and guitar on "Marigold", bass on "Drain You" and "Seasons in the Sun" Aaron Burckhard – drums on tracks 1-4 (disc one) Dale Crover – drums on tracks 5-10 (disc one) and track 8 (disc two) Chad Channing – drums on tracks 16, 17, 21-23 (disc one), tracks 6, 7 (disc two) and tracks 1-12 (DVD) Dan Peters – drums on track 13 (DVD) Jason Everman – 2nd guitar on track 17 (disc one) and track 10 (DVD) Pat Smear – 2nd guitar on track 15 (disc three) Additional personnel Mark Lanegan – guitar on tracks 19, 20 (disc one) Mark Pickerel – drums on tracks 19, 20 (disc one) Melora Creager – cello on track 15 (disc three) ''Sliver: The Best of the Box'' | length = 74:24 | language = English | label = DGC | producer = | prev_title = With the Lights Out | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Live at Reading | next_year = 2009 }} | rev2 = [[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] | rev2Score = | rev3 = [[Drowned in Sound]] | rev3score = 4/10 | rev4 = [[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |rev4score = | rev5 = [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] | rev5Score = 6.8/10 }} Recording and release Sliver: The Best of the Box is a compilation album by the American rock band, Nirvana, released in November 2005. It contains 19 tracks from the band's 2004 rarities box set, With the Lights Out, as well as three previously unreleased recordings: "Spank Thru", from the 1985 "Fecal Matter" demo, a 1990 studio recording of "Sappy", and a 1991 boombox demo of "Come as You Are". Sliver: The Best of the Box opened at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Nielson Soundscan reported that as of 2016, Sliver: The Best of the Box has sold 376,000 copies in the U.S. Artwork According to [[Rolling Stone]], the title and cover photograph for Sliver: The Best of the Box were chosen by Frances Bean, the daughter of Cobain and Courtney Love. The cover photograph depicts a cardboard box filled with Nirvana and Cobain tapes, including a copy of the Fecal Matter demo. Some of the tapes have spilled out of the box and are strewn across the floor. Track listing "Spank Thru" (December 1985 Fecal Matter demo) – 3:45 "Heartbreaker" (March 1987 show in Raymond, Washington) – 2:59 "Mrs. Butterworth" (Summer 1987 band demo) – 4:05 "Floyd the Barber"