Legacy: Best Of

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Legacy: Best of
Greatest hits album by Mansun
Released 18 September 2006 (UK)
Recorded 1995–2006
Genre Alternative rock, Britpop
Length 72:41
Label Parlophone
Producer Mark Stent, Michael Hunter, Hugh Padgham, Paul Draper
Mansun chronology

Kleptomania
(2004)		 Legacy: Best Of
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media (6.5/10)[2]
Stylus Magazine (B)[3]
musicOMH [4]
Clickmusic.com [5]

Legacy: Best Of (released 18 September 2006) is the first official 'best of' collection from Mansun. It collects all the bands Parlophone lead-EP tracks and selected album tracks which were compiled by Paul Draper and Dominic Chad. It was released as a standard CD, special edition CD and DVD set featuring all the bands promo videos and digital download.

There is an unreleased track "South of the Painted Hall" that you can download for free when you sign up on their mailing list and insert the CD into your computer. The track was recorded in 2001 for the band's fourth album. When the band split, all unreleased recordings were to be released as a compilation; Kleptomania. Unfortunately, the vocal track for "South of the Painted Hall" was lost and so the track was not included. During the compilation of Legacy, a demo CD was found in the archives containing a rough mix of the track, complete with vocals. It is this version that is available for download.

As Mansun's albums were concept albums, each a continuous piece of music, many of the band's singles had to be re-edited or even re-recorded, especially those from their second album Six. The single version of Being a Girl, for example, was just the first two minutes of section of a track which, on the album, lasted over seven.

Track listing

CD

All songs written and composed by Paul Draper, except where noted. 
No. Title Length
1. "I Can Only Disappoint U (Single Mix)" (Written by Paul Draper, Dominic Chad) 4:21
2. "Wide Open Space"   4:33
3. "Stripper Vicar"   4:09
4. "Being a Girl (Part One)"   2:00
5. "Negative (Edit)" (Written by Paul Draper, Dominic Chad, Stove King, Andie Rathbone) 3:43
6. "Take It Easy Chicken"   4:28
7. "Legacy (Radio Edit)"   5:56
8. "She Makes My Nose Bleed"   4:08
9. "Closed for Business"   3:07
10. "Six (Single Version)"   3:57
11. "Getting Your Way"   4:32
12. "Electric Man (Single Edit)"   4:16
13. "The Chad Who Loved Me"   5:03
14. "Egg Shaped Fred" (One EP recording) 3:54
15. "Slipping Away"   3:44
16. "Fool (Edit)"   3:34
17. "Taxloss"   7:16
18. "Skin Up Pin Up" (Japanese bonus track) 3:39
19. "What It's Like to Be Hated" (Japanese bonus track) 3:24
  • A bonus track, the previously unreleased "South of the Painted Hall" (3:24), is made available for download by visiting this website with the CD inserted.

DVD

  1. Flourella
  2. Egg Shaped Fred
  3. Take It Easy Chicken
  4. Stripper Vicar
  5. Wide Open Space
  6. Wide Open Space (US version)
  7. She Makes My Nose Bleed
  8. Taxloss
  9. Closed for Business
  10. Legacy
  11. Being a Girl (Part One)
  12. Negative
  13. Six
  14. I Can Only Disappoint U
  15. Electric Man
  16. Fool
  • Taxloss (Live at Brixton – 23/10/98)
  • Love Remains (Super 8 montage)
  • Nobody Cares When You're Gone (unseen documentary footage) A brand new documentary cut from the band's own personal footage and narrated by Paul Draper and Dominic Chad, who have given a new rare audio interview especially for the documentary (their first together since the end of the band).

References

  1. ↑ O'Brien, Jon. Legacy: Best Of at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Stuart Berman (2 October 2006). "Mansun: Legacy: The Best of Mansun". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 May 2012. 
  3. ↑ Nick Southall (13 October 2006). "Mansun – Legacy: The Best of Mansun –". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2012. 
  4. ↑ Jamil Ahmad (18 September 2006). "Mansun – Legacy: The Best Of (Parlophone) –". musicOMH. Retrieved 12 May 2012. 
  5. ↑ David Cook (19 September 2006). "Mansun – Legacy: The Best Of". Clickmusic.com. Retrieved 12 May 2012. 
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