Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar

Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar is a compilation album by James Ray and The Performance and James Rays Gangwar, released on March 5, 1996 by Fifth Colvmn Records.

Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 5, 1996 (1996-03-05)
Recorded1986 (1986)
GenreGothic rock
Length72:40
LabelFifth Colvmn
Producer
James Ray chronology
Third Generation
(1993)
Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar
(1996)
Psychodalek
(1997)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic     [1]

AllMusic awarded Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar four out of five stars.[1] Aiding & Abetting recommended the anthology to listeners of The Sisters of Mercy and said "Ray avoids some of the dreary excesses that later Sisters stuff got bogged down in, and simply cranks out quite a few moody yet catchy tunes."[2] A critic at babysue commended the album and said "sounds nice, and is a bit poppier than you might think."[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Travis Earl, James Ray, John Ridge and Damon Vingoe, except "Coo Ca Choo" by Peter Shelley

No.TitleAlbum (date)Length
1."Mexico Sundown Blues"A New Kind of Assassin (1989)9:05
2."Texas"A New Kind of Assassin (1989)5:31
3."Mountain Voices" (Remix)A New Kind of Assassin (1989)5:03
4."Dust Boat"A New Kind of Assassin (1989)4:30
5."Edie Sedgwick"A New Kind of Assassin (1989)6:20
6."Rev Rev Lowrider"A New Kind of Assassin (1989)8:19
7."Heart Surgery"Dios Está De Nuestro Lado (1992)4:57
8."35 Thousand Times"Dios Está De Nuestro Lado (1992)4:31
9."Badlands"Dios Está De Nuestro Lado (1992)2:54
10."Hardwar"Dios Está De Nuestro Lado (1992)4:58
11."Cadillac Coming"Dios Está De Nuestro Lado (1992)4:38
12."Bad Gin"Dios Está De Nuestro Lado (1992)3:42
13."Santa Susana"Dios Está De Nuestro Lado (1992)4:21
14."Coo Ca Choo" (Alvin Stardust cover)Dios Está De Nuestro Lado (1992)3:51

Personnel

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Adapted from the Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar liner notes.[4]

James Ray's Performance & Gangwar

Production and design

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1996 Fifth Colvmn CD 9868-63216

References

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  1. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "James Rays Gangwar: The Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Worley, Jon (March 18, 1996). "James Ray: Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar". Aiding & Abetting (103). Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "James Ray – Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar (CD, Fifth Colvmn, Industrial)". babysue. December 1996. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Best of James Ray's Performance & Gangwar (booklet). James Ray and The Performance/James Rays Gangwar. Washington, DC: Fifth Colvmn Records. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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