For the Best of Us is an album by John Doe, the co-founder of the Los Angeles-based punk rock band X. It was released on Yep Roc Records on July 25, 2006. The album is a repackaging of an EP Doe originally released in 1998 on the Kill Rock Stars label, entitled For the Rest of Us. Doe is billed as "The John Doe Thing" on the album.[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Boston Phoenix	[1]
Exclaim!	(very favorable)[3]
PopMatters	[4]
Robert Christgau	[5]
Slant Magazine	[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Doe; except where indicated

1. "A Step Outside"
2. "Let's Get Lost"
3. "The Unhappy Song"
4. "Bad, Bad Feelings"
5. "This Loving Thing"
6. "Criminal"
7. "Broken Smile"
8. "Come Home"
9. "Zero"
10. "Vigilante Man" (Woody Guthrie)

Personnel

• Travis Dickerson – Mastering
• John Doe – Bass, Guitar, Vocals
• Tim Hale – Photography
• Smokey Hormel – Guitar, Vocals
• Neil Kellerhouse – Design
• Tony Marsico – Bass
• Steven McDonald – Bass
• Viggo Mortensen – Photography
• Joey Waronker – Drums, Percussion
• Dave Way – Drum Programming, Engineer, Mixing, Producer

References