The Wallflowers - Collected [1996-2005] (2009)

Posted By : L@ter | Date : 02 Nov 2010 15:22:48 | Comments : 6 |

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As the title of their “Greatest Hits” collection indicates, the Wallflowers spent a decade together from the mid-‘90s into the new millennium where they offered up classic roots rock and singer-songwriter introspection with a modern twist. Led by Jakob Dylan, the son of popular music’s most legendary singer-songwriter, the Wallflowers released five studio albums, topped the charts with tunes such as this collection’s lead-off cut, the spooky, organ-haunted “One Headlight” and the equally atmospheric “6th Avenue Heartache,” and even won a couple of GRAMMY awards in the process. Dylan’s songwriting is both literate and muscular, using no- nonsense guitars and pure purring organs to cut through the solid, slashing drums. This neo-classic brand of rock ‘n’ roll easily slotted alongside old-time classics such as the Band and Graham Parker, as well as modern day practitioners Counting Crows and Wilco with tracks such as “Letters from the Wasteland,” “The Beautiful Side of Somewhere,” and “God Says Nothing Back” (appearing here as both finished studio track and early demo) that exude an ageless wisdom in their timeless truths. The Wallflowers

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Personnel
- Jacob Dylan – vocals, guitars
- Rami Jaffee – pianos, B3, upright piano, vox continental
- Creg Richling – bass
- Michael Ward – guitars
- Mario Calire – drums
- Fred Eltrincham – drums, percussion, backvocals

Tracklist

01. One Headlight
02. 6th Avenue Heartache
03. Three Marlenas
04. The Difference
05. Invisible City
06. Letters From The Wasteland
07. Hand Me Down
08. Sleepwalker
09. I've Been Delivered
10. When You're On Top
11. How Good It Can Get
12. Closer To You
13. The Beautiful Side Of Somewhere
14. God Says Nothing Back
15. Eat You Sleeping
16. God Says Nothing Back