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| | Music from the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology | | | Music Artist : | | The Jayhawks | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sony Legacy | | Release Date : | | 2009-07-07 | | Store Price : | | $13.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $12.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Two Angels
2. Ain't No End
3. Waiting For The Sun
4. Martin's Song
5. Clouds
6. Settled Down Like Rain
7. Blue
8. I'd Run Away
9. Over My Shoulder
10. Miss Williams' Guitar
11. Trouble
12. Big Star
13. The Man Who Loved Life
14. Smile
15. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
16. What Led Me To This Town
17. Tailspin
18. All The Right Reasons
19. Save It For A Rainy Day
20. Angelyne
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 "...Never Thought That I'd Miss You...That I'd Miss You So Much..."
Submitted on: 2009-11-08 |
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American 88697 47043 2 is in tri-gatefold card sleeve with an extensive booklet and song choices overseen by key band member GARY LOURIS. This is the DELUXE EDITION - Disc 1 has 20 remastered tracks from their 6 studio albums (this disc is the one used for the standard single CD version); a bonus Disc 2 which contains 20 rarities (14 of which are previously unreleased) and a bonus DVD that gives you 7 Music Videos Plus 2 EPKs (Electronic Press Kits).
Here's a detailed track-by-track breakdown...
Disc 1 (76:29 minutes):
1. Two Angels
2. Ain't No End (1 and 2 from "Blue Earth", 1989)
3. Waiting For The Sun
4. Martin's Song
5. Clouds
6. Settled Down Like Rain (3 to 6 from "Hollywood Town Hall", 1992)
7. Blue
8. I'd Run Away
9. Over My Shoulder
10. Miss Williams' Guitar (7 to 10 from "Tomorrow The Green Grass", 1995)
11. Trouble
12. Big Star
13. The Man Who Loved Life (11 to 13 from "Sound Of Lies", 1997)
14. Smile
15. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
16. What Led Me To This Town (14 to 16 from "Smile", 2000)
17. Tailspin
18. All The Right Reasons
19. Save It For A Rainy Day
20. Angelyne (17 to 20 from "Rainy Day Music", 2003)
Disc 2 (76:10 minutes):
1. Falling Star (from "The Jayhawks", privately pressed US-only debut LP limited to 2000 copies, never officially on CD before)
2. Old Woman From Red Clay (Alternate Take of "Two Angels" from "Blue Earth")
3. That's The Bag I'm In (A Fred Neil cover Recorded Live for KFAL Radio in Minneapolis in October 1989)
4. Won't Be Coming Home (1991 Demo, Later Made Famous by GOLDEN SMOG)
5. Stone Cold Mess (Outtake from "Hollywood Town Hall" Sessions, 1992)
6. Mission On 2nd (Outtake from "Hollywood Town Hall" Sessions, 1992)
7. Lights (Victoria Williams cover specially recorded for the Various Artists compilation "Sweet Relief: A Benefit For Victoria Williams", 1993)
8. Darling Today (Non-Album B-side of USA CD single of "Blue", 1995)
9. Break My Mind (Non-Album B-side of USA CD single of "Bad Time", 1995)
10. Get The Load Out (Non-Album B-side of a European CD single of "Bad Time", 1995)
11. Poor Little Fish (Early Version, An Outtake from the "Sound Of Lies" Sessions, 1996)
12. Someone Will (1998 Demo for "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" from "Smile", first aired on "Live From The Women's Club Official Bootleg" CD in 2003)
13. Cure For This (1999 Previously Unreleased Track, has emerged as "Goodbye Kiss" by Janey Winterbauer and Marc Perlman on their "25:32:47" EP in early 2009)
14. I Can Make It On My Own (1998/1999 Demo from the "Smile" Sessions)
15. Rotterdam (1999 Demo of "All The Right Reasons")
16. Follow Me (2001 Demo by Tom O'Reagan)
17. In The Canyon (2001 Demo, Outtake from the "Rainy Day Music" Sessions)
18. Tailspin (2001 "Early Version" Demo from the "Rainy Day Music" Sessions)
19. I Think I've Had Enough (2001 Demo from the "Rainy Day Music" Sessions)
20. Help Me Forget (2001 Demo from the "Rainy Day Music" Sessions)
Tracks 2 to 6 and 11 to 20 are previously unreleased
"...Anthology..." is produced by JOHN JACKSON and PD LARSON (who also does the liner notes) with superb mastering by GREG CALBI at Sterling Sound in New York. The sound quality is really clean and musically upped a notch ("Blue" in particular is gorgeous - lyrics for this review above). The 26-page booklet gives detailed backgrounds to each song (especially the unreleased stuff) and even if the print is tiny, it makes for a really entertaining and informative read.
