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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0803415250820
Label: Snapper UK
Manufacturer: Snapper UK
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Snapper UK
Release Date: February 05, 2007
Sales Rank: 5733
Studio: Snapper UK
Disc 1:- Announcement
- Pancho & Lefty
- Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold
- Don't You Take It Too Bad
- Two Girls
- Fraternity Blues
- If I Needed You
- Brand New Companion
- White Freight Liner Blues
- To Live Is to Fly
- She Came and She Touched Me
- Talking Thunderbird Blues
- Rex's Blues
- Nine Pound Hammer
Disc 2:- For the Sake of the Song
- Chauffeur's Blues
- No Place to Fall
- Loretta
- Kathleen
- Why She's Acting This Way
- Cocaine Blues
- Who Do You Love?
- Tower Song
- Waiting 'Round to Die
- Tecumseh Valley
- Lungs
- Only Him or Me
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Album Details:
Culled from Van Zandt's Years of Independently Released Country-folk Records, the Austere Collection of Songs Here Serves, in Effect, as a Greatest-hits Package, Albeit with Glitches, Errant Noises, Goofy Jokes and Witty Anecdotes. Van Zandt's Dry, Narrative Wit was the Source of Influence for Such Singer-songwriters as Lyle Lovett, but One Would Be Hard-pressed to Find a More Simple, Prettier Love Song Than 'if I Needed You' (A Hit for Emmylou Harris) Or a More Riveting Ballad Than 'Kathleen', Both Sung with Focused Precision. The Old Quarter Falls as Silent as a Church. 'Brand New Companion' Shows off Van Zandt's Blues-picking Expertise. 'Talking Thunderbird Blues' Demonstrates his Wit. One of his Best Creations, 'For the Sake of the Song', Shows off his Poetic Strength. This is the Place to Start If You Are Just Entering the Parched, Spare Domain of Townes Van Zandt. By Album's End, You Will Be Thirsty for More.
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating: - Man, I never heard it that quiet in here before
This is probably the only review I'll ever write.
I stumbled upon Townes through the Big Lebowski.We watched that movie ad nauseam my Junior year of college, and I found the closing track, "Dead Flowers", to be profoundly haunting.I bought this album sight unseen, and it was the greatest purchase I've ever made.
As a direct result of buying this album, I bought an acoustic guitar and learned to play most of these songs.I've shared it with those closest to me, and ... Read More
Rating: - Extraordinary clarity and power from a increasingly forgotten singer
Townes Van Zandt was not a singer that I had heard of, until just recently.He was another Texas singer, whose drinking and drugging kept his career from taking off and killed him in his early 50s.Another familiar sad story, increased in his case by mental trouble (maniac depression).
Except for one thing.My goodness, the man could sing and write songs!This album is absolutely extraordinary.It consists of almost nothing but Van Zandt's voice, singing over a very muted guitar. ... Read More
Rating: - TVZ
Townes Van Zandt takes a back seat to no one.This work just reinforces that fact.
Rating: - Better than Dylan?
Next to Cash's Live at Folsom, this is the best country/folk/Americana live album ever made. I personally have always considered Bob Dylan far and away the premier songwriter of his time and I was put off by Steve Earle's oft quoted statement that TVZ is the best songwriter in the world (and he will stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in his cowboy boots and say that).
Ahhhh, this album shows Earle to be very close to being right. Townes' songs are PERFECTLY written, every word and phrase ... Read More
Rating: - The best
This is simply the best album I've ever heard. The depth and sophistication of Townes' lyrics are plenty evident, but the performance is nearly flawless too. He's in his prime, playing his songs the way they were meant to be played, and playing them flawlessly. I honestly consider this to be a major work of art on par with anything--music, painting, literature...anything--anyone has ever done.
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