DOWNLOAD: The Very Best of Example (2003-2009)

A supersafe mofo called Coxhead, who’s been doing a whole gang of extensive best of zip download posts over at his blog on legends like the cotdang WU just gave Dark Man X the treatment. Let us quote:

This is definitely the most personal ‘Best Of’ that I’m gonna to do. Back in 2005 I discovered Example’s music and instantly became his biggest fan – never did I imagine that 5 years later we would be good mates and doing this together after a year where he has had a Top 5 album and 3 Top 20 singles. This is my way of saying thank you to him for the music and everything that he has done in the past couple of years – he has opened a lot of doors for me and for that, I will be forever grateful. For his ‘old skool’ fans; this can be seen as a celebration of the deserved success he has achieved this year. For his newer fans; this will show you the very best of his back catalogue and prove that a lot of time and effort has gone into getting us to where we are today. This package includes material from his first album, both mixtapes, a few remixes and even a couple of unheard demos. Tracklist and download link after the jump.

P.S. A massive shout out to Sheldrake, Wire, David Stewart, Mark Surridge, Rusher, Chris Maas, Ash and Benny.

DOWNLOAD: The Very Best of Example (2003-2009)

1. Example – Eyeballs Painted Black (Feat. The Rolling Stones)
2. Example – Pedigree
3. Example – Pirate FM
4. Example – Trick Or Treat (2003 Demo)
5. Example – Today I Met Myself
6. Example – Who Needs Sunshine?
7. Example – Vile (Feat. Lily Allen)
8. Example – Army Of Dreamers
9. Example – What We Made
10. Example – Diamond Day (Feat. Vashti Bunyan)
11. Example – Bob, Jimi And Kurt
12. Example – I Don’t Want To
13. Example – Follow Him (Feat. Scroobius Pip)
14. Example – Loneliness Costs (Feat. Harry Nilsson)
15. Example – Me & Mandy
16. Professor Green – Before I Die (Remix) (Feat. Narstie, Ghetto, Plan B & Example)
17. Example – Mr. Invisible
18. Example – Crouching Rapper, Hidden MC (2003 Demo)
19. Example – You Can’t Rap
20. Example – A Pointless Song
21. Example – Who Gives A…? (2004 Demo)
22. Example – I Need A Fast Car (Feat. Tracy Chapman)
23. Example – Posh Birds
24. Example – Nicest Thing (Feat. Kate Nash)
25. Example – So Many Roads
26. Example – Toxic Breath (Feat. Britney Spears)
27. Example – Birthday Card
28. Example – Loud! (Feat. Tinchy Stryder & Frisco)
29. Example – Watch The Sun Come Up (Devil’s Gun Remix)
30. Example – Not So Pretty (Example & Wire Remix)
31. Example – Hooligans (Wire Remix)
32. Example – Kickstarts (Live @ Radio 1’s Big Weekend) (Bonus Track)

— By Akira The Don on Friday, September 3rd, 2010