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Track Listing GREATEST HITS: 1. Down 2. Flowing 3. All Mixed Up 4. Amber 5. Come Original 6. Beautiful Disaster 7. Creatures (For a While) 8. Do You Right 9. I'll Be Here Awhile 10. You Wouldn't Believe 11. Transistor 12. Don't Stay Home 13. Home Brew 14. Beyond the Gray Sky 15. Love Song 16. How Do You Feel? 17. First Straw
Album Notes 311: Nick Hexum (vocals, guitar); SA Martinez (vocals); Tim Mahoney (guitar); P-Nut (bass guitar); Chad Sexton (drums). With its signature hybrid sound, 311 spawned scores of imitators and emerged as one of the best-loved and most enduring groups on the rap-metal scene. The band freely combines not only hip-hop and heavy metal, but liberal doses of reggae, funk, dub, Beach Boys-style harmonies, and Phish-like jam-band music. The Nebraska-based quintet steers clear of the sharp edges and angst-laden lyrics of contemporaries Limp Bizkit and Rage Against the Machine in favor of an all-inclusive, celebratory vibe. Starting with the Chili Peppers-esque punk-funk workout "Down" and progressing through the trippy Caribbean-tinged "Amber" to the surf/ska-influenced "Do You Right," GREATEST HITS '93-'03 comes as advertised, collecting all of the band's favorites into one non-stop party package.
Industry Reviews 3 stars out of 5 - With their reggae inflections and positive vibrations, road warriors 311 have always been clearly set apart from the angsty rap-rock pack.
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