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Take a Break Me First and the Gimme Gimmes , released on July 1, 2003, on Fat Wreck Chords independent record label .
The album consists entirely of cover versions of R&B songs. Like its predecessor, Blow in the Wind new wave ) riffs ("Crazy" incorporates "Six Pack " by Black Flag , "Save the Best for Last" includes "Pretty Vacant" by The Sex Pistols , and "I'll Be There" borrows the intro from The Cars ' "Just What I Needed").
Track listing Title Writer(s) Original performer 1. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go " Frank Wildhorn , Chuck Jackson Whitney Houston 2. "Hello " Lionel Richie Lionel Richie 3. "End of the Road " Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds , Antonio "L.A." Reid, Daryl SimmonsBoyz II Men 4. "Ain't No Sunshine " Bill Withers Bill Withers 5. "Nothing Compares 2 U " Prince The Family 6. "Crazy " (contains an interpretation of "Six Pack " by Black Flag , written by Greg Ginn ) Seal , Guy Sigsworth Seal 7. "Isn't She Lovely " Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder 8. "I Believe I Can Fly " R. Kelly R. Kelly 9. "Oh Girl " (contains an interpretation of "Race Against Time" by GBH ) Barbara Acklin , Eugene Record The Chi-Lites 10. "I'll Be There " (contains an interpretation of "Just What I Needed " by The Cars , written by Ric Ocasek ) Berry Gordy , Bob West, Hal Davis , Willie Hutch The Jackson 5 11. "Mona Lisa " Ray Evans , Jay Livingston Nat King Cole 12. "Save the Best for Last " (contains an interpretation of "Pretty Vacant " by the Sex Pistols ) Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman, Jon Lind Vanessa Williams 13. "Natural Woman " Gerry Goffin , Carole King , Jerry Wexler Aretha Franklin
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