The Essential Kris Kristofferson | ||||
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Released | March 2, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 1969–1983 | |||
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Length | 2:07:58 | |||
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Kris Kristofferson chronology | ||||
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The Essential Kris Kristofferson is a 37-track, 2-CD compilation and career retrospective for Kris Kristofferson.
The compilation was released in 2004 and covers the period 1969–1999, although it focuses heavily on the years 1969–1971. Disc 1 covers only this period, spotlighting tracks from his first two albums, while Disc 2 mostly covers the rest of the 1970s, with only four songs from the 1980s (including one by The Highwaymen) and one from the 1990s.
Title | Performer | Writers | Original release | |
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1. | "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" | Kris Kristofferson | Kris Kristofferson | From the album Kristofferson (Monument, 1970) |
2. | "To Beat the Devil" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Kristofferson |
3. | "Just the Other Side of Nowhere" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Kristofferson |
4. | "Me and Bobby McGee" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson, Fred Foster | Kristofferson |
5. | "The Best of All Possible Worlds" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Kristofferson |
6. | "Casey's Last Ride" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Kristofferson |
7. | "Help Me Make It Through the Night" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Kristofferson |
8. | "Darby's Castle" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Kristofferson |
9. | "Jody and the Kid" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument, 1971) |
10. | "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | The Silver Tongued Devil and I |
11. | "For the Good Times" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Kristofferson |
12. | "Come Sundown" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the reissue of Kristofferson (Monument/Legacy, 2001; recorded 1969) |
13. | "From the Bottle to the Bottom" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album Singer/Songwriter (Sony, 1991; recorded 1971) |
14. | "Billy Dee" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | The Silver Tongued Devil and I |
15. | "Breakdown (A Long Way from Home)" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | The Silver Tongued Devil and I |
16. | "The Silver Tongued Devil and I" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | The Silver Tongued Devil and I |
17. | "The Taker" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson, Shel Silverstein | The Silver Tongued Devil and I |
18. | "The Pilgrim: Chapter 33" (live) | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the live festival album Big Sur Festival/One Hand Clapping (Various artists, Columbia, 1972) |
Title | Performer | Writers | Original release | |
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1. | "Border Lord" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson, Stephen Bruton, Donnie Fritts, Terry Paul | From the album Border Lord (Monument, 1972) |
2. | "The Sabre and the Rose" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album Easter Island (Monument, 1978) |
3. | "Broken Freedom Song" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album Spooky Lady's Sideshow (Monument, 1974) |
4. | "Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album Jesus Was a Capricorn (Monument, 1972) |
5. | "Shandy (The Perfect Disguise)" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Spooky Lady's Sideshow |
6. | "Sugar Man" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Jesus Was a Capricorn |
7. | "The Last Time" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album To the Bone (Monument, 1981) |
8. | "Nobody Wins" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Jesus Was a Capricorn |
9. | "I'd Rather Be Sorry" | Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge | Kristofferson | From the album Breakaway (Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge, Monument, 1974) |
10. | "Highwayman" | The Highwaymen (Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson & Johnny Cash) | Jimmy Webb | From the album Highwayman (The Highwaymen, Columbia, 1985) |
11. | "Don't Cuss the Fiddle" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame (Monument, 1975) |
12. | "The Bigger the Fool, the Harder the Fall" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson, Bruton, Michael Utley | Easter Island |
13. | "Stranger" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame |
14. | "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album Surreal Thing (Monument, 1976) |
15. | "Here Comes that Rainbow Again" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album The Winning Hand (Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton & Brenda Lee, Monument, 1982) |
16. | "Once More with Feeling" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson, Silverstein | From the album Shake Hands with the Devil (Monument, 1979) |
17. | "How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around" | Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson | Kristofferson, Bruton, Utley | From the soundtrack album Music from Songwriter (Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson, Columbia, 1984) |
18. | "Why Me" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | Jesus Was a Capricorn |
19. | "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" | Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | From the album The Austin Sessions (Atlantic, 1999) |
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