Best in Show (album)
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Best in Show is a compilation of Australian band Grinspoon's
Grinspoon
Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple J-sponsored Unearthed competition for Lismore,...

 best-ofs, and was released to co-incide with the ten-year anniversary of the band. The first song, "Sweet as Sugar", was recorded for the purpose of the best-of and appropriately is a return to the classic style of the band. After the first song, the tracks are listed chronologically, from the song "Champion", recorded in 1995, to "Hard Act to Follow", recorded in 2004. The linear notes contain photography of the band from their beginnings to the present, and details the history of the band in the form of a fairy tale about the 'Knights of Grinspoon' from the 'Land of Oz
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Track listing

  1. "Sweet As Sugar
    Sweet As Sugar
    "Sweet As Sugar" is the first and only single released by Grinspoon from their compilation album Best In Show....

    " — 3:16
  2. "Champion" — 2:43
  3. "DCX3" — 2:56
  4. "Post Enebriated Anxiety" — 2:39
  5. "Just Ace" — 1:49
  6. "More Than You Are" — 3:12
  7. "Black Friday" — 2:30
  8. "Secrets
    Secrets (Grinspoon song)
    "Secrets" is the third single by Grinspoon which was released from the their second studio album Easy. The song is played in dropped B Tuning and is counted by fans as their best song from the "Easy" album. The video shows Phil Jamieson, who suffered a breakup, planning to rob a pawn shop...

    " — 3:08
  9. "Rock Show
    Rock Show (Grinspoon song)
    "Rock Show" is the second single by Grinspoon from their second studio album Easy, released in 1999. The video shows Phil Jamieson as a host on a game show similar to The Price Is Right, where the contestants are the band members and a girl....

    " — 4:08
  10. "Ready 1
    Ready 1
    "Ready 1" is a song by Grinspoon which was released as the lead single from their second studio album Easy. It peaked at #36 in Australia.-Track listing:#Ready 1#New York Picture Show#Ready 1 #Ready 1...

    " — 2:36
  11. "1000 Miles
    1000 Miles (Grinspoon song)
    "1000 Miles" is a song by Grinspoon and was released as the fourth single from their third studio album New Detention in 2003. The video, which is animated and wasn't shown on TV, features rednecks and Phil Jamieson as a preacher endorsing alcohol....

    " — 2:23
  12. "No Reason" — 3:51
  13. "Lost Control
    Lost Control
    "Lost Control" is a song by Grinspoon. It was released as the second single from their third studio album, New Detention, and peaked at number 29 on the ARIA charts in Australia. The video shows a woman driving to a Grinspoon concert on the beach, where the fans cause chaos...

    " — 3:32
  14. "Chemical Heart
    Chemical Heart
    Chemical Heart was the first single released from Grinspoon's second studio album New Detention in 2002. It was a surprising change for fans because the grunge rock band had released ballads before, but they had never released one as their first single, and most people were expecting a hard rocking...

    " — 4:41
  15. "Bleed You Dry
    Bleed You Dry
    "Bleed You Dry" is the fourth single by Grinspoon from their fourth studio album Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills.-Track listing:#Bleed You Dry #Red Rum#Sunny Sky#Bleed You Dry...

    " — 3:29
  16. "Hold on Me" — 2:47
  17. "Better Off Alone
    Better Off Alone (Grinspoon song)
    "Better Off Alone" is a song by Grinspoon which was released as the second single from their fourth studio album Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills.In Australia, the song was ranked #26 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.-Track listing:...

    " — 3:56
  18. "Hard Act to Follow
    Hard Act to Follow
    "Hard Act to Follow" is a song by Grinspoon and was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills...

    " — 3:33

Limited edition bonus disc

  1. "Don't Change" (INXS
    INXS
    INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...

     cover)
  2. "And I Heard the Fire Sing"
  3. "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" (Prong Cover)
  4. "I Was a Kamikaze Pilot" (Hoodoo Gurus
    Hoodoo Gurus
    Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...

     cover)
  5. "Take a Long Line" (The Angels
    The Angels (Australian band)
    The Angels are a hard rock band that formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1970. The band later relocated from Adelaide to Sydney and enjoyed huge local success until well into the 1990s. For the purposes of international release, their records were released under the names Angel City and later The...

     cover)
  6. "Don't Wanna Be the One" (Midnight Oil
    Midnight Oil
    Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...

     cover)

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australia
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

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