Best of the Cowboy Junkies | ||||
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Released | August 21, 2001 [1] | |||
Genre | Alternative country, blues rock | |||
Length | 1:07:42 [1] | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Producer | Paul Williams [2] | |||
Cowboy Junkies chronology | ||||
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Best of the Cowboy Junkies is a 2001 greatest hits compilation of Cowboy Junkies' songs recorded for RCA Records. All songs are drawn from the band's RCA Records albums: The Trinity Session , The Caution Horses , Black Eyed Man and Pale Sun, Crescent Moon .
All tracks are written by Michael Timmins, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
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1. | "Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)" | Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | The Trinity Session , 1988 | 4:31 |
2. | "Sweet Jane" | Lou Reed | The Trinity Session | 3:37 |
3. | "Misguided Angel" | Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins | The Trinity Session | 4:55 |
4. | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | Hank Williams | The Trinity Session | 5:28 |
5. | "Rock and Bird" | The Caution Horses , 1990 | 3:32 | |
6. | "Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning" | The Caution Horses | 3:59 | |
7. | "Escape Is So Simple" | The Caution Horses | 5:18 | |
8. | "Cause Cheap Is How I Feel" | The Caution Horses | 4:17 | |
9. | "To Live Is to Fly" | Townes Van Zandt | Black Eyed Man , 1992 | 4:27 |
10. | "Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park" | Black Eyed Man | 4:33 | |
11. | "Southern Rain" | Black Eyed Man | 4:53 | |
12. | "Cowboy Junkies Lament" | Townes Van Zandt | Black Eyed Man | 3:10 |
13. | "Anniversary Song" | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon , 1993 | 3:13 | |
14. | "Cold Tea Blues" | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon | 2:48 | |
15. | "Ring on the Sill" | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon | 4:24 | |
16. | "Hard to Explain" | Ray Agee | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon | 4:37 |
Total length: | 67:42 |
No. | Title | From the album | Length |
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17. | "A Horse in the Country" | Black Eyed Man | 3:50 |
RCA assembled this greatest hits album without participation with the band, using the albums in the RCA catalog. Junkies fan sites suggest boycotting the album, and support the purchasing Waltz Across America instead. [5]
The Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country and folk rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1985 by Alan Anton (bassist), Michael Timmins, Peter Timmins (drummer) and Margo Timmins (vocalist). The three Timminses are siblings, and Anton worked with Michael Timmins during their first couple of bands. John Timmins was initially a member of the band but left the group before the recording of their first album. The band line-up has never changed since, although they use several guest musicians on many of their albums, including multi-instrumentalist Jeff Bird who has performed on every album except the first.
The Trinity Session is the second album by alternative rock band Cowboy Junkies, released in 1988.
The Caution Horses is the third studio album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 1990.
Black Eyed Man is the fourth studio album by Cowboy Junkies, released in 1992. The album continues the band's evolution from a spare country blues style to a more mainstream country rock style.
Pale Sun, Crescent Moon is the fifth studio album by Canadian country rock band Cowboy Junkies, released in 1993. It was the band's last album of new material for RCA Records, although a live album and a greatest hits compilation were subsequently released on the label. Canadian guitarist Ken Myhr appears on every track on this album.
Whites Off Earth Now!! is a 1986 studio album by Cowboy Junkies. It was the band's debut album, and is composed almost entirely of rock and blues covers. Only one song, "Take Me", is an original song by the band.
Lay It Down is the sixth studio album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies. Released on February 27, 1996, it was the group's first album for Geffen Records after the end of their contract with RCA Records. It was the band's first album that could be described as straight-ahead rock, rather than country rock, country or blues. It was also their first album consisting entirely of original material, with no covers. "A Common Disaster" and "Speaking Confidentially" were notable hits for the band on Canadian radio.
Miles from Our Home is the seventh studio album by Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, which was released in 1998. It was their second and final album for Geffen Records. The title track was a significant hit in their native Canada. Following this album, the Junkies were dropped from the Geffen record label. The Junkies moved to an independent label, Latent Recordings, for their subsequent albums.
Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 1999. It was the band's first independent release after the end of their contract with Geffen Records. The album is a compendium of tracks that the band had recorded but not previously released on an album. Two tracks have been released earlier as B-sides on Cowboy Junkies' singles, "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" on "Southern Rain" and "Leaving Normal" on "Anniversary Song". It was released on both True North Records and Latent Recordings in Canada, and on Valley Records in the United States.
Studio: Selected Studio Recordings 1986–1995 is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 1996.
Open is an album by the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2001. It was the band's third independent release after the end of their contract with Geffen Records, and the first of those to feature new material. The album was released on Latent Recordings in Canada, and on Zoë Records internationally.
One Soul Now is a 2004 album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies. It is their first album of new material since Open in 2001. It was released on Latent Recordings in Canada, and Zoë Records internationally.
Platinum & Gold Collection is a 2003 compilation of Cowboy Junkies songs recorded for RCA Records. The album is the second compilation of the band's singles released by RCA in just three years, following 2001's Best of the Cowboy Junkies, and is part of the label's Platinum & Gold Collection series of discount-priced singles anthologies. All songs are drawn from the band's RCA Records albums: The Trinity Session, The Caution Horses, Black Eyed Man and Pale Sun, Crescent Moon.
Latent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label founded in 1981. It was dormant in the 1990s while the Cowboy Junkies were signed to American labels, but began to release independently produced albums in the 2000s. By the late 2000s, it sold downloads and CDs online.
Early 21st Century Blues is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2005. The album features two original songs and covers of material by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, George Harrison and Richie Havens. The record has a very strong anti-war message, while also protesting public apathy towards the political process.
"Walk" is a song by American heavy metal band Pantera from their sixth album Vulgar Display of Power. A live performance of "Walk" is included on Official Live: 101 Proof, and the studio version is also on the band's greatest hits album, The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!.
Greatest Hits is the second compilation album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers. It was released in September 1980 and issued by Liberty Records. The album marks Rogers' first release after United Artists Group merged with Liberty. The album has achieved diamond certification.
Trinity Revisited is an album and a film by the Cowboy Junkies, released on October 8, 2007. It is a remake of the Junkies' most famous album, The Trinity Session. The new album was recorded in the fall of 2006 at Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity, the same venue where the original album was recorded.
Demons is an album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies, released in 2011. It contains eleven Vic Chesnutt covers. It is Volume Two of the Nomad Series.
Greatest Hits is the twelfth major album release by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 18 November 2011 by RCA Records and Sony Music. Greatest Hits is the group's second greatest hits album following Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2002) and their last before their split months later and reformation six years later. The album is the group's first album not under Syco Music and not under the tutelage of Simon Cowell, having left Syco and Cowell in March 2011. It was also the band's seventh album released as a four-piece. The greatest hits album contains numerous singles that span throughout the band's career, as well as six live tracks, two from BBC Proms in the Park and four from Live at O2 Arena. Another four new songs produced by John Shanks, which includes the lead single "Lighthouse", which was released on 14 November 2011. The compilation was released in two different formats, a standard edition containing the album's eighteen tracks, and a deluxe edition featuring numerous other singles of the band's discography, as well as a DVD containing almost all of the band's music videos on the past fourteen years of their music career.