tism.bestoff.

tism.bestoff.
Greatest hits album by TISM
Released July 29, 2002
Recorded 1985-2000
Genre Alternative rock
Length 61:00
Label FMR / Genre B. Goode
Producer TISM
TISM chronology

De RigueurMortis
(2001)
tism.bestoff.
(2002)
The White Albun
(2004)

tism.bestoff. is a 2002 "best of" compilation CD by the Australian band TISM. It is also known as best off, tism. best off. or by its full title tism. best off. retrospective works 86/02.

The disc is a collection of TISM favorites from throughout their career and a few rare tracks which have become live fan favorites, such as Death, Death, Death. Also on the disc are the unreleased tracks Sid Viscous and The Phillip Ruddock Blues (recorded in the De Rigueurmortis sessions) as well as a remix of Defecate On My Face by the Australian band Machine Gun Fellatio.

Track listing

No. TitleOriginally released on... Length
1. "Defecate on My Face"  Defecate on My Face 7" 4:50
2. "Death, Death, Death"  Defecate on My Face 7"
This version from Machines Against the Rage
3:16
3. "Saturday Night Palsy"  Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance 2:54
4. "I'm Interested in Apathy"  Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance 2:50
5. "I Drive a Truck"  Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance 3:02
6. "40 Years - Then Death"  Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance 3:41
7. "The History of Western Civilisation"  Hot Dogma 3:00
8. "I'll 'Ave Ya"  Hot Dogma 2:14
9. "Get Thee to a Nunnery"  The Beasts of Suburban 2:41
10. "Lillee Caught Dilley Bowled Milli Vanilli"  The Beasts of Suburban
This version from Machines Against the Rage
2:54
11. "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River"  Machiavelli and the Four Seasons 2:24
12. "Greg! The Stop Sign!!"  Machiavelli and the Four Seasons 3:28
13. "All Homeboys Are Dickheads"  Machiavelli and the Four Seasons 3:07
14. "Whatareya?"  www.tism.wanker.com 3:38
15. "Five Yards"  De Rigueurmortis 3:14
16. "Sid Viscous"  Previously unreleased 3:33
17. "The Phillip Ruddock Blues"  Previously unreleased 7:13
18. "Defecate on My Face" (MGF Remix, Sydney 2002)Previously unreleased 3:33

This Is Serious Mum: A Collection of Bedroom Recordings 1982-1992

This Is Serious Mum: A Collection of Bedroom Recordings 1982-1992
Demo album by TISM
Released July 29, 2002
Recorded December 1982-1992
Genre Alternative rock, dark ambient
Length 64:22
Label FMR, genre b.goode
Producer TISM
TISM chronology

De RigueurMortis
(1999)
tism.bestoff.
(2002) (bonus disc)
The White Albun
(2004)

Original pressings of the disc came with a bonus CD titled This is Serious Mum which was, as the title indicated, a collection of bedroom recordings 1982 - 1992. This disc appeals to the hardcore TISM fan because every track on it has been in TISM's possession only and never before available, save for a few heavily edited tracks which appeared on Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance (1988). Other notable appearances on this disc are two early versions of songs, which gives fans a brief look at how TISM worked with songs in the studio. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Whittle Away My Furniture is noticeably slower than its release on Hot Dogma (1990) and You're Only As Good As Your Fans is a completely different style to the version renamed Play Mistral For Me which was released on Machiavelli and the Four Seasons (1995).

Tracklist

No. Title Length
1. "Eckermann is Very Silly"   2:58
2. "The Ballad of the Semitic Nazi"   3:30
3. "Yassa Ara-Thin-A-Go-Go"   4:57
4. "I Go to Werribee"   3:01
5. "The Judeo-Christian Ethic"   2:26
6. "Ezra Pound, Axe-King
  • Part 1: The Ballad of J. Arthur White Australia Policy
  • Part 2: The Petty Bourgeois Revolution
  • Part 3: Art, Religion and the Neo-Classical Dialectic
  • Part 4: The Hairy Diadem"  
3:21
7. "The English-Speaking Peoples"   0:51
8. "Doug Parkinson Sings Christie Allen"   2:59
9. "I Await the Coming of the Scottish Third Reich"   2:40
10. "A Tale of Two Fæces"   0:21
11. "Almost Blue" (by Ian Curtis) 2:04
12. "The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped"   3:09
13. "Jumpin' Jivin' Jimmy "The Ghost" Joyce"   3:21
14. "Unknown, Unacknowledged, Unforgettable, Underpants"   3:20
15. "Life is Fairly Silly, Really"   1:43
16. "Landscape, Seascape, Escape"   2:27
17. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Whittle Away My Furniture"   2:26
18. "Somewhere in This School..."   3:46
19. "How to End All Suffering"   2:34
20. "Frenzy"   1:13
21. "I'm Gonna Treat Ya to a Neitszche Double Feature"   2:17
22. "You're Only as Good as Your Fans"   2:18
23. "My Geronation"   2:23
24. "This Morning I Had Work to Do"   2:56
25. "Tu e La Tua Razza fa'un Culo"   1:13