While new music is out of the question for Sublime since the untimely death of main songwriter-vocalist-guitarist Brad Nowell, the band left behind enough music for one and possibly more posthumous releases. Second-Hand Smoke is a nineteen-song collection of previously unreleased material plus remixed and/or remastered Sublime "classics." Of the six in the latter category, "Saw Red" (with No Doubt's Gwen Stephani co-crooning) and "Doin' Time" are most worthy of another go-round. In fact, "Doin' Time" stands up to two reincarnations: the appropriately titled "Uptown Dub" version as remixed by Paul Leary (Butthole Surfers) and Second-Hand Smoke compiler Michael "Miguel" Happoldt; and the "Eerie Splendor Remix," rehashed by Mad Lion (Sean Perry) of KRS-One fame. (A five-track CD single of "Doin' Time" remixes will be released in conjunction with the album.)

Originally recorded for 1996's Sublime but left off the final track list, "Superstar Punani" is one of the better previously unreleased songs; whipping along in frenetic dance mode, the ska-happy little ditty could settle easily in beside a Reel Big Fish number. Also appealing are "Get Out," which was remixed to exclude an English hair band sample and include song bits from Mike Watt and Living Colour; "What's Really Goin' Wrong," an old-school punk-rock song that was actually recorded in the mid-nineties for a surf movie; and a sparse and spontaneous version of Bob Marley's "Trenchtown Rock," featuring Nowell's scratchy vocals.

In the better-left-in-obscurity category: "Slow Ride" is cool and smooth, but at just over four minutes, tends to drag on; "Chick on My Tip" combines rockabilly flavors with an immature party-dude mentality; "Had a DAT," recorded in 1989, sounds like a couple of guys free-stylin' in the studio with plenty of cannabis and the tape rolling; and "Garbage Grove" is a crudely recorded acoustic number that doesn't benefit from recent studio enhancements. Second-rate B-side-caliber tunes do outnumber the true finds here, but hardcore Sublime fans will still find plenty to their liking, and that's ultimately who this set has been assembled for.