For the Best of Us

For the Best of Us
Studio album by John Doe
Released July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)
Genre Rock, punk rock
Length 35:13
Label Yep Roc
Producer John Doe, Dave Way
John Doe chronology
Forever Hasn't Happened Yet
(2005)		 For the Best of Us
(2006)		 A Year in the Wilderness
(2007)

For the Best of Us is an album by John Doe, the co-founder of the Los Angeles-based punk rock band X. It was released on Yep Roc Records on July 25, 2006. The album is a repackaging of an EP Doe originally released in 1998 on the Kill Rock Stars label, entitled For the Rest of Us and released on Kill Rock Stars. Doe is billed as "The John Doe Thing" on the album.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Boston Phoenix[1]
Exclaim!(very favorable)[3]
PopMatters[4]
Robert Christgau[5]
Slant Magazine[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Doe; except where indicated

  1. "A Step Outside"
  2. "Let's Get Lost"
  3. "The Unhappy Song"
  4. "Bad, Bad Feelings"
  5. "This Loving Thing"
  6. "Criminal"
  7. "Broken Smile"
  8. "Come Home"
  9. "Zero"
  10. "Vigilante Man" (Woody Guthrie)

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Ashare, Matt (2006-12-28). "For the Best of Us Review". Boston Phoenix.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "For the Best of Us". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Whish, Bill (2006-09-30). "For the Best of Us Review". Exclaim!.
  4. ↑ Haag, Stephen (2006-07-27). "For The Best Of Us". PopMatters.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2006-08-22). "Devils You Know". Village Voice.
  6. ↑ Newlin, Jimmy (2006-07-25). "For the Best of Us". Slant Magazine.
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