undone"	Andrews, Edwards	4:29
7.	"Small Crimes"	Andrews, Edwards	7:15
8.	"Smoking Umbrellas"	Andrews, Edwards, Kellii Scott	4:00
9.	"Blank"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	5:40
10.	"The Nurse Who Loved Me"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	4:27
11.	"Another Space Song"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	5:12
12.	"Stuck On You"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	4:30
13.	"Heliotropic"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	6:16
14.	"Daylight"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	6:00
Total length:			1:11:35

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pro-Catastrophe" (7 inch #1, Sweet Smelling Records)	3:28
2.	"Dipped In Anger" (7 inch #1, Sweet Smelling Records)	3:40
3.	"Count My Eyes" (7 inch #2, Sweet Smelling Records)	3:37
4.	"Comfort" (7 inch #2, Sweet Smelling Records)	3:21
5.	"Let It Drip" (Demo)	2:47
6.	"Moth" (Demo)	4:49
7.	"Frogs" (Demo)	5:03
8.	"Bernie" (Demo)	4:42
9.	"Magnified" (Demo)	3:22
10.	"Wonderful Life" (Demo)	6:15
11.	"Undone" (Demo)	5:44
12.	"Wet Gravity" (Demo)	3:35
13.	"Empty Friend" (Demo)	5:19
14.	"Small Bird" (Demo)	5:02
Total length:		1:00:43

Personnel

Failure

• Ken Andrews – vocals, guitar, bass
• Greg Edwards – bass, guitar, piano, percussion, drums on tracks 4, 5, 7, and on all Magnified demos
• Robert Gauss - drums on tracks 1-3 "Comfort"
• John Dargahi – drums on track 6 "Magnified"
• Kellii Scott – drums on tracks 8-14 "Fantastic Planet"

Production

• Disc 1, tracks 1-3 produced by Failure and Steve Albini
• Disc 1, tracks 4-14 produced by Failure
• Disc 2, tracks 5-14 recorded by Greg Edwards and Ken Andrews
• Magnified tracks recorded by Paul Lani and mixed by David Bianco and Ken Andrews.
• Fantastic Planet tracks recorded and mixed by Ken Andrews

External links

• http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/failuremusic
• http://www.discogs.com/Failure-Essentials/release/867891