The Best and Mostly Worst of 2nd Best 1998-2003

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1.	These Autumn Stars 04:49	info	buy track
2.	A Winter Away 04:34	info	buy track
3.	Not Where I Came From 03:11	lyrics	buy track
Paul Friemel - Bass, Vocals, Lyrics Shane Sikkema - Guitar TJ Mapes - Drums
4.	Corvetta (acoustic) 04:12	info	buy track
5.	928 (album version) 03:51	info	buy track
6.	So Clear (live) 03:30		buy track
7.	Between 2 Homes (acoustic, live) 05:20		buy track
8.	One Trick Pony 05:01		buy track
9.	This Time (acoustic, live) 04:14		buy track
10.	Addicted (acoustic, live) 04:52		buy track
11.	Pauls Song (remix) 04:32	info	buy track
12.	Pretty Penny (demo) 02:58		buy track
13.	Carpe Diem 02:49	info	buy track
14.	The End (acoustic, live) 05:48	info	buy track

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A crazy limited edition CMYK printed burned CD-R featuring over 20 tracks that had never been heard by fans of 2nd Best. This also included the 3 final recordings including Shane Sikkema and the first rendition of "Corvetta."

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released May 16, 2003

Paul Friemel
TJ Mapes
Shane Sikkema
Brad Johnson

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2nd Best Bettendorf, Iowa

What's there to do when you're living in a pre-smart phone era in a suburb to nowhere?
Start a band with some people you kind of know and build some life long friendships, that's what! 2nd Best was a band searching for it's musical identity in the early 2000's and found it in the pop-punk and eventually emo scene of the very Mid-West region. Derivative? Probably. Great? Maybe. Fun? Always! ... more

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