Showdown! (1994)

About this title: This 42-song, two-CD box set features material recorded by the Nomads from 1981 through 1993. The first CD features the best tracks from the band's albums and singles, while the second CD consists primarily of rarities, outtakes, and live performances. Most of their songs are remakes, and even the originals are indebted to other musicians; for example, "Where the Wolf Bane Blooms" borrows the guitar line from "Borderline" by DMZ, "Call off Your Dogs" was written for the band by Jeffrey Lee Pierce of the Gun Club and Peter Case of the Plimsouls, and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" features ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Way (You Touch My Hand) [Pickard/Duquet]
2. I'm 5 Years Ahead of My Time [Evans/Pike]
3. Low Down Shakin' Chills [Nomads]
4. Milk Cow Blues [Estes]
5. Rat Fink a Boo-Boo [Nomads]
6. Real Gone Lover [Nomads]
7. Where the Wolf Bane Blooms [Nomads]
8. Bangkok [Chilton]
9. Don't Tread On Me [Massengill]
10. She Pays the Rent [Conolly]
11. 16 Forever [Shernoff/Kempner/Fr]
12. Call off Your Dogs [Case/Pierce/Soles]
13. Knowledge Comes With Death's Release [Östlund]
14. Surfin' in the Bars [Nomads/Jonsson]
15. Temptation Pays Double [Östlund/Jonsson]
16. Swamp Girl [Bell]
17. Fire and Brimstone [Wray]
18. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls [Östlund]
19. My Deadly Game [Östlund]
20. Wimp [Escovedo]
21. Psycho [Roslie]
22. Night Time [Feldman/Goldstein]
23. Boss Hoss [Roslie]
24. Rockin' All Through the Night [Nomads]
25. Have Love, Will Travel [Berry]
26. Showdown [Casanova]
27. Real Cool Time [Stooges]
28. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White [Cobb]
29. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy [McCain]
30. Teenage Letter [Richard]
31. Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache [May/Thompson]
32. Driving Sideways (On a One Way Street) [Fankenhauser]
33. You're Gonna Miss Me [Erickson]
34. Stranded on a Dateless Night [Jackson]
35. Big Sandy [Roberts]
36. This Ain't the Summer of Love [Krugman/Bouchard/Wa]
37. Frying Pan [VanVliet]
38. Salvation by Damnation [Östlund/Jonsson]
39. The Next Big Thing [Shernoff]
40. I Have Always Been Here Before [Erickson]
41. Cinderella [Roslie]
42. Motorhead [Kilmister]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.