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Bruce Hornsby: Greatest Radio Hits

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Label: RCA Records
Released: 2003.11.10
Time:
 76:55
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********** (10/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.brucehornsby.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2004.03.27
Price in €: 7,99



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[1] The Way It Is (B.Hornsby) - 4:57
[2] Mandolin Rain (B.Hornsby) - 5:19
[3] Every Little Kiss (B.Hornsby) - 5:48
[4] The Valley Road (B.Hornsby) - 4:42
[5] Look Out Any Window (B.Hornsby) - 5:28
[6] Jacob's Ladder [live*] (B.Hornsby/P-Hornsby) - 4:34
[7] The End of the Innocence [live*] (Henley/B.Hornsby) - 7:18
[8] Across the River (B.Hornsby) - 5:11
[9] Lost Soul (B.Hornsby) - 5:20
[10] Set Me in Motion (B.Hornsby) - 4:33
[11] Fields of Gray (Hornsby) - 4:52
[12] Walk in the Sun (Hornsby) - 4:43
[13] See the Same Way (Hornsby) - 5:38
[14] The Good Life (Hornsby) - 3:46
[15] Go Back to Your Woods* (Hornsby/Robertson) - 4:46

* - Previously unreleased versions.

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BRUCE HORNSBY - Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Accordion, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Dulcimer (Hammer), Synthesizer Bass, Compilation Producer, Wurlitzer, Mini Moog

PHIL COLLINS - Tambourine, Background Vocals
JERRY GARCIA - Guitar
PAT METHENY - Guitar
JIMMY HASLIP - Bass
BEVERLY K. BAKER - Viola
MATT CHAMBERLAIN - Drums
LAMONT COWARD - Percussion
SONNY EMORY - Drums
JOHN LEVENTHAL - Bouzouki, Guitar
MIKE MANGINI - Drum Programming
DAVID MANSFIELD - Guitar, Mandolin, Violin
JOHN MOLO - Percussion, Drums
LAURA ROELOFS PARK - Violin
JOHN "J.T." THOMAS - Organ, Keyboards, Vocals
DOUG DERRYBERRY - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
BOBBY READ - Saxophone, Vocals
JOE PUERTA - Bass, Background Vocals
J. COLLIER - Bass
GEORGE MARINELLI JR. - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Background Vocals

JOE LEE - Background Vocals
SHAWN MURPHY - Background Vocals
DAVE HOLLISTER - Background Vocals
LEVI LITTLE - Background Vocals
LAURA CREAMER - Background Vocals
SHAWN COLVIN - Background Vocals

NEIL DORFSMAN - Producer
DON GEHMAN - Producer
ELLIOT SCHEINER - Producer
WAYNE POOLEY - Producer, Mixing
JOHN PARIS - Programming
DANNY CLINCH - Photography, Tray Card
TED JENSEN - Mastering
STEVE STRAUSS - Compilation Producer
PETER MILLER - Photography
DENNIS KEELEY - Photography
GARY GRAFF - Liner Notes

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2004 CD RCA 55971



Die CD sammelt alles Hits von Bruce Hornsby aus den Jahren 1986-2002. Zusätzlich sind ein unveröffentlichtes Stück ("Go Back To Your Woods") und zwei bekannte Tracks ("End of the Innocence" und "Jacob's Ladder") in unveröffentlichten Live-Versionen.



Finally, a long overdue collection from vocalist/pianist Bruce Hornsby was issued in 2004. The superb Greatest Radio Hits compiles 15 songs, including his charted singles. Eight Bruce Hornsby & the Range numbers and seven solo tracks are featured. Adding "radio" to the greatest-hits title and Hornsby's comments in the liner notes indicate a strong belief in the unpredictability of what becomes a hit. Hornsby's jazz-influenced pop/rock, particularly with the Range, certainly stood out from the rest of the Top 40 pack in the late '80s. Each of his two finest songs, "The Way It Is" and "The Valley Road," packed a fine melodic wallop wrapped in socially conscious lyrics. The brilliant classic "The Way It Is" hit number one in 1986 arguably on the strength of its instantly memorable piano hooks, but who could have expected its heartfelt examination of racism, civil rights, and social inequality to top the charts at the height of the Reagan era? "The Valley Road" was an infectiously melodic number five single, yet its melody enveloped subtle lyrics about out-of-wedlock pregnancy, abortion, and class division set in rural, small-town America. Other hits with the Range are "Mandolin Rain," "Every Little Kiss," "Look Out Any Window," "Lost Soul" (with Shawn Colvin on vocals), the underrated "Across the River" (with Jerry Garcia on guitar), and "Set Me in Motion" from the Backdraft soundtrack. Solo songs include "Fields of Gray," "Walk in the Sun," "See the Same Way," "The Good Life," and three previously unreleased tracks: "Go Back to Your Woods" and fascinating live versions of "Jacob's Ladder" (which Huey Lewis & the News took to number one) and "The End of the Innocence" (co-written with Don Henley, who had a Top Ten hit with his take). Greatest Radio Hits is destined to be a perennial catalog best-seller, and deservedly so.

Bret Adams - All-Music Guide, © 1992 - 2004 AEC One Stop Group, Inc.



This mellifluous singer-songwriter-keyboardist wears many hats -- in-demand session player, Grateful Dead accomplice, jazz explorer. This collection, however, sticks to Hornsby basics, the smooth-yet-crafty keyboard-rock songs that have become radio staples over the years -- from the warm "The Way It Is" to the engaging "The Valley Road." The set doesn't just cover those bases, though: It's rounded out by a passel of previously unreleased material highlighted by an extended and revamped take on "The End of the Innocence," the Hornsby composition that became a huge hit for Don Henley. Similarly, his version of "Go Back to Your Woods" departs significantly from the rendition that coauthor Robbie Robertson issued on his 1991 offering, Storyville. A live version of "Jacob's Ladder," featuring some of Hornsby's trademark keyboard vamping, is the icing on a cake that's sure to go down very well with fans.

David Sprague - Barnes and Noble
 

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