The Best and the Rest
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| Compilation album by Savatage | ||
| Released | January 10,1997 | |
| Recorded | 1989 - 1997 | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 75:08 | |
| Label | JVC Records | |
| Producer(s) | Paul O'Neill | |
| Savatage chronology | ||
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 Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins (1995) |
 The Best and the Rest (1997) |
 The Wake of Magellan (1998) |
The Best and the Rest is a greatest hits album by Savatage that was released on November 21, 1997 by JVC Records in Japan. The majority of the tracks were selected as part of a reader's vote promotion in the Japanese hard rock magazine, Burrn!
The booklet for the album contains lyrics, Japanese translations of the lyrics, liner notes by Savatage producer/songwriter Paul O'Neill, a band biography, and a Savatage discography.
[edit] Track listing
- "Gutter Ballet"
- "Degrees of Sanity"
- "Jesus Saves"
- "Edge of Thorns"
- "Agony and Ecstasy"
- "Chance"
- "Complaint in the System"
- "The Hourglass"
- "Voyage" (instrumental)
- "Prelude to Madness/Hall of the Mountain King"
- "This is the Time (1990)"
- "Believe"
- "Desiree"
- "All That I Bleed"
[edit] Track notes
Voyage is a solo instrumental composition written and performed acoustically by guitarist Al Pitrelli. It was recorded during studio sessions for The Wake of Magellan (1997/1998).
Desiree is an acoustic track with a piano and Zak on vocals. Originally written for the Streets album, it was cut when the record was trimmed to a single disc format. This version was re-recorded in the summer of 1997, it is also featured on the German Streets re-issue.
All That I Bleed is a previously unreleased acoustic track that is performed by Jon Oliva singing and playing piano. This version was recorded in the summer of 1997, it is also featured as the bonus track on the German Gutter Ballet re-issue. The original was release on Edge of Thorns in 1993 with Zak Stevens on vocals).
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| Savatage |
| Jon Oliva | Damond Jiniya | Chris Caffery | Al Pitrelli | Johnny Lee Middleton | Jeff Plate | Paul O'Neill |
| Criss Oliva | Keith Collins | Steve "Doc" Wacholz | Zak Stevens | Alex Skolnick | Jack Frost |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: Sirens | Power of the Night | Fight for the Rock | Hall of the Mountain King | Gutter Ballet | Streets: A Rock Opera | Edge of Thorns | Handful of Rain | Dead Winter Dead | The Wake of Magellan | Poets and Madmen |
| Extended Plays: The Dungeons Are Calling | Chance EP | Doesn't Matter Anyway EP |
| Live Albums: Japan Live '94 | Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins |
| Compilation Albums: From the Gutter to the Stage | The Best and the Rest | Believe |
| Related articles |
| Doctor Butcher | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Jon Oliva's Pain | Circle II Circle | Seven Witches | Megadeth | Testament | Annihilator |
