The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!

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The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!
Greatest hits album by
Pantera
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003
Recorded1989–2000
GenreGroove metal
Label
CompilerKim Davis
Pantera chronology
Reinventing the Steel
(2000) 		The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! is a compilation album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on September 23, 2003, two months before their breakup. The title of the compilation is a combination of the titles of their first four major label albums.

The compilation includes an audio CD of 15 previously released tracks and one previously unreleased track, plus a DVD with 12 music videos, two of them live. The tracks on the CD include songs from all six major label albums (two from Cowboys from Hell, three from Vulgar Display of Power, four from Far Beyond Driven, one from The Great Southern Trendkill, one from Official Live: 101 Proof, and three from Reinventing the Steel), as well as three cover songs, all in chronological order. The compilation album reached No. 38 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA in August 2004 and Platinum in January 2006.[3]

The International version of the album, titled Reinventing Hell: The Best of Pantera (combination of the titles of their albums Reinventing the Steel and Cowboys from Hell), is almost identical. It has different artwork and a cardboard slip cover. It also has different tracks than its US counterpart and is available as a standard version or with a DVD.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Pantera except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Cowboys from Hell"4:06
2."Cemetery Gates"7:03
3."Mouth for War"3:57
4."Walk"5:16
5."This Love"6:34
6."I'm Broken"4:24
7."Becoming"3:07
8."5 Minutes Alone"5:51
9."Planet Caravan" (Black Sabbath cover) (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward)4:04
10."Drag the Waters"4:57
11."Where You Come From"5:13
12."Cat Scratch Fever" (Ted Nugent cover) (Ted Nugent)3:49
13."Revolution Is My Name"5:19
14."I'll Cast a Shadow"5:19
15."Goddamn Electric"4:57
16."Hole in the Sky" (Black Sabbath cover) (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)4:16
Total length:78:07

International version (Reinventing Hell)[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Cowboys from Hell"4:06
2."Domination"5:04
3."Cemetery Gates"7:03
4."Mouth for War"3:57
5."Walk"5:16
6."This Love"6:34
7."Fucking Hostile"2:49
8."Becoming"3:07
9."I'm Broken"4:24
10."5 Minutes Alone"5:51
11."Planet Caravan" (Black Sabbath cover) (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)4:04
12."Drag the Waters"4:57
13."Where You Come From"5:13
14."Revolution Is My Name"5:19
15."Immortally Insane"5:12
16."The Badge" (Poison Idea cover)3:56

DVD music videos[edit]

  1. "Cowboys from Hell"
  2. "Psycho Holiday"
  3. "Cemetery Gates"
  4. "Mouth for War"
  5. "This Love"
  6. "Walk"
  7. "5 Minutes Alone"
  8. "I'm Broken"
  9. "Drag the Waters"
  10. "Domination" (live)
  11. "Primal Concrete Sledge" (live)
  12. "Revolution Is My Name"

Personnel[edit]

  • Phil Anselmo – vocals
  • Dimebag Darrell – guitar, producer, mixing
  • Rex Brown – bass
  • Vinnie Paul – drums, producer, mixing, engineer
  • Matt Lane – mixing assistant
  • Ulrich Wild – engineer
  • Mark McKenna – art direction
  • Sean Beavan – assistant engineer
  • Neil Zlozower – photography
  • Lamont Hyde – assistant engineer
  • Jay Blakesberg – photography
  • Sevie Bates – art direction
  • Sterling Winfield – producer, engineer, mixing assistant, mixing, assistant engineer
  • Steve Woolard – discographical annotation
  • Emily Cagan – project assistant
  • George Desota – photography
  • Kenny Nemes – project assistant
  • Steve Pokorny – remastering
  • Joe Giron – photography
  • Karen Ahmed – compilation producer
  • Valerie Valera – project assistant
  • Randy Perry – project assistant
  • Ginger Dettman – project assistant
  • Hiro Arishima – liner notes
  • Terence Butler – arranger
  • John Atashian – photography
  • Dorothy Stefanski – editorial supervision
  • Ashely Maile – photography
  • Bob King – photography
  • Terry Date – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Kimberly Davis – compilation producer
  • Dan Hersch – remastering
  • Tony Iommi – arranger
  • Tim Kimsey – mixing assistant
  • Ted Nugent – arranger
  • Ozzy Osbourne – arranger
  • Pantera – arranger, producer, mixing
  • John Kirkpatrick – compilation producer

Charts[edit]

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[4] 44
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] 32
UK Albums Chart[6] 116
US Billboard 200[7] 38
Chart (2006) Peak
position
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[8] 12
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 33

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[10] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! [Bonus DVD] – Pantera". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 615. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone pantera album guide.
  3. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  4. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Pantera". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Charts.nz – Pantera – Reinventing Hell - The Best of". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  6. ^ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK: Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls". Zobbel.
  7. ^ "Pantera Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  8. ^ "Pantera Chart History (Top Catalog Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  9. ^ "Pantera: Reinventing Hell - The Best of" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  10. ^ "Estadísticas – Discos de Oro y Platino". Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (in Spanish). capif.org.ar. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  11. ^ "British album certifications – Pantera – Reinventing Hell: The Best Of Pantera". British Phonographic Industry.
  12. ^ "American album certifications – Pantera – The Best of Pantera". Recording Industry Association of America.
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