The Best of L7: The Slash Years
The Best of L7: The Slash Years is the first compilation from the band, released on 2 May 2000 through London Records. It gathers the group's best-known songs from their time on Slash Records, so it works as a handy overview of the early and middle part of their career, when they were putting out albums from Bricks Are Heavy through to Hungry for Stink.
It also marks a pause in the story. Nothing else came from L7 until Scatter the Rats arrived in 2019, which makes this collection the last word from the band for almost two decades. A three-disc box set with a similar name, Wargasm – The Slash Years, followed in 2021 for anyone wanting to dig deeper.
The Best of L7: The Slash Years: tracklist and credits
12 tracks · 42:34Tracklist
- 1Pretend We're DeadDonita Sparks3:56
- 2Mr. IntegrityDonita Sparks4:09
- 3MonsterSuzi Gardner2:56
- 4EvergladeJennifer Finch and Daniel Ray3:17
- 5AndresSuzi Gardner and Donita Sparks3:04
- 6Fuel My FireJones, Knight, Sparks, Walsh3:46
- 7Freak MagnetSuzi Gardner and Donita Sparks3:15
- 8Can I RunDonita Sparks3:54
- 9Bad ThingsSuzi Gardner and Donita Sparks3:13
- 10Off the WagonDonita Sparks3:27
- 11MoonshineSuzi Gardner and Donita Sparks3:23
- 12Bitter WineSuzi Gardner4:15
- Produced by
- L7, Butch Vig, Garth Richardson, Joe Barresi, Rob Cavallo
- Recorded at
- Smart Studios, Sound City Studios
- Recorded
- 1992–1997
- Mixed by
- Butch Vig, Michael Barbiero
- Engineered by
- Mr. Colson, Steve Marker, Jeff Sheehan, Butch Vig, Joe Barresi, Garth Richardson, Paul DuGre
- Labels
- London Records, Slash
- Length
- 42:34
Line-up
- Peter Love · handclaps · guest
- Pauli Ryan · bongos · guest
- Lionel Richie · other vocals, vocals · guest
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 2 May 2000 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 2 May 2000 | |
| Wikidata | 2 May 2000 | |
| US release | 2 May 2000 | earliest US date |
2 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2000 | DE | London Records | other | |
| 2 May 2000 | US | — | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: minor: best source 1402x1401, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1402×1401 | upscaled: minor: best source 1402x1401, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |