Essential Scud Mountain [Import]

Scud Mountain Boys (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 6, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Discmedi
• ASIN: B00005R5DU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #705,488 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wichita Lineman

2. Penthouse In The Woods

3. In A Ditch

4. Freight Of Fire

5. Knievel

6. Cigarette Sandwich

7. (She Took His) Picture

8. Scratch Ticket

9. Grudge

10. Liquor Store

11. Holy Ghost

12. Sweet Sally

13. Silo

14. Combine

15. Lift Me Up

16. Helen

17. Please Mr Please

18. Wheres The Playground Susie

19. Wassachusetts

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Well-Selected Collection, January 3, 2002

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JD Cetola (Omaha, NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Scud Mountain (Audio CD)

This collection of Scud Mountain Boys' material hits most of the highlights from the SMB catalog. There are no bonus or unreleased tracks and the 19 tracks included on this set are essentially divided evenly between 'The Early Year' (which pairs the first two releases 'Pine Box' and 'Dance the Night Away' on a double cd) and the brilliant 'Massachusetts'.

The music on this disc (and all the SMB output as well as later incarnations such as the Pernice Brothers, Chappaq. Skyline, and Joe Pernice) is relaxing, depressing, literate and beautiful. Difficult to place in any one genre, it's essentially a combination of alt country/folk/pop--acoustic based music with great melodies and terrific singing.

Overall, 'The Essential Scud Mountain Boys' is an excellent overview of three great albums. Some gems are missing (particularly "Van Drunk" and "Glass Jaw" from 'Massachusetts' and "Sangre de Cristo" from 'The Early Year') and for the price it would probably make the most sense to buy both 'The Early Year' and 'Massachusetts' instead. However, if you have neither and want a great 73 minutes of music, this is an excellent place to start.