The Best of Sixteen Volt

The Best of Sixteen Volt
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 31, 2005 (2005-05-31)
Recorded1993 (1993) – 2003 (2003)
Genre
Length102:39
LabelCleopatra
ProducerEric Powell
16volt chronology
SuperCoolNothing V2.0
(2002)
The Best of Sixteen Volt
(2005)
FullBlackHabit
(2007)

The Best of Sixteen Volt is a compilation album by 16volt, released on May 10, 2005 by Cleopatra Records. It comprises songs from the band's first four releases as selected by fans through the band's website. Disc two was recorded live in 2003 at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]

Stewart Mason of AllMusic gave The Best of Sixteen Volt: 1993-2003 two and a half out of five stars and the album "only for the most die-hard genre purists; the addition of an 11-track live set recorded at Chicago's Cabaret Metro in 2003 might entice hardcore fans who already have the songs on disc one, which makes its muddy sound (Powell's vocals are largely inaudible, and not in the way that vocals are usually buried in the mix in this style of music) and sloppy performances something of an insult."[1]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by 16volt

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Album (date)Length
1."Motorskill"Bornzin, Fell, Powell, TaylorWisdom (1993)5:12
2."Wisdom"Bornzin, Fell, Powell, TaylorWisdom (1993)4:05
3."Head of Stone"Bornzin, Fell, Powell, TaylorWisdom (1993)5:11
4."Uplift"Powell, Taylor, VinhasaSkin (1994)3:51
5."Slow Wreck"Powell, Taylor, VinhasaSkin (1994)4:47
6."Stitched"Powell, Taylor, VinhasaSkin (1994)4:45
7."Perfectly Fake"Powell, Taylor, VinhasaSkin (1994)5:12
8."Swarm"LaCorte, PowellLetDownCrush (1996)3:25
9."A Cloth Like Gauze"PowellLetDownCrush (1996)4:02
10."Two Wires Thin"PowellLetDownCrush (1996)4:01
11."Crush"LaCorte, PowellLetDownCrush (1996)4:50
12."I Fail Truth"Peoples, PowellSuperCoolNothing (1998)3:27
13."Don't Pray"Peoples, PowellSuperCoolNothing (1998)4:37
14."Keep Sleeping"Peoples, PowellSuperCoolNothing (1998)3:16
15."And I Go"Peoples, PowellSuperCoolNothing (1998)4:26
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 1:53
2."Swarm"LaCorte, Powell3:15
3."Everyday Everything"Peoples, Powell3:18
4."Machine Kit"Peoples, Powell3:07
5."American Porn Song"Peoples, Powell3:43
6."Skin"Powell, Taylor, Vinhasa3:26
7."Keep Sleeping"Peoples, Powell2:55
8."Perfectly Fake"Powell, Taylor, Vinhasa3:33
9."Happy Pill"Peoples, Powell4:08
10."Suffering You"DeSalvo, Peoples, Powell3:32
11."The Cut Collector"Powell4:42

Personnel

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Adapted from The Best of Sixteen Volt liner notes.[2]

16volt

Additional performers

Production and design

  • Keith Auerbach – recording, mixing
  • Bill Kennedy – recording, mixing
  • Tony Lash – recording, mixing
  • Jeff "Critter" Newell – recording, mixing
  • Dave Ogilvie – recording, mixing

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 2005 Cleopatra CD CLP 1502

References

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  1. ^ a b Mason, Stewart. "16 Volt: The Best of Sixteen Volt: 1993-2003 > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. ^ The Best of Sixteen Volt (booklet). 16volt. Chicago, Illinois: Cleopatra Records. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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