NOFX - The Greatest Songs Ever Written By Us

NOFX
The Greatest Songs Ever Written By Us
Epitaph Records
Grade: A-

With the move from simply drunk punk rockers to drunk, moderately respectable punk rockers, comes NOFX’s greatest hits record to school people in what was. It’s nice to see this given Fat Mike’s appearances of various TV shows supporting the Rock Against Bush movement and the move to push the message beyond just songs. This record says ‘look, we are still wild and crazy and punk.’ The twenty-seven tracks included on this record span NOFX’s discography from “Shut Up Already” off of Liberal Animation to “Franco Un-American” off of last year’s War on Errorism and includes the new song “Wore Out the Soles of My Party Boots.” While everyone had their favorite tracks and albums, with many pushing for White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean and Punk in Drublic, highlights come flying from left and right on this best of. This includes “Linoleum” and “Don’t Call Me White” off of Punk in Drublic, “Bob” and “Stickin In My Eye” from White Trash, “Day to Daze” from S&M Airlines, “Philthy Phil Philanthropist” from Heavy Petting Zoo, “It’s My Job to Keep Punk Rock Elite” from So Long and Thanks for all the Shoes, “Thank God Its Monday” off of Pump Up the Valium and “Franco Un-American.” It would have been nice for NOFX to have included some video and live material, but The Greatest Songs still serves as a nice refresher course to understand the onslaught that is Fat Mike’s Love Machine Punk Voter.