Best Of Eric Andersen

Eric Andersen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000EB7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,915 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #85 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Contemporary Blues

Editorial Reviews

Tracks: 1. My Land Is a Good Land 2. Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin' 3. Thirsty Boots 4. The Hustler 5. Close the Door Lightly When You Go 6. Song to J.C.B. 7. Dusty Box Car Wall 8. Looking Glass 9. Bumblebee 10. Violets of Dawn 11. Eyes Gently Rolling 12. Just a Country Dream 13. All I Remember Is You 14. Rollin' Home 15. Miss Lonely Are You Blue 16. Broken Hearted Mama 17. Woman Is a Prism 18. Hello Sun

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coffee,Cream & Sugar, July 6, 2001

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Avalon Don "Avalon Don" (Huntington Beach, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of Eric Andersen (Audio CD)

I'm in the minority on this one, but I prefer Eric Andersen's early coffeehouse sound. His signature song has always been "Thirsty Boots". Look up most early various artists folk collections and you'll find the classic "Violets Of Dawn". The rest of these songs are also enjoyable with Eric singing solidly with a full band. Maybe the majority prefer "Blue River", but "The Best Of" is definitely top two. This is a good example where simple makes for outstanding.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the orignal recordings, but still very good, June 12, 2002

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of Eric Andersen (Audio CD)

This album is controversial because it features re-recordings of some of this Greenwich Village folkie's best material, made with larger arrangements and orchestrations that sometimes blot out the gentle, quavering quality of his original acoustic recordings. Still, Andersen was one of the most unique voices of the early '60s folk scene and even in altered form, his songs are quite effective. (Besides, didn't *he* make the alterations? So get over it!) It is lamentable that there doesn't seem to be a comparable "best-of" of his earlier recordings, but even with the goofy bells and string arrangements, "My Land" is still a great patriotic anthem, and "Thirsty Boots" is still a great Woody Guthrie imitation. Worth checking out

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good 60's Folks, preview of talent to come!, August 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Of Eric Andersen (Audio CD)

Good solid folk albumn. It's a good lead in to his current work. His later and current stuff is better If you can find "Ghost's on the Road" get it!!