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''The Least Worst Of'' is a compilation album from
Type O Negative Type O Negative was an American gothic/doom 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 ...
. 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 Advisory label/logo). The photograph on the album cover is of the defunct
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. Consistent with many of the band's previous "joke tracks", the first track, "The Misinterpretation of Silence and Its Disastrous Consequences (Wombs and Tombs Mix)", like the original is completely silent (the only semblance of remixing being that the track is shorter; 39 seconds of silence instead of the original's 1:04). The compilation's title also acts as an example of their self-deprecating sense of humour, with the logic that silence can actually be considered some of their best work.


Track listing


Unedited version

# " The Misinterpretation of Silence and Its Disastrous Consequences" (Wombs and Tombs Mix) – 0:39 #*Previously unreleased "remix". The original version can be found on ''
Slow, Deep and Hard ''Slow, Deep and Hard'' is the debut studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative, released on June 11, 1991, through Roadrunner Records. The album was originally titled ''None More Negative'', and released in 1990 as a demo un ...
'' # " Everyone I Love Is Dead" – 4:39 #*Previously unreleased edit. The full-length version can be found on ''
World Coming Down ''World Coming Down'' is the fifth studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative. Released on September 21, 1999, it is considered to be the darkest of the band's releases, having been written after a series of deaths in frontm ...
''. # " Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" – 4:34 #*Previously unreleased edit. The full length version can be found on ''
Bloody Kisses ''Bloody Kisses'' is the third studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative and the last recording with their original lineup, as drummer Sal Abruscato left the group in late 1993 to join labelmates Life of Agony. The album inc ...
''. # "It's Never Enough" – 8:15 #*Previously unreleased studio recording, from the recording sessions of ''World Coming Down''. # " Love You to Death" – 4:47 #*Edit taken from the 1996 European single ''Love You to Death''. The full length version can be found on ''
October Rust ''October Rust'' is the fourth studio album by American gothic metal band 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. ''Oc ...
''. # " Black Sabbath (From the Satanic Perspective)" (
Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which per ...
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Tony Iommi Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. (born 19 February 1948) is an English musician. He co-founded the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and was the band's guitarist, leader, primary composer, and sole continuous member for over ...
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Geezer Butler Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler (born 17 July 1949) is an English musician, best known as the bassist and primary lyricist of the pioneering Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He has also recorded and performed with Heave ...
, Bill Ward) – 7:44 #*Taken from the 1996 European single ''My Girlfriend's Girlfriend''. This cover originally appeared on the
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tribute ''
Nativity in Black ''Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath'' is a series of two Black Sabbath tribute albums, released in 1994 and 2000 respectively. The albums feature various heavy metal groups performing cover versions of Black Sabbath songs in tribute t ...
'' under the song's original title, simply "Black Sabbath", and was sung with its original lyrics, but the version that appeared on "The Least Worst Of" has
Peter Steele Peter Thomas Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and composer of the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Before forming Type O N ...
's own lyrics, sung from the perspective of Satan. # " Christian Woman" – 4:25 #*Edit taken from the 1993 European single ''Christian Woman''. The full length version can be found on ''Bloody Kisses''. # "12 Black Rainbows" – 5:10 #*Taken from the 1999 European single ''Everything Dies'', from the recording sessions of ''World Coming Down''. The song revolves around non-sexual foreplay,
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, and heartache. # " My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" (Cheese Organ Mix) – 3:43 #*Previously unreleased alternate mix. The original version can be found on ''October Rust''. # " Hey Pete" (Pete's Ego Trip Version) (
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) – 5:19 #*Previously unreleased studio version. The faux live version can be found on ''
The Origin of the Feces ''The Origin of the Feces'' is the second studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative, released in 1992. Recording and production The album was recorded in a studio but produced to sound "live" by adding crowd noises, bante ...
''. # "
Everything Dies Everything Dies is a song by American gothic metal band Type O Negative, released in 1999 on their fifth album ''World Coming Down''. It was a successful single for the band making #37 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. Music video A music video was f ...
" – 4:33 #*Edit taken from the 1999 European single ''Everything Dies'', from the recording sessions of ''World Coming Down''. # "
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" (Depressed Mode Mix) (
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) – 3:50 #*Taken from the 1997 U.S./European single ''Cinnamon Girl''. The original version can be found on ''October Rust''. # " Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity" – 12:29 #*Taken from ''Slow Deep and Hard''. # "Stay Out of My Dreams" – 8:15 #*Previously unreleased studio recording, from the recording sessions of ''World Coming Down''.


