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The Essential Collection
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Track Listing
- A Commercial Proposition
- Thoughts For A Friend
- What We Say
- And Me
- The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
- Mare, Take Me Home
- My Lady
- Road To Ronderlin
- Tell Me Why
- To Love
- Woodstock
- Ballad Of Obray Ramsey
- Blood Red Roses
- D'Arcy Farrow
- Jinkson Johnson
- Something In The Way She Moves
- Southern Comfort
- Scion
- Colorado Springs Eternal
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #35583 in Music
- Released on: 1999-03-20
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 66 minutes
Customer Reviews
Almost stardust, almost golden.
This is stardust, this is golden. Well, sort of. The version of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Woodstock’ included here was the very first single I bought by myself without the aid of a parent, so it is special for me. Years later the chiming introduction and the golden toned harmonies still exert a hold over me. But what of the rest of this compilation? The rest is mostly accomplished country rock with a number of Matthews compositions and covers of songs by such as Neil Young, Richard Thompson and James Taylor. Although Matthew’s own songwriting doesn’t quite possess the cutting edge of some of his contemporaries his songs do grow on you and have a charming bittersweet quality. The covers though do tend to be the stronger songs, standouts being Neil Young’s ‘After the Goldrush’ track ‘Tell Me Why’, ‘Woodstock’ (of course), Jesse Winchester’s ‘The Brand New Tennessee Waltz’ and James Taylor’s ‘Something In The Way She Moves’.
If you like country rock, if, you like a slight tinge of folk rock, if you like early Fairport Convention (Matthews features on their very essential second and third albums ‘What We Did On Our Holidays’ and ‘Unhalfbricking’), if you like the early Jefferson Airplane, if you like early Joni, if you like melodic music impeccably sung then this should prove a worthwhile diversion. Having never heard the three Matthews Southern Comfort albums I can’t tell you how representative this is or if there are any glaring omissions but it sounds good to me. At a time when everybody and their dog are being rediscovered, remastered and reissued, Matthews Southern Comfort seem to have disappeared under the radar, which is a shame. Please don't ignore this compilation, it's surprisingly good.
Still enjoyable after all this time!
I may be a bit biased because Andrew Leigh (bass player) is my dad but I wasn't introduced to their music until about 10 years ago. I still enjoy listening to this album; a great combination of vocals and guitars that produce an original sound of country mixed with soft rock. Some of it chilled, some of it lively but altogether very pleasing to the ear!
CLASSIC SEVENTIES MUSIC.
A BUMPER COLLECTION OF COUNTRY ROCK WITH IT'S ROOT FIRMLY IN THE SEVENTIES. GUITAR AND VOCALS DOMINATE ALL TRACKS AND THE QUALITY OF THE SONG WRITING IS OUTSTANDING. THIS IS A COLLECTION FOR THOSE OF US WHO LONG FOR THE BYGONE DAYS OF FLOWER POWER AND "PEACE AND LOVE" OF OUR YOUTH, THOUGH YOUNGER FANS WILL ALSO FIND TRACKS TO PLEASE THEM. THE ANTHEM LIKE NUMBER ONE WOODSTOCK IS FEATURED ON THIS ALBUM ALONG WITH EIGHTEEN OTHER WONDERFULL TRACKS. I ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO LISTEN TO PURE MUSIC THE WAY IT SOUNDED AS IT LEFT THE INSTRUMENT, WITHOUT IT BEING PUT THROUGH VARIOUS ELECTRONIC GIZMOS.
