For the Best of Us

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]

For the Best of Us
Studio album by John Doe
Released	July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)
Genre	Rock, punk rock
Length	35:13
Label	Yep Roc
Producer	John Doe, Dave Way
John Doe chronology
Forever Hasn't Happened Yet (2005) For the Best of Us (2006) A Year in the Wilderness (2007)

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