Edited version

# "The Misinterpretation of Silence and Its Disastrous Consequences" (Wombs And Tombs Mix) – 0:39 #*Previously unreleased remix. The original version can be found on ''Slow Deep and Hard'' # "Everyone I Love Is Dead" – 4:39 #*Previously unreleased edit. The full-length version can be found on ''World Coming Down''. # "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" – 4:35 #*Previously unreleased edit. The full length version can be found on ''Bloody Kisses''. # "Love You to Death" – 4:47 #*Edit taken from the 1996 European single ''Love You to Death''. The full length version can be found on ''October Rust''. # "Black Sabbath (From the Satanic Perspective)" (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward) – 7:44 #*Taken from the 1996 European single ''My Girlfriend's Girlfriend''. This cover originally appeared on the Black Sabbath tribute ''Nativity in Black'', but this version has Peter Steele's own lyrics, sung from the perspective of Lucifer. # "Christian Woman" – 4:25 #*Edit taken from the 1993 European single ''Christian Woman''. The full length version can be found on ''Bloody Kisses''. # "12 Black Rainbows" – 5:10 #*Taken from the 1999 European single ''Everything Dies'', from the recording sessions of ''World Coming Down''. The song revolves around non-sexual foreplay, relationship breakups, alcohol abuse, and heartache. # "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" (Cheese Organ Mix) – 3:43 #*Previously unreleased alternate mix. The original version can be found on ''October Rust''. # "Hey Pete" (Pete's Ego Trip version) (Roberts) – 5:19 #*Previously unreleased studio version. The faux live version can be found on ''The Origin of the Feces''. # "Everything Dies" – 4:33 #*Edit taken from the 1999 European single ''Everything Dies'', from the recording sessions of ''World Coming Down''. # "Cinnamon Girl" (Depressed Mode Mix) (Young) – 3:52 #*Taken from the 1997 U.S./European single ''Cinnamon Girl''. The original version can be found on ''October Rust''. # " Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10−8 cm−3 gm−1 sec−2" – 9:04 #*Taken from ''Slow Deep and Hard''. # "Stay Out of My Dreams" – 8:15 #*Previously unreleased studio recording, from the recording sessions of ''World Coming Down''.


Personnel

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Peter Steele Peter Thomas Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and composer of the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Before forming Type O N ...
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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...
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bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...
, additional
electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...
, additional keyboards *
Kenny Hickey Kenneth Shaun Hickey (born May 22, 1966) is an American musician. He was the co-founder, guitarist, and backing and occasional co-lead vocalist of the gothic metal band Type O Negative, whom he played for from 1989 until the death of the band' ...
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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 us ...
, co-lead vocals (on "Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" and "Hey Pete"),
acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked, its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
, electric guitar *
Josh Silver Josh Silver (born November 14, 1962) is an American retired 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 Typ ...
- backing vocals, keyboards,
synthesizers A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...
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sound effects A sound effect (or audio effect) is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media. In m ...
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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 Ho ...
- backing vocals,
drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...
(on "The Misinterpretation of Silence and Its Disastrous Consequences (Wombs and Tombs Mix)", "Black No.1 (Little Miss Scare-All)", "Christian Woman", "Hey Pete (Pete's Ego Trip Version)", "Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty of Infidelity" and "Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10−8 cm−3 gm−1 sec−2") *
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, Kill Devil Hill, Eyeam, Danzig, and Quiet Riot. Career ...
- backing vocals, drums, percussion (on "Everyone I Love Is Dead", "It's Never Enough", "Love You to Death", "Black Sabbath (From the Satanic Perspective)", "12 Black Rainbows", "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend (Cheese Organ Mix)", "Everything Dies", "Cinnamon Girl (Depressed Mode Mix)" and "Stay Out of My Dreams")


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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Least Worst Of Type O Negative albums 2000 compilation albums Roadrunner Records compilation albums