I'd expected the quality to dip on Disc 2, but for the most part it's actually a strong rival for the sheer melody of the songs on Disc 1. It's really impressive stuff. Fans will adore "Rotterdam" the demo version of "All The Right Reasons" (surely one of their strongest songs) while the "Poor Little Fish" alternate is them stretching out into soundscapes they normally wouldn't go anywhere near - and winning - I love it. Their cover of the Victoria Williams song "Lights" for her cancer relief CD project is both fantastically musical and poignant. The quirky videos for "Big Star" (bevies of babes petting the boys) and "Save It For A Rainy Day" (ballerina outfits and swimming pools) are just icing on an already rather cool little cupcake.
"Music From The North Country" is a superb overview of a great American band in the tradition of Big Star and R.E.M. - and classily done too. It truly is a shame that they're gone.
Recommended - big time. |
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A wonderful anthology for a beloved band
Submitted on: 2009-11-02 |
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| This anthology does the job - it gives a thorough and thoughtful overview of an overlooked band. I can't think of many, if any, great Jayhawks tracks that aren't anthologized in this collection. If you want to explain the greatness of this late and lamented band, this collection will make your point effectively. The supplemental disc of rarities both highlight the depth of the band's talent, while proving, by and large, that the band made the right choice in keeping most of these off their albums. Very highly recommended. |
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Music from the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology(Deluxe Edition)
Submitted on: 2009-09-07 |
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| CD Wonderful, I wish more people had access but unfortunately few know how to enjoy the good music |
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 4.5 stars... generous serving of the best of the Jayhawks
Submitted on: 2009-09-02 |
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In the Jayhawks universe, there is a clear divide between the output up to 1995 (with co-founder Mark Olson on board), and everything else after (when co-founder Gary Louis carried on). The Minneapolis band was hugely influental, but never found much commercial success and called it a day in 2005. (Not that that was the end of it, though, more on that later.)
"Music From the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology" (20 tracks; 77 min.) (the title of this bringing immediate thoughts of that other Minnesotan native, Bob Dylan, with his song "Girl From the North Country") brings a very generous serving of the best tracks of the band, and what a delight it is. The album is, thankfully, sequenced chronologically, bringing 2 tracks from 1989's "Blue Earth", 4 tracks from the band's best album, 1992's "Hollywood Town Hall" (it deserves more tracks, really), 4 tracks from 1995's "Tommorrow The Green Hall" (last album with Mark Olson), 3 tracks from 1997's "Sound of Lies", 3 tracks from the vastly underrated 2000's "Smile" and 4 tracks from the last album, the delightful 2003 "Rainy Day Music". In all, a terrific collection. Die-hard fans might argue over such-and-such track not being included, but at 77 min., this compilation is a job well done, period. (And for the die-hards, there is a "Deluxe" version of this compilation, with a second CD of demos, outtakes and live tracks.)
The good news is that Mark Olson and Gary Louris have finally reconciled and they released an excellent album in the Fall of 2008, "Ready For the Flood", which sounds quite different from the 'traditional' Jayhawks sound. Doesn't matter. Check it out, you won't be disappointed. I had the good fortune of seeing the Jayhawks in concert several times (although never in the pre-1995 clasic line-up with Mark Olson). Bottom line, many compilations are a hit-or-miss, but this one is well done, period, and highly recommended! |
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 If you have most Jayhawks CDs, skip on this unless you are a fanatic
Submitted on: 2009-07-25 |
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I hate to give this just three stars because I love The Jayhawks, especially the early Louris-Olson version. When Olson left to move to Joshua Tree with Victoria Williams (and create some great, hard-to-find music with the Creekdippers), The Jayhawks music just didn't have that "magic" anymore. It was good, but not great.
I admit that I downloaded this -- and kind of regret it now. The first CD is a good career-spanning "best of" collection. But I've got most of it already.
The second CD of outtakes, demos, alternate versions, and live takes shows a band in the making and is interesting to listen to -- once or twice. There's a third CD with 5 additional songs on it that is about the same as CD 2. It's OK, but nothing stunning.
I really, really didn't need the first CD, and I wish this had been available in two formats -- as the 3 CD set, and as a 2 CD set for those of us who are only duplicating our collections by getting the first CD.
If you are new to The Jayhawks, or only have one or two CDs, then I highly recommend this -- more for CD 1 than the other stuff. The second and third CDs are for confirmed Jayhawks fans only, IMHO. There's good stuff there, but nothing that will keep me coming back to listen to it again and again. |
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