David Wilcox - The Very Best Of David Wilcox '2001

Tracks list

The Very Best of David Wilcox is drawn from only the second, third, and fourth
albums of a singer/songwriter who had recorded eight albums by the time of its
release, which should give a good idea of its completeness. Wilcox signed to A&M
Records in 1989 after issuing his debut album, Nightshift Watchman, himself, and
he made three albums for the label before being cut loose in 1994 after failing
to sell records in sufficiently large numbers to justify a big record contract.
This 20-track compilation of that five-year period in his career includes seven
cuts from his six-figure-selling second album and A&M debut, How Did You Find Me
Here, six from its follow-up, Home Again, and appropriately, only four from the
troubled third collection, Big Horizon (plus, ironically, one of the recordings
from the first version of that album, which A&M rejected at the time). The
choices are good, and they emphasize the consistency of Wilcox's work. Two
bonuses spice things up: "Johnny's Camaro" (later featured on the 1996 live set
East Asheville Hardware) and "Daddy's Money" (first heard on Nightshift
Watchman) are presented in live versions drawn from A&M promotional discs. Both
are humorous songs that reveal Wilcox's wit and satiric bite, talents not much
on display in the more serious and sometimes oh-so-sensitive songs on his studio
recordings. There are plenty of equally impressive tunes on later albums
released on Koch and Vanguard, but the novice should get a good idea of Wilcox's
style on this album, even if it doesn't actually span his career.

Tracklist:
1 01. David Wilcox - Eye Of The Hurricane (03:36)
1 02. David Wilcox - Language Of The Heart (04:41)
1 03. David Wilcox - Rusty Old American Dream (02:35)
1 04. David Wilcox - How Did You Find Me Here (03:10)
1 05. David Wilcox - Leave It Like It Is (02:57)
1 06. David Wilcox - Johnny's Camaro (Live) (07:01)
1 07. David Wilcox - Saturday They'll All Be Back Again (04:02)
1 08. David Wilcox - The Kid (04:57)
1 09. David Wilcox - Daddy's Money (Live) (03:54)
1 10. David Wilcox - Farther To Fall (03:54)
1 11. David Wilcox - Top Of The Roller Coaster (02:42)
1 12. David Wilcox - Covert War (04:44)
1 13. David Wilcox - Advertising Man (02:26)
1 14. David Wilcox - Last Chance Waltz (03:35)
1 15. David Wilcox - Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song (05:59)
1 16. David Wilcox - Strong Chemistry (03:28)
1 17. David Wilcox - New World (03:27)
1 18. David Wilcox - That's What The Lonely Is For (Alternate Version) (04:05)
1 19. David Wilcox - Break In The Cup (04:01)
1 20. David Wilcox - Farthest Shore (03:37)

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