ALBUMS:
-- Greatest Hits (1970-2020) (released 3 December 2021) --
Track Listing:
Click song titles to see lyrics, other albums the song appears on, and known comments by Bruce Cockburn on the song. Track lengths are not guaranteed as they occasionally change with format (i.e. CD/vinyl) and release version.
[disc 1]
[1] Going to the Country (from 'Bruce Cockburn' 1970) (3:12)
[2] Musical Friends (from 'Bruce Cockburn' 1970) (2:57)
[3] One Day I Walk (from 'High Winds White Sky') (3:08)
[4] Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long * (from 'Waiting For a Miracle' 1987) (6:26)
[5] All the Diamonds (from 'Sun, Salt, and Time' 1974) (2:41)
[6] Silver Wheels (from 'In The Falling Dark' 1976) (4:42)
[7] Wondering Where the Lions Are (from 'Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws' 1979) (3:44)
[8] Tokyo (from 'Humans' 1980) (3:29)
[9] Rumours of Glory (from 'Humans' 1980) (5:03)
[10] The Coldest Night of the Year (from 'Mummy Dust' 1981) (4:26)
[11] Wanna Go Walking (from 'Inner City Front' 1981) (2:54)
[12] The Trouble with Normal ('The Trouble With Normal' 1983) (3:37)
[13] Lovers in a Dangerous Time (from 'Stealing Fire' 1984) (4:06)
[14] If I Had a Rocket Launcher (from 'Stealing Fire' 1984) (4:59)
[15] Call it Democracy (from 'World of Wonders' 1986) (3:52)
[16] People See Through You (from 'World of Wonders' 1986) (3:46)
[disc 2]
[1] Waiting for a Miracle (from 'Waiting For A Miracle' 1987) (4:50)
[2] Stolen Land (from 'Waiting For A Miracle' 1987) (5:42)
[3] If A Tree Falls (from 'Big Circumstance' 1988) (5:42)
[4] A Dream Like Mine (from 'Nothing But A Burning Light' 1991) (4:55)
[5] Listen For The Laugh (from 'Dart To The Heart' 1994) (4:06)
[6] Night Train (from 'The Charity of Night' 1997) (6:14)
[7] Pacing The Cage (from 'The Charity of Night' 1997) (4:38)
[8] Last Night Of The World (from 'Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu' 1999) (4:52)
[9] Anything Anytime Anywhere (from 'Anything Anytime Anywhere' 2002) (3:35)
[10] Open (from 'You’ve Never Seen Everything' 2003) (4:03)
[11] Put it In Your Heart (from 'You’ve Never Seen Everything' 2003) (5:23)
[12] Different When It Comes To You (from 'Life Short Call Now' 2006) (2:57)
[13] Call Me Rose (from 'Small Source of Comfort' 2011) (3:16)
[14] States I’m In (from 'Bone on Bone' 2017) (5:41)
Album Info:
Format: CD
Label: True North
Rel. Date: 12/03/2021
UPC: 620638078624
The consummate collection curated by Bruce Cockburn himself, presents 30 songs over a double album that defines the acclaimed singer-songwriters' 50 year career. These songs are both the ones that shot to the top of the charts when they were released, and also are the fan favourites most often requested at Bruce's concerts. With over 125 minutes of music, and notes on each song by the artist.
Liner Notes:
Compilation produced by: Bernie Finkelstein, Bruce Cockburn and Colin Linden
Song Notes by Bruce Cockburn
Mastered by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound, New Jersey.
All songs written by Bruce Cockburn except "Stolen Land" which is written by Bruce Cockburn and Hugh Marsh.
All songs published by Rotten Kiddies Music LLC (BMI). All Rights Administered by Round Hill Carlin LLC.
Except "Stolen Land" which is published by Rotten Kiddies Music LLC (BMI) All Rights Administered by Round Hill Carlin LLC and Hugh William Marsh
And "Going To The Country", "Musical Friends" and "States I'm In" which are published by Holy Drone Corp. (SOCAN)
Art Direction, design and layout by A Man Called Wrycraft, Toronto
Cover Photograph by Resa Blobaum
Inner Sleeve Photograph by Graham Nash (shot at Mariposa Folk Festival 1970)
Inside Photography by Daniel Keebler, Kevin Kelly, Bart Schoales & George Pastic
Thanks go out to : Bernie Finkelstein, Geoff Kulawick, Eugene Martynec, Jonathan Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford, Colin Linden and all the humans whose presence fed these songs through inspiration, playing on the recordings and live, and just paying attention to them.
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Dept of Candaian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters.
Direction: The Finkelstein Management Company Ltd.
bernie@finkelsteinmanagement.com
www.brucecockburn.com
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