Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss

Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss
Greatest hits album by Kyuss
Released	November 28, 2000
Recorded	1991 - 1995
Genre	Stoner rock, heavy metal
Length	75:13
Label	Elektra (Eastwest records at time of release)
Kyuss chronology
Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age (1997) Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss is a compilation album from the stoner rock band Kyuss. Although it is promoted as a "Greatest Hits" compilation, it includes 6 songs which are either B-sides or do not appear on any of their albums. It also featured 4 live versions of some of the band's best known songs; Gardenia, Thumb, Conan Troutman and Freedom Run, recorded live on May 24, 1994 in Hamburg. These live tracks were originally released on the very rare "Live at the Marquee Club" bonus disc that came with copies of the first 3000 Welcome to Sky Valley albums in Germany and Australia. These 4 live tracks are the only official live material available from Kyuss. They also appeared as B-sides for the “Demon Cleaner” single.

The only rarities left off the compilation are the post-Sky Valley, pre-And the Circus Leaves Town recordings of "El Rodeo" and "Hurricane," which appeared on the "Demon Cleaner" single.

Track listing

1. "Un Sandpiper" (Homme/Garcia/Hernández/Reeder) – 8:14
2. "Shine!" (Reeder) – 5:58
3. "50 Million Year Trip (Downside Up)" (Bjork) – 5:48
4. "Mudfly" (Homme) – 2:26
5. "Demon Cleaner" (Homme) – 5:05
6. "A Day Early and a Dollar Extra" (Homme) – 2:16
7. "I'm Not" (Homme/Garcia) – 4:37
8. "Hurricane" (Homme/Garcia) – 2:32
9. "Flip the Phase" (Homme) – 2:18
10. "Fatso Forgotso" (Reeder) – 8:30
11. "El Rodeo" (Homme/Garcia) – 5:30
12. "Gardenia" (Live) (Bjork) – 6:45
13. "Thumb" (Live) (Bjork/Homme) – 4:41
14. "Conan Troutman" (Live) (Homme) – 2:14
15. "Freedom Run" (Live) (Bjork/Homme) – 8:10

• Tracks originally from Wretch: #7
• Tracks originally from Blues for the Red Sun: #3
• Tracks originally from Welcome to Sky Valley: #5
• Tracks originally from ...And the Circus Leaves Town: #8, #11
• Tracks originally from Live At The Marquee Club: #12–15
• Tracks originally from Shine!/Short Term Memory Loss-Split-EP: #2
• Tracks originally from Gardenia-Single: #1
• Tracks originally from One Inch Man-Single: #4, #6, #9
• Tracks originally from Into the Void-Promo-Single: #10

Personnel

• John Garcia - vocals
• Josh Homme - guitar
• Nick Oliveri - bass on #3, #7
• Scott Reeder - bass on #1–2, #4–6, #8–15
• Brant Bjork - drums on #3, #5, #7
• Alfredo Hernández - drums on #1–2, #4, #6, #8–15
• Hutch - sound on #12–15

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "allmusic ((( Muchas Gracias: The Best of Kyuss > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
2. Brackett, Nathan. "Kyuss". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 473, cited March 17, 2010