The Best of Eric Andersen

The Best of Eric Andersen

Track Listings

1. My Land Is a Good Land

2. Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin'

3. Thirsty Boots

4. Hustler

5. Close the Door Lightly When You Go

6. Song to J.C.B.

7. Dusty Box Car Wall

8. Looking Glass

9. Bumblebee

10. Violets of Dawn

11. Eyes Gently Rolling

12. Just a Country Dream

13. All I Remember Is You

14. Rollin' Home

15. Miss Lonely Are You Blue

16. Broken Hearted Mama

17. Woman Is a Prism

18. Hello Sun

Tracks:

My Land Is A Good Land
Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin'
Thirsty Boots
The Hustler
Close The Door Lightly
Song To J.C.B.
Dusty Box Car Wall
Looking Glass
Bumblebee
Violets Of Dawn
Eyes Gently Rolling
Just A Country Dream
All I Remember Is You
Rollin' Home
Miss Lonely Are You Blue
Broken Hearted Mama
A Woman Is A Prism
Hello Sun

Customer Reviews:

Not the Best of..........2007-06-17

I am not from this era of folk music, but I love good folk music. Eric Andersen has produced some great folk, but this is not his best. Yes, the songs are still good, because they are his, but they are "overproduced", I think is the right word. If you are looking to get introduced to Eric or thinking about catching up on his great music, then I would recommend 'Bout Changes and Things. Many of the songs on the albums overlap and the versions on 'Bout Changes are more folkie, finding just Eric and his guitar. He may not be the best guitarist or vocalist, but he is definitely worth having in your collection.

Not the orignal recordings, but still very good.......2002-06-13

This album is controversial because it features re-recordings of some of this Greenwich Village folkie's best material, made with larger arrangements and orchestrations that sometimes blot out the gentle, quavering quality of his original acoustic recordings. Still, Andersen was one of the most unique voices of the early '60s folk scene and even in altered form, his songs are quite effective. (Besides, didn't *he* make the alterations? So get over it!) It is lamentable that there doesn't seem to be a comparable "best-of" of his earlier recordings, but even with the goofy bells and string arrangements, "My Land" is still a great patriotic anthem, and "Thirsty Boots" is still a great Woody Guthrie imitation. Worth checking out

Coffee,Cream & Sugar.......2001-07-06

I'm in the minority on this one, but I prefer Eric Andersen's early coffeehouse sound. His signature song has always been "Thirsty Boots". Look up most early various artists folk collections and you'll find the classic "Violets Of Dawn". The rest of these songs are also enjoyable with Eric singing solidly with a full band. Maybe the majority prefer "Blue River", but "The Best Of" is definitely top two. This is a good example where simple makes for outstanding.

Best of Eric Andersen?.......2001-01-12

This album does not deserve the tittle. If you want to listen to Eric's best songs, find some of his solos. Eric is at his best when only he and himself plays the guitar (and harmonica) and sings. Only in that way can you feel the charm of his voice! You can Testify it by listening to "Boot of Blue" and "Come to My Bedside" in the album THE ORIGINAL NEW FOLKS.

Good 60's Folks, preview of talent to come!.......1998-08-28

Good solid folk albumn. It's a good lead in to his current work. His later and current stuff is better If you can find "Ghost's on the Road" get it!!

Average customer rating:

Not As Focused as He Usually Is
Passionate blues CD
A great album!
Best Album I Have Heard This Year.
Another delightful masterpiece

You Can't Relive the Past
Eric Andersen
Manufacturer: Appleseed Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000047873
Release Date: 2000-02-22

Tracks:

Eyes Of The Immigrant
You Can't Relive The Past
Gonna Go Crazy
Meadowlark
Every Once In A Pale Blue Moon
Stand Me Up Easy
Dear Mama
The Road
Cold Country
Night Train
Magdalena
The Blue March (The Iris)
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Amazon.com

