Sympathy for the Devil (album)

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Track listing

The following tracks constitute the final 1990 release, which compiles every version of the song that was previously released on two 12" singles and two CD singles in the UK in 1988. Track 1 is an edited version of Track 7.

1. Laibach: "Sympathy for the Devil (Time for a Change)" – 5:43
2. Laibach: "Sympathy for the Devil (Dem Teufel zugeneigt)" – 4:54
3. 300.000 V.K.: "Sympathy for the Devil (Anastasia)" or "Anastasia" – 5:32
4. Germania: "Sympathy for the Devil (Who Killed the Kennedys – Instrumental)" – 5:53
5. Germania: "Sympathy for the Devil (Who Killed the Kennedys)" – 7:04
6. 300.000 V.K.: "Sympathy for the Devil (Soul to Waste)" – 4:52
7. Laibach: "Sympathy for the Devil" – 7:52
8. 300.000 V.K.: "Sympathy for the Devil (Soul to Waste – Instrumental)" – 7:52

All tracks written by Jagger/Richards except Track 3, written by Laibach.

The Germania version (Track 5) includes samples from the 1968 Jean-Luc Godard film Sympathy for the Devil, a radio interview with Sonny Barger of the Hells Angels following the Altamont festival and various Mick Jagger soundbites.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>

Legacy

In 2015, the Sympathy for the Devil album cover was ranked 37th on the 100 Greatest Album Covers of Yugoslav Rock list, published by web magazine Balkanrock.<ref>"100 najboljih omota YU rocka", Balkanrock.com</ref>