The Platinum Collection (Guy Clark album)

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The Platinum Collection
Platinumguyclark.jpg
Compilation album by
Released2008
Recorded1975–1995
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros.
Guy Clark chronology
Hindsight 21-20: Anthology 1975-1995
(2007)
The Platinum Collection
(2008)
Somedays the Song Writes You
(2009)

The Platinum Collection is an album by American singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 2008. Although the liner notes state that this album contains all twenty tracks from the 1978 album Guy Clark & the 1981 album The South Coast of Texas there are, in fact, 8 tracks from each album plus four from the 1992 album Boats to Build

Track listing

All songs by Guy Clark unless otherwise noted.

  1. "The Houston Kid" – 4:02
  2. "Fool on the Roof" – 4:12
  3. "Fools for Each Other" – 4:17
  4. "Voila, An American Dream" – 3:49
  5. "One Paper Kid" (Walter Cowart) – 3:25
  6. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:49
  7. "Comfort and Crazy" – 3:09
  8. "Don't You Take It Too Bad" (Townes Van Zandt) – 4:04
  9. "Must Be My Baby" – 2:55
  10. "New Cut Road" – 3:46
  11. "Rita Ballou" – 3:14
  12. "Heartbroke" – 3:02
  13. "Who Do You Think You Are" – 3:28
  14. "The South Coast of Texas" – 3:47
  15. "She's Crazy for Leavin'" (Clark, Crowell) – 2:55
  16. "Lone Star Hotel" – 3:26
  17. "Baton Rouge" (Clark, Crowley) – 2:48
  18. "The Partner Nobody Chose" (Clark, Crowley) – 3:11
  19. "Ramblin' Jack and Mahan" (Clark, Leigh) – 3:50
  20. "Too Much" (Clark, Parnell) – 2:56

Personnel

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