''The Best of Type O Negative'' is an album from Roadrunner Records, featuring a collection of

Type O Negative Type O Negative were an American gothic metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989 by Peter Steele (bass, lead vocals), Kenny Hickey (guitar, co-lead vocals), Josh Silver (keyboards, backing vocals), and Sal Abruscato (drums, percu ...

's music with the label. The album was released without Type O Negative's involvement (they were signed to

SPV Records SPV GmbH (short for ''Schallplatten Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH'', "Vinyl Production and Distribution Company") is a German independent record label. Founded on 1 January 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributor ...

by the time of this compilation's release). Songs from the albums '' The Origin of the Feces'' and then-new material from ''

Least Worst Of ''The Least Worst Of'' is a compilation album from Type O Negative. It contains previously released material alongside a number of unreleased tracks and remixes. The album is available in an edited variant and an unedited one (with a Parental ...

'' are not represented on the album. Despite being an unsanctioned release, the cover of Deep Purple's " Highway Star" does not appear on any other

release and is exclusive to the compilation - with the exception of its previous inclusion on the compilation '' NASCAR: Crank It Up''. The album was released on September 12, 2006, simultaneously with similarly unsanctioned best-of collections of the bands

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, and

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Track listing

All songs written by

Peter Steele Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and composer of the gothic metal band Type O N ...

except where noted. # " Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity" – 12:37 #*Originally from ''

Slow, Deep and Hard ''Slow, Deep and Hard'' is the debut studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative, released in 1991 on Roadrunner Records. Overview The album, originally titled ''None More Negative'' and released in 1990 under the group's f ...

'' (

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

) # " Christian Woman" – 4:29 #*Edited version #*Originally from '' Bloody Kisses'' (

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

) # "

Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All) "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" is a single by American gothic metal band Type O Negative from their 1993 album '' Bloody Kisses''. The song was written by lead singer Peter Steele while driving a garbage truck. During an interview with Re ...

" – 4:40 #*Edited version #*Originally from ''Bloody Kisses'' (1993) # "Too Late: Frozen" – 7:53 #*Originally from ''Bloody Kisses'' (1993) # " Love You to Death" – 4:51 #*Edited version #*Originally from ''

October Rust ''October Rust'' is the fourth studio album by Type O Negative. It was released in 1996. This is the first album with Johnny Kelly credited as the band's drummer, although programmed drums are used on the album. ''October Rust'' has more ballad ...

'' ( 1996) # " My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" – 3:49 #*Originally from ''October Rust'' (1996) # "

Cinnamon Girl "Cinnamon Girl" is a song by Neil Young. It debuted on the 1969 album ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'', which was also Young's first album with backing band Crazy Horse. Songwriting Music Like two other songs from ''Everybody Knows This ...

" (

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fur ...

) – 4:08 #*

cover Cover or covers may refer to: Packaging * Another name for a lid * Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package * Album cover, the front of the packaging * Book cover or magazine cover ** Book design ** Back cover copy, part of co ...

#*Originally from ''October Rust'' (1996) # " Everyone I Love Is Dead" – 4:41 #*Edited version #*Originally from ''

World Coming Down ''World Coming Down'' is the fifth studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative. It is considered to be the darkest of the band's releases, having been written after a series of deaths in frontman Peter Steele's family, combi ...

'' (

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

) # " Everything Dies" – 4:37 #*Edited version #*Originally from ''World Coming Down'' (1999) # " Highway Star" (

Ian Gillan Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is a British singer who is best known as the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple. He is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice. Initially influenced by Elvis Presley, Gillan ...

Ritchie Blackmore Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. He is prolific in creating guita ...

Roger Glover Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and R ...

Jon Lord John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English orchestral and rock composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with the British rock band Deep ...

Ian Paice Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician, best known as the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple. He is often cited as one of the greatest drummers of all-time. He remains the only membe ...

) – 5:57 #* Deep Purple cover #*Originally from '' NASCAR: Crank It Up'' (2002) # "I Don't Wanna Be Me" – 3:49 #*Edited version #*Originally from ''

Life Is Killing Me ''Life Is Killing Me'' is the sixth studio album by gothic metal band Type O Negative. It was released on June 17, 2003, and was their final studio album released through record label Roadrunner Records. The album's title and content refers prim ...

'' ( 2003) # "Life Is Killing Me" – 6:47 #*Originally from ''Life Is Killing Me'' (2003)

Personnel

- lead vocals,

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, additional

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

& keyboards *

Kenny Hickey Kenneth Shaun Hickey (born May 22, 1966) is an American heavy metal musician. He was the co-founder, guitarist and backing and occasional co-lead vocalist of the gothic metal band Type O Negative. He is currently the vocalist and guitarist for ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

, co-lead vocals (on "Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" and "Highway Star"), acoustic guitar, electric guitar *

Josh Silver Josh Silver (born November 14, 1962) is an American musician who is the former keyboardist, producer and backing vocalist of gothic metal band Type O Negative. He joined the band at frontman Peter Steele's request. He played for Type O Negat ...

- backing vocals, keyboards, sound effects *

Sal Abruscato Sal Abruscato (born July 18, 1970) is an American drummer, guitarist and singer, best known as the original drummer for Brooklyn metal bands Type O Negative and Life of Agony.Hart, Josh (2011)Interview: Sal Abruscato and Matt Brown of A Pale Hor ...

- drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

(on tracks 1-4) *

Johnny Kelly Johnny Kelly (born March 9, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of gothic metal band Type O Negative. He is the current drummer for the bands Silvertomb, A Pale Horse Named Death, Kill Devil Hill, Danzig, and Qu ...

- backing vocals, drums, percussion (on tracks 5-12)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of Type O Negative, The Type O Negative albums 2006 greatest hits albums Roadrunner Records compilation albums