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JOHN HIATT
Anthology (Hip-O)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale
How good a songwriter is John Hiatt? Ask Asleep At The Wheel, Roseanne Cash, Marshall Crenshaw, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Guy, Emmylou Harris, Nick Lowe, Willie Nelson, the Neville Brothers, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Rondstadt, Mitch Ryder or Irma Thomas. That's just a fraction of the noteworthy artists that have chosen to record John Hiatt songs, and you might notice that there are several there who are perfectly capable of turning out a decent tune or two on their own.
What's less well known, actually, is how good a performer Hiatt is in his own right. It seems like there's always a John Hiatt song somewhere around the charts by someone, but it's rarely his own recordings, which he's been cranking out regularly for nearly 30 years. This two disc collection offers a chance to hear lots of songs you're already familiar with in their original incarnations, and to hear a few more that you might have missed. 40 tracks can't contain every good song Hiatt's written but it provides plenty of room for plenty of great ones. Fact is, you probably don't have his full catalog, and you might not want it. It's a lot of stuff. But you really should have a representative sampling, and now you can have it all in one place. Hiatt deserves this treatment, and you deserve this set.
Track Lists:
Disc One: Sure As I'm Sittin' Here * Hangin' Around The Observatory * Down Home * Washable Ink * Slug Line * Radio Girl * Pink Bedroom * It Hasn't Happened Yet * Spy Boy * Doll Hospital * My Edge Of The Razor * Riding With The King * She Loves The Jerk * I Don't Even Try * The Love That Harms * The Way We Make A Broken Heart * When We Ran * The Usual * She Said The Same Things To Me * Lipstick Sunset * Thank You Girl * Have A Little Faith In Me
Disc Two: Memphis In The Meantime * Thing Called Love * Tennessee Plates * Slow Turning * Drive South * Feels Like Rain * Paper Thin * Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder * Real Fine Love * Perfectly Good Guitar * Buffalo River Home * Angel Eyes * Cry Love * Shredding The Document * Don't Think About Her When You're Trying To Drive (Little Village) * Pirate Radio * Crossing Muddy Waters * Take It Down
© 2001 - Shaun Dale