The Essential Stabbing Westward

The Essential Stabbing Westward is the first compilation album by the American industrial rock band Stabbing Westward, released on Sony Music as part of their Essential series. The album was released on April 1, 2003, a year after the band broke up on February 9, 2002. It features fourteen remastered tracks: twelve tracks from their three albums released in the 1990s (Ungod (1994), Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996), and Darkest Days (1998)), and two from movie soundtracks.

The Essential Stabbing Westward
Greatest hits album by Stabbing Westward
Released	April 1, 2003
Genre	Industrial rock, industrial metal, alternative metal
Length	60:36
Label	Legacy
Producer	Jeff Magid, Stabbing Westward
Stabbing Westward chronology
Stabbing Westward (2001) The Essential Stabbing Westward (2003) What Do I Have to Do? (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Original release (year)	Length
1.	"Lost"	Ungod (1994)	3:21
2.	"Control"	Ungod (1994)	3:39
3.	"Nothing"	Ungod (1994)	4:50
4.	"Lies"	Ungod (1994)	4:44
5.	"What Do I Have to Do?"	Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)	4:08
6.	"Shame"	Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)	4:52
7.	"I Don't Believe"	Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)	4:19
8.	"Sleep"	Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)	5:22
9.	"Crushing Me"	Wither Blister Burn & Peel (1996)	4:19
10.	"Save Yourself"	Darkest Days (1998)	4:13
11.	"Sometimes It Hurts"	Darkest Days (1998)	3:39
12.	"Haunting Me"	Darkest Days (1998)	3:37
13.	"Dawn"	Escape from L.A. Soundtrack* (1996)	4:35
14.	"Torn Apart" (Wink Remix)	Spawn: The Album (1997)	4:56
Total length:			60:36

• A longer version of "Dawn" first appeared on the Japanese release of Wither Blister Burn & Peel.

References

1. "The Essential Stabbing Westward - Stabbing Westward". Allmusic.