℗ 2023 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)/Lenono Music
| Released | July 12, 2024 |
| Duration | 4h 53m 19s |
| Record Label | UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) |
| Genre | Rock |
Mind Games (The Ultimate Collection)
John Lennon
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Mind Games (Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
4:13 | |||
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1.2
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Tight A$ (Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
3:39 | |||
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1.3
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Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
4:40 | |||
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1.4
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One Day (At A Time / Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
3:10 | |||
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1.5
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Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
4:12 | |||
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1.6
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Nutopian International Anthem (Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
0:04 | |||
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1.7
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Intuition (Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
3:11 | |||
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1.8
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Out The Blue (Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
3:23 | |||
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1.9
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Only People (Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
3:40 | |||
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1.10
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I Know (I Know / Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
3:51 | |||
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1.11
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You Are Here (Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
4:13 | |||
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1.12
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Meat City (Ultimate Mix)
John Lennon |
2:52 | |||
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2.1
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Mind Games (Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
4:11 | |||
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2.2
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Tight A$ (Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
3:39 | |||
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2.3
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Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
4:41 | |||
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2.4
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One Day (At A Time / Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
3:10 | |||
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2.5
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Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
4:13 | |||
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2.6
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Nutopian International Anthem (Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
0:04 | |||
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2.7
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Intuition (Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
3:11 | |||
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2.8
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Out The Blue (Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
4:15 | |||
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2.9
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Only People (Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
3:43 | |||
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2.10
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I Know (I Know / Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
3:51 | |||
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2.11
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You Are Here (Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
4:08 | |||
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2.12
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Meat City (Elemental Mix)
John Lennon |
2:52 | |||
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3.1
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Mind Games (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:57 | |||
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3.2
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Tight A$ (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:54 | |||
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3.3
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Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:40 | |||
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3.4
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One Day (At A Time / Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:05 | |||
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3.5
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Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:17 | |||
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3.6
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Nutopian International Anthem (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
0:04 | |||
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3.7
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Intuition (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:09 | |||
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3.8
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Out The Blue (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:32 | |||
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3.9
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Only People (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:38 | |||
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3.10
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I Know (I Know / Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
3:49 | |||
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3.11
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You Are Here (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
4:34 | |||
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3.12
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Meat City (Elements Mix)
John Lennon |
2:44 | |||
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4.1
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Mind Games (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
6:00 | |||
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4.2
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Tight A$ (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
5:50 | |||
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4.3
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Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Evolution Documentary) EXPLICIT
John Lennon |
7:45 | |||
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4.4
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One Day (At A Time / Evolution Documentary) EXPLICIT
John Lennon |
6:24 | |||
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4.5
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Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
6:51 | |||
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4.6
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Nutopian International Anthem (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
0:04 | |||
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4.7
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Intuition (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
5:44 | |||
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4.8
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Out The Blue (Evolution Documentary) EXPLICIT
John Lennon |
7:25 | |||
