The Necessaries Completely Necessary (Anthology 1978-1982)

• 1. Rage
• 2. More Real
• 3. Like No Other
• 4. Driving And Talking At The Same Time
• 5. AEIOU
• 6. Sahara
• 7. Europe
• 8. State-Of-The-Art
• 9. The Finish Line
• 10. Detroit Tonight
• 11. On The Run
• 12. Paceways
• 13. Law And Order
• 14. I Feel Tension
• 15. I Do
• 16. Dancing Out Of Time
• 17. Runaway Child (Minors Beware) [Alternate Version]
• 18. Detroit Tonight (Alternate Version)
• 19. Snake Dancing

“The group has no niche, it doesn’t fit in anywhere,” explains Necessaries drummer Jesse Chamberlain in a 1980 Melody Maker interview. “We just state the facts about life in America, like The Clash did about England, but we’re not so heavy about it.” The Necessaries rose from the ashes of Harry Toledo & The Rockets, a little-known New York art-rock band playing gigs at Max’s Kansas City during glam’s metamorphosis into punk.

Completely Necessary represents the most accurate musical history of the band laid out across three albums. Disc one is the band-approved first album Event Horizon, followed by Pilots Facing North, a disc collecting studio recordings spanning 1978–1981 and disc three finally sees the release of their final sessions, Songs From The Blue Colony.