Artist: THE BLACK CROWES
Album: GREATEST HITS 1990-1999 (A TRIBUTE TO A WORK IN PROGRESS) (CD)

Release date: 2000
EAN/UPS: 0731458678922
Media type: CD

Like the Black Crowes themselves, the greatest-hits collection A Tribute to a Work in Progress hearkens back to the good old days of best-of collections: you get a bunch of songs you've probably heard on the radio a million times and that's it. These are arguably the group's best songs, but there are no unreleased outtakes or remixes to force rabid collectors to purchase the disc for the sake of two songs. This straightforward document of a straightforward band is also the best entryway to the group's fabulous, swaggering, ballsy, bluesy rock & roll--that is, next to their 1992 breakthrough, Southern Harmony & Musical Companion. While arranged chronologically, what one hears here is the Atlanta-based group playing great, unpretentious Stones-, Faces-, and Zep-influenced rock. This music was made for pure, visceral enjoyment, so play it really loud and dance around.

CD:

1     Jealous Again
2     Twice As Hard
3     Hard To Handle
4     She Talks To Angels
5     Remedy
6     Sting Me
7     Thorn In My Pride
8     Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye
9     A Conspiracy
10     Wiser Time
11     Good Friday
12     Blackberry
13     Kickin' My Heart Around
14     Go Faster
15     Only A Fool
16     By Your Side