The Essential

~ Release by Fishbone (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

℗ «2014 Sony Music Entertainment»
℗ «1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment»
℗ «1985, 1987, 1990, 1996 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment»

Countries excluded (Deezer + Spotify)

(As of 2025-07-30).

  • South America: 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (fk)
  • Western Europe: 🇩🇪 Germany (de)
  • Northern Europe: 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (sj)
  • Eastern Africa: 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (io)
  • Oceania: 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (cc) 🇨🇽 Christmas Island (cx) 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island (nf)
  • Polynesia: 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (ck) 🇳🇺 Niue (nu) 🇹🇰 Tokelau (tk)
Annotation last modified on 2025-07-30 12:53 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Party at Ground Zero
recording of:
Party At Ground Zero (Fishbone)
writer:
John Norwood Fisher, Kendall Jones and Angelo Moore
6:28
2Modern Industry (edit)
3:49
3Ugly
2:50
4Lyin’ Ass Bitch
4:15
5When Problems Arise
3:55
6A Selection
3:01
7Cholly
recording of:
Cholly
writer:
Kendall Jones and Angelo Moore
2:48
8It’s a Wonderful Life (Gonna Have a Good Time)
recording of:
It's a Wonderful Life (Gonna Have a Good Time)
writer:
Christopher Dowd, John Norwood Fisher and Angelo Moore
3:03
9Freddie’s Dead
cover recording of:
Freddie’s Dead
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1972 to ????)
44:29
10Ma and Pa
recording of:
Ma and Pa
writer:
Kendall Jones and Angelo Moore
4.653:18
11Bonin’ in the Boneyard
4:44
12Change
recording of:
Change
writer:
Chris Dowd and Kendall Jones
42:56
13Fight the Youth (edit)
4:01
14Sunless Saturday
4:17
15Everyday Sunshine (edit)
3:57
16Lemon Meringue
recording of:
Lemon Meringue
lyricist and composer:
John Norwood Fisher
publisher:
Bouillabaisse Music and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
6:10
17Black Flowers (edit)
4:34
18Unyielding Conditioning (edit)
3:59
2▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Skankin’ to the Beat
3:30
2Lyin’ Ass Bitch
4:25
3Mister Zero
2:35
4Alcoholic
4:51
5Fishbone (Is Red Hot)
2:50
6Pink Vapor Stew
6:34
7And They Prey on You
5:22
8Poem Dance / Instrumental
3:42
9Game of Destruction
3:49
10Glow in the Dark
5:17
11What Have I Done
5:14
12Skankin’ to the Beat
recording of:
Skankin' to the Beat
writer:
Walter Adam Kibby II
2:52
13Modern Industry
3:39
14Slick Nick, You Devil You
producer:
David Kahne
recording of:
Slick Nick, You Devil You
writer:
Christopher Dowd and Angelo Moore
4:41
15Iration
4:36
16Just Call Me Scrooge
2:31
17Love and B******T
1:58
18The Goose
5:19