Perhaps you can't relive your past, but for Eric Andersen escape is no option. In these 13 songs--sung in a desolate whisper, played like a seance at Parchman Farm--Andersen, who Bob Dylan has called "a great ballad writer," pursues his darkest memories with one ear cocked to the Delta, the other listening for "the wisdom of Job ... old as the devil." Andersen recorded half of the album in New York and half in Mississippi: Artie Traum picks sparkling lines and Lucy Kaplansky adds sweet harmonies on the acoustic New York material, while a small combo of blues musicians--including legendary drummer Sam Carr and slide guitarist Kenny Brown--add a haunting and muscular electric groove on the Delta cuts. There are also notable writing collaborations with Lou Reed, who cowrites and sings on the title track, and four songs penned with Townes Van Zandt--brooding meditations on mortality imaged in snakelike roads and meadowlark laments. Easy listening? No, but essential for devotees of songwriting at its darkest and deepest. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Not As Focused as He Usually Is.......2003-02-02

Eric Andersen is a great writer with a terrific baritone voice that infuses a sense of haunting melancholy into his songs. It is a great, great instrument in the service of his folk or Norwegian heritage material, but somehow isn't quite the ticket for the blues based in Northern Mississippi. The several tracks here recorded with Sam Carr, Super Chickan and Kenny Brown, all colleagues of R. L. Burnside, just down come across as anything other than noble efforts. The songs themselves don't really fit Burnside's posse anyway, but it somehow seems that once you take this music off the porch and put it in a studio, the sanitization takes something away. Andersen is a good bit more erudite than Burnside, and that actually doesn't help. Burnisde and the Northern Mississippi heritage are ever and always about that feral moan, at times deeply painful at times sexually playful. The collaboration with Townes Van Sandt is the best of these tunes. The other "blues" numbers are respectful but not convincing. This is blues music for people who go to folk festivals and think somehow they're gettin down. I guess....

Which brings us back to the other tunes, all of which are terrific songs, with the possible exception of the title track, aided and abetted by Lou Reed, and that's not a good thing either. Lou is fine in Lou's world. Out of that, he tends to leaden the proceedings, and he's no harmonist. Elsewhere Lucy Kaplansky is just amazing, and that seems to underscore how overlooked she is. Her efforts with Eric's songs are absolutely what is required. The standout track here is "Meadowlark", a nostalgic recollection of the road north to Canada. Everything about this piece is filled with Eric's remarkable craft, and the longing for one's home is especially poignantly delivered.
So, this is a disc that somewhat suffers from trying to be too many things. At the time of its release, Burnside was in ascendancy on the music radar, but it's one thing to respect that world, and sometimes you should leave it at that.

Passionate blues CD.......2001-02-28

This artist was previously relatively unknown to me; at about the same time as I bought this CD I realized the importance of the blues to the music of the Woodstock Era. There are an abundance of riches here, one of the least noticed of which may be the backing female vocal. The CD is evenly divided into blues and other songs; the two best blues songs, "Night Train" and "Gonna Go Crazy" are also funny while a third, "The Blue March," tries to be a major work about New Orleans and falls a little short in my opinion. But there is much more. There are the two opening songs, each of which is a song of considerable merit. There are two minor-keyed ballads, "Meadowlark" and "The Road"; there are three other songs of considerable passion: "Dear Mama", "Cold Country" "Magdalena" and also several other blues songs.

A great album!.......2000-07-10

This was my first dive into the Eric Anderson catalog. Boy, what a find. This guy is really good. He is helped along on one track by Lou Reed. He is a good singer with some decent musicianship. This is a strong album and I'm looking forward to purchasing more CD's by Anderson.

Best Album I Have Heard This Year........2000-06-02

I'm going to go out on a limb, and say this may be the best work Eric Andersen has ever done. Beautifully written, hauntingly performed with some of his best singing ever. The folk-oriented songs are some of the strongest & most mature he's written, while the blues songs are a bold experiment (and how many artists with a 35-year-career behind them are still experimenting?) that pay off beautifully. More people deserve to know about this one...any fan of Eric Andersen, Townes Van Zandt, Dylan, or any kind of folk/blues music will love this. Buy it...you won't regret it.

Another delightful masterpiece.......2000-03-21

Eric Andersen has struck gold with You Can't Relive the Past. I love the variety of song styles, and my favorite song is "Eyes of the Immigrant", both for its theme and its gorgeous lyrics and melody. Its opening reminds me of "Moonchild River Song" from years back. Every Eric Andersen fan should buy this CD immediately-it's great!

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