Retrospective announcement with track listing

Updated:Â See below.

The Best Imitation of Myself is the natural name for Ben’s latest project, a 3-disc set consisting of greatest hits, live tracks and rarities. It’s due to drop October 11, and the cover art and packaging ~~is still being worked on (and you can help),~~Â is shown at left, but the sequencing is done. It’s a treasure trove of all things Ben that every fan will want. The track listing:

Disc One – Greatest Hits

01. Brick (Radio Mix) (with Ben Folds Five) – Taken from Brick single – 1998
02. Annie Waits – Taken from Rockin The Suburbs – 2001
03. Philosophy (with Ben Folds Five) – Taken from Ben Folds Five -1995
04. Underground (with Ben Folds Five) – Taken from Ben Folds Five – 1995
05. Landed (Strings Version) – Taken from Landed (Digital Single) 2005
06. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces (with Ben Folds Five) – Taken from Whatever and Ever Amen – 1997
07. Don’t Change Your Plans (with Ben Folds Five) – Taken from The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner – 1999
08. The Luckiest – Taken from Rockin’ The Suburbs – 2001
09. Smoke (with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra) – Audio taken from Live in Perth – 2005
10. Rockinâ€™ the SuburbsÂ – Taken from Rockin’ The Suburbs – 2001
11. Kate (with Ben Folds Five) Â – Taken from Whatever and Ever Amen -1997
12. Gracie – Taken from Songs for Silverman -2005
13. Still Fighting It (Extended Version) – Alternate Mix from Rockin’ The Suburbs -2001
14. You Donâ€™t Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor) – Taken from Way To Normal -2008
15. Thereâ€™s Always Someone Cooler Than You – Taken from Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP – 2006
16. Still – Taken from Over The Hedge – Music From The Motion PictureÂ – 2006
17. From Above (with Nick Hornby) – Taken from Lonely Avenue – 2010
18. House (with Ben Folds Five) – New Track – 2011

Disc Two – Live tracks, previously unreleased (except as noted)

01. Julianne (with Ben Folds Five)
02. Video (with Ben Folds Five) – Recorded at Studion in Stockholm, Sweden on March 12, 1997
03. Song for The Dumped (with Ben Folds Five) – Recorded for Hard Rock CafÃ© Live television program on June 12, 1998. Originally released June 20, 2000 on album The Best of Hard Rock CafÃ© Live
04. Missing the War (with Ben Folds Five)
05. Mess (with Ben Folds Five)
06. Magic (with Ben Folds Five) – Recorded at Royal Albert Hall in London, UK on December 14, 1999
07. Selfless, Cold and Composed – Recorded at Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on December 9 2001
08. Zak and Sara
09. Girl – Recorded at Roseland Ballroom in New York, NY on June 13, 2002
10. Just Pretend (with the Bens) – Recorded at Palais Theatre in Melbourne, Australia on March 24, 2003
11. Fred Jones Part 2 (with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra) – Recorded at Kings Park in Perth, Australia on March 12 & 13 2005. Originally released December 6, 2005 on the Epic DVD Live in Perth
12. Careless Whisper (featuring Rufus Wainwright) (Wham! cover) – Recorded at Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA on August 24, 2005
13. All U Can Eat – Recorded at Ben’s Studio in Nashville, TN on October 24, 2006. Originally released February 27, 2007 on the DVD Live at My Space
14. Long Tall Texan (Jerry Woodard cover) – Recorded at the Warehouse in Houston, TX on October 24, 2008
15. Army (with Ben Folds Five)
16. Battle of Who Could Care Less (with Ben Folds Five) – Recorded at UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill on September 18, 2008 for the MySpace Front to Back series
17. Kylie from Connecticut – Recorded at the State Theatre, Detroit, Mich., on October 9, 2008. Originally released on April 7, 2009 on the iTunes release The Sound of Last Night … This Morning
18. Effington – Recorded at Ax Hall, Seoul, South Korea on June 9, 2011
19. Picture Window – Recorded at HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London, UK on February 20, 2011
20. Sentimental Guy – Recorded at Diamond Hall in Nagoya, Japan on June 7, 2011
21. Not the Same – Recorded at A.E.C. Theatre in Adelaide, Australia on May 22, 2011

Disc Three – Rarities, 1991-2011 previously unreleased except as noted

01. Unrelated – Unfinished Song Demo – 1996
02. Best Imitation of Myself – Demo – 1991
03. Rocky Â – 4 Track Home Demo â€“ 1993
04. BoxingÂ – Demo – 1993
05. Julianne (with Ben Folds Five) – Unreleased 1st Album – 1994
06. Evaporated (with Ben Folds Five) – Unreleased 1st Album – 1994
07. Alice Childress Â – Originally released on Rare on Air 3: KCRW Performances – 1997
08. Barrytown (with Ben Folds Five) (Steely Dan cover) – Originally released on Me, Myself and Irene Soundtrack – 2000
09. Amelia Bright (with Ben Folds Five) – Mitch Easter Sessions – 2000
10. Tell Me What I Did (with Ben Folds Five) – New Track -2011
11. Rock Star – Demo – 2000
12. Losing Lisa – Demo – 2000
13. Break Up at Food Court Â – Demo 2000
14. Wandering – Demo – 2000
15. Hiro’s Song – Demo – 2000
16. The Secret Life of Morgan Davis – Alternate Mix – 2001
17. Such Great Heights (Postal Service cover) – Alternate Mix from MySpace sessions – 2006
18. Bitches Ain’t Shit (Dr. Dre cover) – Originally released as b-side of Landed 7″ vinyl single
19. Time – Alternate Version – 2004
20. Sleazy (Ke$ha cover) – Originally released on Download to Donate’s Tsunami Relief – 2011
21. Because the Origami (with 8in8 – Ben Folds, Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman and Damian Kulash) – Originally released on Nighty Night – 2011
22. Stumblinâ€™ Home Winter Blues (with Ben Folds Five) – New Track – 2011

In addition to the tracks on the three discs, purchasers will receive access to the “Ben Folds 55” online vault, which will allow downloads of 5 more tracks not on the CDs. And for those who don’t care about the rareties and unreleased tracks, you’ll be able to buy the first disc by itself.

Update:Â Press release from Legacy Records; Article in Antimusic with more info.