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4.9
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Only People (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
6:28 | |||
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4.10
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I Know (I Know / Evolution Documentary) EXPLICIT
John Lennon |
5:45 | |||
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4.11
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You Are Here (Evolution Documentary)
John Lennon |
7:57 | |||
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4.12
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Meat City (Evolution Documentary) EXPLICIT
John Lennon |
7:38 | |||
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5.1
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Mind Games (Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
4:22 | |||
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5.2
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Tight A$ (Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
4:36 | |||
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5.3
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Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
4:40 | |||
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5.4
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One Day (At A Time / Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
3:20 | |||
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5.5
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Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
4:07 | |||
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5.6
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Nutopian International Anthem (Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
0:04 | |||
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5.7
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Intuition (Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
3:32 | |||
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5.8
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Out The Blue (Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
4:18 | |||
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5.9
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Only People (Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
3:44 | |||
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5.10
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I Know (I Know / Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
3:55 | |||
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5.11
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You Are Here (Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
6:00 | |||
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5.12
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Meat City (Raw Studio Mix)
John Lennon |
2:53 | |||
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6.1
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Mind Games (Out-take, Take 7)
John Lennon |
4:23 | |||
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6.2
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Tight A$ (Out-take, Take 6)
John Lennon |
2:08 | |||
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6.3
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Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Out-take, Take 2)
John Lennon |
4:40 | |||
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6.4
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One Day (At A Time / Out-take, Take 18)
John Lennon |
3:15 | |||
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6.5
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Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Out-take, Take 15)
John Lennon |
4:30 | |||
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6.6
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Declaration Of Nutopia (Out-take, Take 1)
John Lennon; Yoko Ono |
1:47 | |||
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6.7
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Intuition (Out-take, Take 12)
John Lennon |
3:31 | |||
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6.8
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Out The Blue (Out-take, Take 15)
John Lennon |
3:03 | |||
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6.9
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Only People (Out-take, Take 12)
John Lennon |
3:32 | |||
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6.10
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I Know (I Know / Out-take, Take 22)
John Lennon |
3:42 | |||
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6.11
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You Are Here (Out-take, Take 5)
John Lennon |
10:54 | |||
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6.12
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Meat City (Out-take, Take 16) EXPLICIT
John Lennon |
6:03 |
Anchored by the buoyant peace-and-love anthem, ‘Mind Games’, John Lennon’s fourth album of the same name, was surprisingly written and recorded during an incredibly tumultuous time in the rock legend’s life. In 1973, at age 33, John found himself in personal and political upheaval. A years-long deportation battle with U.S. immigration continued to rage on while his high-profile anti-Nixon campaigning, anti-Vietnam war activism, as well as the overtly political messages on his polarizing 1972 album, Sometime in New York City, made him a target of a newly elected Richard Nixon, leading to surveillance by the FBI.
This was the dramatic backdrop as John entered NYC’s Record Plant in August ’73 with a select band of world-class session musicians (jokingly named The Plastic U.F.Ono Band), including their friend drummer Jim Keltner who along with guitarist David Spinozza assembled pianist Ken Ascher, bassist Gordon Edwards, pedal-steel player “Sneaky”Pete Kleinow, saxophonist Michael Brecker, drummer Rick Marotta, backing vocalists Jocelyn Brown, Christine Wiltshire, Angel Coakely and Kathy Mull, and, to make his fourth post-Beatles solo album in just three years. John would channel this period of extraordinary activity to make a deeply personal and engrossing album of self-reflection that explored themes of love, heartbreak, peace, spirituality and social injustice, giving us yet another window into his life and soul, and some of his best solo songs, on Mind Games.
Now, The John Lennon Estate and Universal Music Recordings celebrate John Lennon’s pivotal and intensely personal 1973 album Mind Games with a suite of completely newly remixed and expanded Ultimate Collection editions, offering an immersive, Deep Listening experience and in-depth exploration of this classic, yet under-appreciated record.
Fully authorized by Yoko Ono Lennon and produced by Sean Ono Lennon, who oversaw the production and creative direction, the Ultimate Collection is from the same audio team that worked on the critically acclaimed Imagine and John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Ultimate Collections, including triple GRAMMY®-Award winning mixer/engineer Paul Hicks, mixers/engineer Sam Gannon and mixer Rob Stevens.
Mind Games – The Ultimate Collection offers six different unique listening experiences that are at once immersive and intimate.
THE ULTIMATE MIXES put John’s vocals front and center and radically sonically upgrade the sound.
THE ELEMENTAL MIXES are a new set created especially for the Mind Games – Ultimate Collection, inhabiting a world between the minimalism of the Elements Mixes and the Ultimate Mixes, stripping the songs back to simpler, lean-back arrangements with John’s voice to the fore, and without drums.
THE ELEMENTS MIXES isolate and bring forth certain instruments from the multitrack recordings to highlight playing previously buried in the original mix.
THE EVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY is a unique track-by-track audio montage that details the evolution of each song from demo to master recording via demos, rehearsals, out-takes, multitrack exploration, and studio conversations.
THE RAW STUDIO MIXES allows listeners to hear the recording that John and The Plastic U.F.Ono Band laid to tape, mixed raw and live without vocals effects, tape delays or reverbs.
