Anthology is a three-CD boxed set

Boxed set

A box set is a compilation of various musical recordings, films, television programs, or other collection of related items that are contained in a box.-Music box sets:...

 of recordings from punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band Generation X

Generation X (band)

Generation X was a British punk rock band, formed on 21 November 1976 by Billy Idol, Tony James and John Towe.-History:...

. Released in 2003, it features a selection of tracks from the band's three studio albums, the previously unreleased studio album Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge (Generation X album)

Sweet Revenge is an album by Generation X. It was recorded in 1979 just before band members Bob "Derwood" Andrews and Mark Laff left the group and the bulk was subsequently re-recorded for the Kiss Me Deadly album. It was not until 1998 that the Sweet Revenge sessions were released, as K.M.D. -...

in its entirety (originally pencilled in to be the band's third album and previously only available as a bootleg

Bootleg recording

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 release) and a 1978 live recording from Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Also featured is an interview recorded with bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 Tony James

Tony James

Tony James is a British musician, best known as a bassist of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik.- Career :He was originally a member of the punk band London SS, along with Brian James, , and Mick Jones plus Terry Chimes .Later, James joined the early punk band Chelsea...

 and several studio rarities and alternate mixes.

Disc one

1. "Dancing With Myself"
2. "Friday's Angels"
3. "Your Generation"
4. "Ready, Steady, Go"
5. "Untouchables" (Idol)
6. "Valley of the Dolls"
7. "Day by Day"
8. "Wild Youth"
9. "The Prime of Kenny Silvers (Parts 1 & 2)"
10. "Wild Dub"
11. "One Hundred Punks"
12. "King Rocker"
13. "Kiss Me Deadly"
14. "Gimme Some Truth
    Gimme Some Truth
    "Gimme Some Truth" is a protest song written and performed by John Lennon from his 1971 album Imagine.Like several songs on the album, such as the title track "Imagine", "Gimme Some Truth" has blatant political references emerging from the time it was written, during the latter years of the Vietnam...
    
    " (John Lennon
    John Lennon
    John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
    
    )
15. "New Order"
16. "English Dream"
17. "Youth, Youth, Youth"
18. "Rock 'n' Roll" (Jimmy Page
    Jimmy Page
    James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
    
    , Robert Plant
    Robert Plant
    Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
    
    )
19. "The Hunter" (Booker T. Jones
    Booker T. Jones
    Booker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
    
    , Chappell, Steve Cropper
    Steve Cropper
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    , Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr.)

Disc 2 - Sweet Revenge

1. "Triumph"
2. "Dancing With Myself"
3. "Girls"
4. "Modern Boys"
5. "Cathy Come Home"
6. "Revenge"
7. "Flash as Hell"
8. "Anna Smiles"
9. "Psycho Beat"
10. "Stars Look Down"
11. "I Dig Everything" (David Bowie
    David Bowie
    David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
    
    ) - Wrongly credited in the CD booklet to Idol / James.
12. "Dancing With My Wealth"
13. "Interview with Tony James"

Disc 3 - Live in Osaka, 1978

1. "Ready, Steady, Go"
2. "This Heat"
3. "English Dream"
4. "Triumph"
5. "Anna Smiles"
6. "Night of the Cadillacs"
7. "No No No"
8. "Valley of the Dolls"
9. "Revenge"
10. "Kiss Me Deadly"
11. "Friday's Angels"
12. "Wild Youth"
13. "Day by Day"
14. "King Rocker"
15. "Your Generation"
16. "Rock 'n' Roll" (Page/Plant)
17. "Shakin' All Over" (Kidd
    Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
    Johnny Kidd & The Pirates were an English rock 'n' roll group led by singer/songwriter Johnny Kidd. They scored numerous hit songs from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, including the rock & roll classics 'Shakin' All Over' and 'Please Don't Touch', but their influence far outshines their chart...
    
    )
18. "Youth, Youth, Youth"
19. "Outro Jam" (Generation X)