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Goo Goo Dolls
The Goo Goo Dolls are a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist and bass guitarist Robby Takac. Since the end of 1994, Mike Malinin has been the band's drummer, a position previously held by George Tutuska...

 album. It is more commonly known as Ego, Opinion, Art and Commerce or EOAC. It was released in 2001 by Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 and is a compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of Goo Goo Dolls songs released from 1987-2000.

Tracks 1-4 are from the album Dizzy Up the Girl
Dizzy Up the Girl
Dizzy Up the Girl is the sixth album by Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1998.-History:In most parts of the world, Dizzy Up the Girl is the Goo Goo Dolls' most successful album to date, selling over 3 million copies...

. Tracks 5-9 are from the album A Boy Named Goo
A Boy Named Goo
A Boy Named Goo, sometimes referred to as ABNG, is the fifth studio album by the Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1995 on Warner Brothers.-History:...

. Tracks 10-16 are from the album Superstar Car Wash
Superstar Car Wash
Superstar Car Wash is the fourth studio album by the Goo Goo Dolls, released in February, 1993 on Warner Bros.. John Rzeznik wrote the song "We Are the Normal" with his idol, The Replacements' singer Paul Westerberg. The two corresponded by mail but never sat in a studio together. The song "Fallin'...

. Tracks 17-20 are from the album Hold Me Up
Hold Me Up
Hold Me Up is the third professional album release of the Buffalo-born Goo Goo Dolls, released under Metal Blade Records in 1990. This is considered to be their true major label debut, as previous albums had been organized by the band themselves. It features their first single, "There You Are",...

. Track 21 is from the album Jed
Jed (album)
Jed is the second album by the Goo Goo Dolls. It is the first studio album in which John Rzeznik sung vocals for some of the tracks. The majority of the songs are sung by Robby Takac, with Rzeznik taking over for two...

. Track 22 is from the album Goo Goo Dolls
Goo Goo Dolls (album)
Goo Goo Dolls, also known as First Release,is the first album by the Goo Goo Dolls. All of the songs are sung by bassist Robby Takac, who was originally the band's lead vocalist. It is the hardest to find of all the band's studio albums, being only an LP, out of print, and not in wide circulation...

. Multiple songs, such as "Acoustic #3" and "All Eyes On Me", have an extended musical interlude. "Two Days In February" was re-recorded by Rzeznik, a studio version of the original, which was recorded outside. "Naked" is a remixed version of the original, which was on A Boy Named Goo
A Boy Named Goo
A Boy Named Goo, sometimes referred to as ABNG, is the fifth studio album by the Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1995 on Warner Brothers.-History:...

, and is similar to the version released as a single. All songs are digitally remastered to sound much better than the original, often with extra instruments and the Goo Goo Dolls singing backup vocals for their younger selves.

The album is not a typical best-of compilation, as "Iris," "Name
Name (song)
"Name" is the title of a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in September 1995 as the third single from the album, A Boy Named Goo. The song, the band's first hit, topped both the US Modern Rock chart and the US Album Rock chart, and reached as high as number 5 on the Billboard Hot...

," and virtually all of the Goo Goo Dolls' other mainstream hits are absent. Instead, the selection is a combination of non-singles and songs that were released as singles prior to the Goo Goo Dolls' 1995 breakout, as well as fan favorites.

Track listing

  1. "Bullet Proof" – 4:37
  2. "All Eyes On Me" – 4:04
  3. "Amigone" – 3:15
  4. "Acoustic #3" – 2:25
  5. "Naked
    Naked (Goo Goo Dolls song)
    "Naked" is the name of a song by Goo Goo Dolls. The song was the first single released from their hit album A Boy Named Goo after they scored a breakthrough hit with the song "Name"....

    " – 4:05
  6. "Ain't That Unusual" – 3:19
  7. "Burnin' Up" – 2:32
  8. "Flat Top
    Flat Top (song)
    "Flat Top" is the name of a song and single by the Goo Goo Dolls.Like many of the early Goo Goo Dolls singles, "Flat Top" was released in a promotional format only.-Chart positions:...

    " – 4:29
  9. "Eyes Wide Open" – 3:55 (NOTE: "Name
    Name (song)
    "Name" is the title of a song recorded by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in September 1995 as the third single from the album, A Boy Named Goo. The song, the band's first hit, topped both the US Modern Rock chart and the US Album Rock chart, and reached as high as number 5 on the Billboard Hot...

    " is in this spot on the UK version)
  10. "Fallin' Down" – 3:14
  11. "Another Second Time Around" – 3:00
  12. "Cuz You're Gone" – 3:33
  13. "We Are The Normal
    We Are the Normal
    "We Are The Normal" is a song by the Goo Goo Dolls. It was the first single from the their fourth album "Superstar Car Wash", which brought them face to face with one of their primary influences, Paul Westerberg of The Replacements...

    " – 3:36
  14. "Girl Right Next To Me" – 3:44
  15. "Lucky Star" – 3:06
  16. "On The Lie" – 3:16
  17. "Just The Way You Are" – 3:14
  18. "Two Days In February" – 3:12 (Re-recorded in 2000)
  19. "Laughing" – 3:41
  20. "There You Are" – 3:05
  21. "Up Yours" – 1:37
  22. "I'm Addicted" – 2:59
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