THE OUT-TAKES allow listeners to hear compelling different takes of each song.
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -9.48 -128.93 to -0.20 | -23.58 -139.41 to -10.21 | -16.28 -70.00 to -7.50 | 9 5 to 13 | |
| 1.1 | Mind Games (Ultimate Mix) | -0.40 | -11.53 | -8.6 | 6 |
| 1.2 | Tight A$ (Ultimate Mix) | -0.40 | -10.41 | -7.5 | 6 |
| 1.3 | Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Ultimate Mix) | -0.40 | -12.47 | -10.0 | 7 |
| 1.4 | One Day (At A Time / Ultimate Mix) | -0.40 | -12.21 | -10.1 | 7 |
| 1.5 | Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Ultimate Mix) | -0.51 | -11.37 | -8.5 | 6 |
| 1.6 | Nutopian International Anthem (Ultimate Mix) | -128.93 | -139.38 | -70.0 | 7 |
| 1.7 | Intuition (Ultimate Mix) | -0.40 | -12.22 | -9.6 | 8 |
| 1.8 | Out The Blue (Ultimate Mix) | -0.40 | -12.38 | -9.2 | 7 |
| 1.9 | Only People (Ultimate Mix) | -0.40 | -11.90 | -8.7 | 7 |
| 1.10 | I Know (I Know / Ultimate Mix) | -0.40 | -10.21 | -7.5 | 5 |
| 1.11 | You Are Here (Ultimate Mix) | -0.40 | -12.06 | -9.9 | 7 |
| 1.12 | Meat City (Ultimate Mix) | -0.51 | -10.22 | -7.5 | 5 |
| 2.1 | Mind Games (Elemental Mix) | -0.40 | -16.33 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 2.2 | Tight A$ (Elemental Mix) | -0.40 | -15.59 | -11.9 | 10 |
| 2.3 | Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Elemental Mix) | -0.40 | -18.53 | -15.5 | 12 |
| 2.4 | One Day (At A Time / Elemental Mix) | -0.52 | -17.91 | -14.8 | 12 |
| 2.5 | Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Elemental Mix) | -0.40 | -16.43 | -13.0 | 11 |
| 2.6 | Nutopian International Anthem (Elemental Mix) | -128.93 | -139.40 | -70.0 | 6 |
| 2.7 | Intuition (Elemental Mix) | -0.42 | -19.23 | -15.7 | 13 |
| 2.8 | Out The Blue (Elemental Mix) | -0.40 | -17.21 | -13.9 | 12 |
| 2.9 | Only People (Elemental Mix) | -0.40 | -15.40 | -12.3 | 10 |
| 2.10 | I Know (I Know / Elemental Mix) | -0.40 | -15.49 | -12.1 | 10 |
| 2.11 | You Are Here (Elemental Mix) | -0.42 | -17.95 | -14.8 | 11 |
| 2.12 | Meat City (Elemental Mix) | -0.40 | -15.97 | -11.9 | 10 |
| 3.1 | Mind Games (Elements Mix) | -3.88 | -18.34 | -15.7 | 8 |
| 3.2 | Tight A$ (Elements Mix) | -0.40 | -15.89 | -12.2 | 11 |
| 3.3 | Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Elements Mix) | -0.40 | -16.25 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 3.4 | One Day (At A Time / Elements Mix) | -0.41 | -15.94 | -13.9 | 11 |
| 3.5 | Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Elements Mix) | -0.40 | -14.54 | -11.7 | 10 |
| 3.6 | Nutopian International Anthem (Elements Mix) | -128.93 | -139.41 | -70.0 | 6 |
| 3.7 | Intuition (Elements Mix) | -0.41 | -15.32 | -13.5 | 10 |
| 3.8 | Out The Blue (Elements Mix) | -0.40 | -17.78 | -14.7 | 12 |
| 3.9 | Only People (Elements Mix) | -0.43 | -16.76 | -14.7 | 11 |
| 3.10 | I Know (I Know / Elements Mix) | -0.40 | -18.11 | -15.0 | 13 |
| 3.11 | You Are Here (Elements Mix) | -0.40 | -16.19 | -13.2 | 10 |
| 3.12 | Meat City (Elements Mix) | -0.40 | -13.24 | -11.6 | 9 |
