Ben Folds has been recording and performing for over a decade, and now he's putting the best and rarest of what he's done in his musical career into a three-disc set called The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective. Stereogum has a sneak peek into the collection with "Tell Me What I Did," which was only performed a handful of times when Ben Folds was still with the Five. Bop around in your chair to it as you scroll through all that will be featured in the compilation coming out October 11.
The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective Track Listing:
CD1: The Best Imitation Of Myself
01 “Brick (Radio Mix)” (with Ben Folds Five)
02 “Annie Waits”
03 “Philosophy” (with Ben Folds Five)
04 “Underground” (with Ben Folds Five)
05 “Landed (Strings Version)”
06 “One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces” (with Ben Folds Five)
07 “Don’t Change Your Plans” (with Ben Folds Five)
08 “The Luckiest”
09 “Smoke” (with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
10 “Rockin’ The Suburbs”
11 “Kate” (with Ben Folds Five)
12 “Gracie”
13 “Still Fighting It (Extended Version)”
14 “You Don’t Know Me” (feat. Regina Spektor)
15 “There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You”
16 “Still”
17 “From Above” (with lyrics by Nick Hornby)
18 “House” (with Ben Folds Five)
CD2: Live (1997 – 2011)
01 “Julianne” (with Ben Folds Five)
02 “Video” (with Ben Folds Five)
03 “Song For The Dumped” (with Ben Folds Five)
04 “Missing The War” (with Ben Folds Five)
05 “Mess” (with Ben Folds Five)
06 “Magic” (with Ben Folds Five)
07 “Selfless, Cold And Composed”
08 “Zak and Sara”
09 “Girl”
10 “Just Pretend” (with the Bens)
11 “Fred Jones Part 2″ (with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
12 “Careless Whisper” (feat. Rufus Wainwright)
13 “All U Can Eat”
14 “Long Tall Texan”
15 “Army” (with Ben Folds Five)
16 “Battle Of Who Could Care Less” (with Ben Folds Five)
17 “Kylie From Connecticut”
18 “Effington”
19 “Picture Window”
20 “Sentimental Guy”
21 “Not The Same”
CD3: Rarities (1991 – 2011)
01 “Unrelated”
02 “Best Imitation Of Myself”
03 “Rocky”
04 “Boxing”
05 “Julianne” (with Ben Folds Five)
06 “Evaporated” (with Ben Folds Five)
07 “Alice Childress”
08 “Barrytown” (with Ben Folds Five)
09 “Amelia Bright” (with Ben Folds Five)
10 “Tell Me What I Did” (with Ben Folds Five)
11 “Rock Star”
12 “Losing Lisa”
13 “Break Up At Food Court”
14 “Wandering”
15 “Hiro’s Song”
16 “The Secret Life Of Morgan Davis (Alternate Mix)”
17 “Such Great Heights (Alternate Mix”
18 “Bitches Ain’t Shit”
19 “Time (Alternate Version)”
20 “Sleazy”
21 “Because The Origami” (with 8in8)
22 “Stumblin’ Home Winter Blues” (with Ben Folds Five)
(via Stereogum)