Best! is a greatest hits compilation by the 1990s pop band Jellyfish

Jellyfish (band)

Jellyfish were a power pop band from San Francisco. It formed after Beatnik Beatch broke up in 1989. The core members were drummer/singer/songwriter Andy Sturmer and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Roger Joseph Manning, Jr...

. The album was released in 2006 and featured twenty tracks. Eight of the tracks were non-album while the other twelve consisted of songs pulled from the band's two (and only) albums, Bellybutton

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Bellybutton is the debut album by Jellyfish, released on August 7, 1990.The album spawned the singles "The King Is Half-Undressed" , "That Is Why" , "Baby's Coming Back"Bellybutton is the debut album by Jellyfish, released on August 7, 1990.The album spawned the singles "The King Is Half-Undressed"...

and Spilt Milk. The song "Ignorance is Bliss" was taken from a Nintendo

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 games compilation entitled "Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin'

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" and is inspired by the video game Super Mario World

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. The song "No Matter What" is a live cover of a Badfinger

Badfinger

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 song.

Track listing

All songs written by Roger Manning

Roger Joseph Manning Jr.

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 and Andy Sturmer

Andy Sturmer

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, except where noted.

1. "Joining a Fan Club" – 4:05
2. "The King is Half Undressed" – 3:48
3. "New Mistake" – 4:03
4. "Now She Knows She's Wrong" – 2:36
5. "Bye, Bye, Bye" – 4:03
6. "Worthless Heart" – 3:06
7. "Baby's Coming Back" (Sturmer) – 2:58
8. "He's My Best Friend" – 3:44
9. "All I Want is Everything" (Sturmer) – 3:45
10. "Let 'Em In
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    /That is Why" (Paul McCartney
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    )/(Manning/Sturmer) – 4:57
11. "No Matter What" (Pete Ham) – 2:50
12. "Family Tree" - 4:11
13. "The Ghost at Number One" - 3:37
14. "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" - 3:17
15. "I Wanna Stay Home" (Sturmer) - 4:06
16. "Glutton of Sympathy" - 3:49
17. "The Man I Used to Be" - 4:46
18. "Calling Sarah" - 4:03
19. "Ignorance is Bliss" (Sturmer/Wirt) - 3:59
20. "Think About Your Troubles" (Harry Nilsson
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    ) - 2:35

Tracks 6 and 12 are demo recordings.

Tracks 10, 11, 17 and 18 are live recordings.