| 4.1 | Mind Games (Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -16.36 | -13.4 | 10 |
| 4.2 | Tight A$ (Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -15.74 | -12.6 | 9 |
| 4.3 | Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -17.39 | -14.6 | 11 |
| 4.4 | One Day (At A Time / Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -19.62 | -16.9 | 12 |
| 4.5 | Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -16.33 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 4.6 | Nutopian International Anthem (Evolution Documentary) | -128.93 | -139.41 | -70.0 | 7 |
| 4.7 | Intuition (Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -16.65 | -14.1 | 10 |
| 4.8 | Out The Blue (Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -18.17 | -14.8 | 11 |
| 4.9 | Only People (Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -17.20 | -14.3 | 11 |
| 4.10 | I Know (I Know / Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -17.16 | -13.9 | 10 |
| 4.11 | You Are Here (Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -18.56 | -16.4 | 12 |
| 4.12 | Meat City (Evolution Documentary) | -0.40 | -18.95 | -15.2 | 12 |
| 5.1 | Mind Games (Raw Studio Mix) | -1.03 | -13.58 | -11.6 | 8 |
| 5.2 | Tight A$ (Raw Studio Mix) | -1.33 | -13.37 | -11.1 | 7 |
| 5.3 | Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Raw Studio Mix) | -1.61 | -13.34 | -11.7 | 7 |
| 5.4 | One Day (At A Time / Raw Studio Mix) | -0.40 | -15.13 | -13.5 | 10 |
| 5.5 | Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Raw Studio Mix) | -1.40 | -14.74 | -12.3 | 9 |
| 5.6 | Nutopian International Anthem (Raw Studio Mix) | -128.93 | -139.41 | -70.0 | 6 |
| 5.7 | Intuition (Raw Studio Mix) | -1.90 | -14.25 | -12.4 | 8 |
| 5.8 | Out The Blue (Raw Studio Mix) | -0.20 | -14.16 | -12.1 | 9 |
| 5.9 | Only People (Raw Studio Mix) | -0.40 | -13.17 | -11.5 | 9 |
| 5.10 | I Know (I Know / Raw Studio Mix) | -0.40 | -13.85 | -11.8 | 9 |
| 5.11 | You Are Here (Raw Studio Mix) | -0.40 | -13.56 | -12.2 | 9 |
| 5.12 | Meat City (Raw Studio Mix) | -0.40 | -13.25 | -11.0 | 9 |
| 6.1 | Mind Games (Out-take, Take 7) | -0.40 | -14.35 | -11.8 | 9 |
| 6.2 | Tight A$ (Out-take, Take 6) | -0.40 | -13.94 | -11.3 | 9 |
| 6.3 | Aisumasen (I'm Sorry / Out-take, Take 2) | -0.40 | -15.26 | -12.9 | 10 |
| 6.4 | One Day (At A Time / Out-take, Take 18) | -0.40 | -15.62 | -13.8 | 11 |
| 6.5 | Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple / Out-take, Take 15) | -0.40 | -11.94 | -9.6 | 7 |
| 6.6 | Declaration Of Nutopia (Out-take, Take 1) | -2.40 | -19.19 | -15.6 | 11 |
| 6.7 | Intuition (Out-take, Take 12) | -0.40 | -12.40 | -10.1 | 8 |
| 6.8 | Out The Blue (Out-take, Take 15) | -0.40 | -12.45 | -10.0 | 8 |
| 6.9 | Only People (Out-take, Take 12) | -0.40 | -13.02 | -10.6 | 8 |
| 6.10 | I Know (I Know / Out-take, Take 22) | -0.40 | -12.31 | -9.6 | 7 |
| 6.11 | You Are Here (Out-take, Take 5) | -0.40 | -12.74 | -11.0 | 8 |
| 6.12 | Meat City (Out-take, Take 16) | -0.40 | -11.71 | -9.2 | 7 |