Essentials (Failure album)

Following the release of Golden (2004), both key members, Ken Andrews and Greg Edwards got back together to create a double disc album highlighting Failure's best moments, while including several rarities and the complete demos for Magnified (1994). The album also includes individual song critiques by Ken and Greg (only for the first disc).

Notes

Disc 1

Tracks 1-3 are from the debut album Comfort.
Tracks 4-7 are from the second album Magnified.
Tracks 8-14 are from the third album Fantastic Planet.

Disc 2

Tracks 1-4 (rare 7 inch singles).
Tracks 5-14 (demos for Magnified).

Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Macaque"	Ken Andrews	4:14
2.	"Something"	Andrews	2:58
3.	"Screen Man"	Andrews	6:19
4.	"Frogs"	Andrews, Greg Edwards	4:57
5.	"Bernie"	Andrews, Edwards	5:19
6.	"Undone"	Andrews, Edwards	4:29
7.	"Small Crimes"	Andrews, Edwards	7:15
8.	"Smoking Umbrellas"	Andrews, Edwards, Kellii Scott	4:00
9.	"Blank"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	5:40
10.	"The Nurse Who Loved Me"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	4:27
11.	"Another Space Song"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	5:12
12.	"Stuck On You"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	4:30
13.	"Heliotropic"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	6:16
14.	"Daylight"	Andrews, Edwards, Scott	6:00
Total length:			1:11:35

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pro-Catastrophe" (7 inch #1, Sweet Smelling Records)	3:28
2.	"Dipped In Anger" (7 inch #1, Sweet Smelling Records)	3:40
3.	"Count My Eyes" (7 inch #2, Sweet Smelling Records)	3:37
4.	"Comfort" (7 inch #2, Sweet Smelling Records)	3:21
5.	"Let It Drip" (Demo)	2:47
6.	"Moth" (Demo)	4:49
7.	"Frogs" (Demo)	5:03
8.	"Bernie" (Demo)	4:42
9.	"Magnified" (Demo)	3:22
10.	"Wonderful Life" (Demo)	6:15
11.	"Undone" (Demo)	5:44
12.	"Wet Gravity" (Demo)	3:35
13.	"Empty Friend" (Demo)	5:19
14.	"Small Bird" (Demo)	5:02
Total length:		1:00:43

Personnel

Failure

Ken Andrews – vocals, guitar, bass
Greg Edwards – bass, guitar, piano, percussion, drums on tracks 4, 5, 7, and on all Magnified demos
Robert Gauss - drums on tracks 1-3 "Comfort"
John Dargahi – drums on track 6 "Magnified"
Kellii Scott – drums on tracks 8-14 "Fantastic Planet"

Production

Disc 1, tracks 1-3 produced by Failure and Steve Albini
Disc 1, tracks 4-14 produced by Failure
Disc 2, tracks 5-14 recorded by Greg Edwards and Ken Andrews
Magnified tracks recorded by Paul Lani and mixed by David Bianco and Ken Andrews.
Fantastic Planet tracks recorded and mixed by Ken Andrews

External links

Failure

Ken Andrews Greg Edwards Kellii Scott Robert Gauss Troy Van Leeuwen

Studio albums	Comfort Magnified Fantastic Planet The Heart Is a Monster

Compilation albums	Golden Essentials

EPs	Tree of Stars

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