Anthology (Generation X compilation)

Infobox Album |
Name = Anthology
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Generation X


Released = 2003
Recorded = 1977-81
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 3:15:01
Label = EMI
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Radio 1 Sessions"
(2002)
This album = "Anthology"
(2003)
Next album = ""
(2003)

Anthology is a 3 CD boxed set of recordings from punk rock band Generation X. Released in 2003, it features a selection of tracks from the band's three studio albums, the previously unreleased studio album "Sweet Revenge" in its entirety (originally pencilled in to be the band's third album and previously only available as a bootleg release) and a 1978 live recording from Osaka, Japan. Also featured is an interview recorded with bassist Tony James and several studio rarities and alternate mixes.

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Idol and Tony James; except where noted

Disc one

# "Dancing With Myself"
# "Friday's Angels"
# "Your Generation"
# "Ready, Steady, Go"
# "Untouchables"
# "Valley of the Dolls"
# "Day by Day"
# "Wild Youth"
# "The Prime of Kenny Silvers (Parts 1 & 2)
# "Wild Dub"
# "One Hundred Punks"
# "King Rocker"
# "Kiss Me Deadly"
# "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon)
# "New Order"
# "English Dream"
# "Youth, Youth, Youth"
# "Rock 'n' Roll" (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant)
# "The Hunter" (Booker T. Jones, Chappell, Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr.)

Disc 2 - Sweet Revenge

# "Triumph"
# "Dancing With Myself"
# "Girls"
# "Modern Boys"
# "Cathy Come Home"
# "Revenge"
# "Flash as Hell"
# "Anna Smiles"
# "Psycho Beat"
# "Stars Look Down"
# "I Dig Everything"
# "Dancing With My Wealth"
# "Interview with Tony James"

Disc 3 - Live in Osaka, 1978

# "Ready, Steady, Go"
# "This Heat"
# "English Dream"
# "Triumph"
# "Anna Smiles"
# "Night of the Cadillacs"
# "No No No"
# "Valley of the Dolls"
# "Revenge"
# "Kiss Me Deadly"
# "Friday's Angels"
# "Wild Youth"
# "Day by Day"
# "King Rocker"
# "Your Generation"
# "Rock 'n' Roll" (Page/Plant)
# "Shakin' All Over" (Kidd)
# "Youth, Youth, Youth"
# "Outro Jam" (Generation X)