Rickie Lee Jones: Duchess of Coolsville: An Anthology - Disc 2 of 3 CD Track Listing

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Rickie Lee Jones Duchess of Coolsville: An Anthology - Disc 2 of 3 (2005)
Duchess of Coolsville: An Anthology - Disc 2 of 3\n2005 Rhino - Warner Strategic Marketing\n\nO Rickie Lee Jones, an artist who changed the face of pop in the 1970s in her own way beginning the marketplace its due. Critics have celebrated and vilified her. Her hardcore legion of fansve performances. But Jones has always been stubbornly true to the restless, sometimes tempestuould be. The three discs contained here feature generous helpings from all of her studio recordi rarities, such as "Easter Parade," performed with the Blue Nile, and the live version of "Someundtrack, as is "Atlas' Marker (Aviator's Song)," her contribution to Century of Song with Billatellites." The sequencing is another plus. While it may be irritating for those who like the "kes for a much more engaging , poetic, and surprising listen. It's a complete yet utterly wondereceding her read of "Bye Bye Blackbird" from Pop Pop. The package itself is elegant. It's not m peers such as Randy Newman, Emmylou Harris, Chuck E. Weiss, Quincy Jones, and others, as wellartist in her proper context: as an adventurer with a fiery yet tender heart that expresses itsare generally inconsistent affairs, usually due to the musicians' own eccentricities. For Ducherder. It's a unique, yet rather bizarre, concept that dispenses with all sense of continuity, eience. Selecting tracks from 10 albums that alternately focused on folk, jazz, pop standards, a. The 34 selections on the first two discs hit most, but not all, of the highlights from her ofining, these songs sparkle with fresh remastering, revealing production details most listeners vides a reasonably good overview of the Duchess of Coolsville's diverse, distinctive, and often her composition "Easy Money" for a Little Feat album. As an inimitable song stylist, she firstististically idiosyncratic path on a long string of beautiful, adventurous, and personal albumstrue heart, Rickie Lee's sound is one of the most authentic and original in contemporary music.ion of Rickie Lee Jones' work. Of course there are some glaring omissions as other reviewers ha the version included on this anthology has been shortened? They have completely taken out the d the full version of that song is included here. But, I always found it incredibly charming anemastered "Flying Cowboys" CD to hear "The Horses" as it was originally recorded. \n\nAMAZON.COest caliber, Rickie Lee has been making me smile and cry and dance and be glad to be alive for t, Rickie has never done anything without putting everything she has into the delivery of everyhat "Juke Box Fury" is missing is a shame, but to have Rickie's "Easter Parade" with the fabulot a taste of that here. Check her out the next time she is appearing anywhere near you. You wil)\nI own a lot of Rickie Lee Jones. I love her work. I disagree with the reviewer who thought tnfamiliar contexts. It's as if I'm hearing some of these songs for the first time. \n\nHer musi, like Louis Armstrong, in terms of innovating, changing our conception of what a voice can do.ckie Lee Jones' stature it says a lot about the mediocrity of the average American's musical tausician/lyricist. It's challenging in parts while eclectic throughout. \n\nListening to it, youars will have been divorced four times, in rehab twice that and probably weighing more than RosMr. D. "deanokat" (Grosse Pointe, MI USA)\nOver the years, I've learned that most people eitheris essential for any RLJ fan. The demos are great. The packaging, like most Rhino anthologies, le journey.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nRickie Lee, August 22, 2005\nReviewer: Thomas Schabaeed. Of course, much of her other work is extraordinary, and live she's unparalleled. But this ogy., August 7, 2005\nReviewer: M. P. Duffin (Detmold, Germany)\nI expect I'm only repeating whas already good!), and the "goodies" on the third disc are a welcome addition to the catalogue ery special lady indeed. I often wonder why she isn't as popular as the quality of her work rea a Home Run !!, July 29, 2005\nReviewer: Jimmy James "Jimmy James" (Canada)\nIf you like RLJ, twould be included but are not on this compilation: "Ghetto of my Mind," "The Real End," and, "Rwise remarkable retrospective. The third disc is very interesting from a songwriters / arranger a remarkably gifted songwriter and performer -- if you are unfamiliar with her recordings, thiong Kong)\nHi. The people who review reviews on the British site seem not to have noticed a verause the remastering standard of this Anthology is absolutely superb. Hats off to Dan Hersch atRhino for this invaluable update of Rickie Lee Jones music. \n\nThe music! Well, she, RLJ, is arustrated by the alphabetical sequencing on discs 1 and 2, but if you are prepared to go with tat you all over the place. For me, new friends included the old Sinatra number "Cycles" and thend of course "Chuck E's In Love". \n\nThe third disc is far better than most of these "odds andsong of romantic determination "Sunshine Superman" (performed in her most cheerful uptempo styl). Everyone will enjoy different items here. \n\nBut the full proof of RLJ's idiosyncratic brilHave fun making your own single-disc collection for the car! (Now - Warner/Rhino - do the decenman, Rob Wasserman, The Blue Nile \nProducer: David Was, Karen Ahmed (Compilation), Lenny Waronkeyboards); David Hidalgo (vocals, 8-string guitar); Dr. John (vocals, keyboards); Syd Straw (v); Greg Phillinganes (keyboard); Randy Newman (synthesizer); Chuck Rainey (bass instrument); Ro).\n\nWhile it's baffling that there was no Rickie Lee Jones anthology before 2005's DUCHESS OFth the singer/songwriter's idiosyncratic aesthetic in the way it cleverly careens through her cs acclaimed self-titled '79 debut, before landing briefly on her 1997 trip-hop album, GHOSTYHEAing her only true "hit," the poppy "Chuck E's in Love," and "The Horses," a beautiful ode to hesly unreleased live tracks and demos, in addition to collaborations with Dr. John, Bill Frisells\n3 stars out of 5 - [M]ost of the signature tunes are here....It's a bold attempt to cover he
This folk cd contains 14 tracks and runs 71min 35sec.
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