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A Best of Us for the Rest of Us (stylized a best of us...for the rest of us) is a greatest hits compilation from ska-punk band Reel Big Fish. It was released on July 20, 2010 and sold exclusively through Best Buy stores. It was later released digitally through Amazon MP3 and iTunes with four bonus tracks and without the acoustic tracks. The physical album contains a second "skacoustic" disc of fourteen acoustic versions of Reel Big Fish songs.[1] On June 21, 2011, the album was re-released as A Best of Us for the Rest of Us (Bigger Better Bonus Deluxe Version), a three-disc deluxe edition of the album. The first disc is the same as the one from the standard version, except the two covers have been moved to the third disc and replaced with new tracks. The second disc features the "skacoustic" recordings from the standard version of the album, with a different version of "She Has A Girlfriend Now" and eight additional acoustic tracks. The third disc consists of cover songs from the band's previous albums, including two that were previously released on the standard edition of the album. On November 28, 2011, a digital edition of the twenty-two track version of the Skacoustic disc was released on its own through iTunes and Amazon. Due to the band's former label, Jive Records, owning the master recordings of all their old material, almost all of the songs on the album are re-recorded versions. Only the last three tracks included on the first disc ("Another F.U. Song", "Party Down", and "Slow Down") are previous recordings from Monkeys for Nothin' and the Chimps for Free.[1] The album title is a reference to the Seinfeld episode "The Strike" in which Frank Costanza shouts "Festivus for the rest of us!"
Track listing Disc 1: A Best of Us for the Rest of Us Disc 2: Skacoustic Disc 3: The Best Songs We Never Wrote Personnel Reel Big Fish - Aaron Barrett lead vocals, lead guitar, synthesizer, organ, slide guitar
- Dan Regan trombone, group vocals
- Scott Klopfenstein trumpet, vocal harmonies, guitar
- Ryland Steen drums, cymbals, shakers, tambourine, guero, background vocals, group vocals
- Derek Gibbs bass guitar, group vocals
- John Christianson trumpet, group vocals
Additional Musicians References pt:A Best of Us for the Rest of Us
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