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MC5
Released 2000

Back In The USA
02:26
982 plays

Miss X
05:09
949 plays

Over And Over
05:14
948 plays

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- 1
- I Can Only Give You Everything
- 03:00
- 1,650 plays

- 2
- Looking At You
- 02:48
- 1,124 plays

- 3
- I Just Don't Know
- 02:40
- 895 plays

- 4
- Ramblin' Rose
- 04:25
- 1,121 plays

- 5
- Kick Out The Jams
- 02:54
- 4,995 plays

- 6
- Come Together
- 04:34
- 1,200 plays

- 7
- Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)
- 05:44
- 1,164 plays

- 8
- Tonight
- 02:33
- 907 plays

- 9
- Teenage Lust
- 02:33
- 1,389 plays

- 10
- High School
- 02:40
- 1,932 plays

- 11
- Call Me Animal
- 02:04
- 1,164 plays

- 12
- The American Ruse
- 02:30
- 1,523 plays

- 13
- Shakin' Street
- 02:20
- 839 plays

- 14
- The Human Being Lawnmower
- 02:22
- 895 plays

- 15
- Back In The USA
- 02:26
- 982 plays

- 16
- Sister Anne
- 07:22
- 1,078 plays

- 17
- Baby Won't Ya
- 05:32
- 842 plays

- 18
- Miss X
- 05:09
- 949 plays

- 19
- Over And Over
- 05:14
- 948 plays

- 20
- Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)
- 05:31
- 765 plays

- 21
- Thunder Express
- 04:22
- 861 plays

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album review

A best-of for a group that only made three albums might be considered an inessential addition to their discography, particularly as all three of those albums remain available on CD. However, if you only want one MC5 album, this compilation makes more sense than if might appear at first. It draws judiciously from each of the three records; adds three somewhat rare tracks from pre-Kick Out the Jams singles; and finishes with a live 1972 cut, "Thunder Express," recorded for French TV and previously available on a Skydog CD. In somewhat of a surprise, it leans most heavily on Back in the U.S.A. (with eight tracks), and not so much on the album that most would view as their most significant effort, Kick Out the Jams (only four tracks). That decision works out better than you might think. The three tracks from 1967-1968 singles are fairly similar to the Kick Out the Jams vibe anyway, and if you don't own Kick Out the Jams already, you may well be ready for something a little cleaner-sounding and less assaultive by the time seven songs have gone by. It's unfortunate, nonetheless, that the two remaining pre-Kick Out the Jams tracks from non-LP 45s, "One of the Guys" and a different version of Kick Out the Jams' "Borderline," were not included. Kick Out the Jams itself would get most people's nod as the first and most essential MC5 purchase, but this is a close second, its value enhanced by detailed historical liner notes. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide