Reason to Believe: Best of

Tim Hardin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: January 18, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001FNP
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,703 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Reason to Believe

2. How Can We Hang on to a Dream

3. It'll Never Happen Again

4. Misty Roses

5. Speak Like a Child

6. Don't Make Promises

7. If I Were a Carpenter

8. Red Balloon

9. Black Sheep Boy

10. Green Rocky Road

11. How Long

12. You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie

13. Tribute to Hank Williams

14. Smugglin' Man

15. The Lady Came from Baltimore

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hardin At The Top Of His Game, February 9, 2002

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Gavin B. (St. Louis MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reason to Believe: Best of (Audio CD)

Tim Hardin was a gifted song craftsman who led a troubled life offstage. The purity of his voice and his unique ability to convey emotion in his singing, make Hardin one of the wonders of popular music in the 1960s. His first two albums are the crown jewels of his recorded legacy. The understated arrangements of the first two albums make him the progenitor of what we now call chamber pop. If you don't beleive that listen to the arrangements and vocals of Stuart Staples of Tindersticks.

This Polydor collection of Tim Hardin trumps any of the more expensive anthologies, simply because it contains material only from Tim Hardin 1 and Tim Hardin 2. You don't have to pay big bucks to get a bunch of songs from his later works, many of which are overproduced and wallow in pathos. If you like Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake or Tindersticks, give this album a listen. His nakedly emotional vocals, his tender song writting and the shimmering production values will seduce you.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE ABSOLUTE BEST...AND NOTHING BUT, November 5, 2000

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Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reason to Believe: Best of (Audio CD)

In the late sixties, early seventies, I had a Tim Hardin LP album that I played to death. It was my all time favorite LP. As technological advances were made and CDs came to the fore, it was consigned to a box with all my other LP albums. I was, therefore, thrilled to find this CD with all my Tim Hardin favorites. I was not disappointed by it. It is, without a doubt, my favorite CD.

Tim Hardin was a very gifted musician, singer, and songwriter. His music is a celebration of the human spirit which is ironic, considering that his own life ended so tragically from a drug over dose. His songs often sung by others, Tim Hardin did it best. A cornucopia of emotion and sound, there is not a bad song on this entire CD. It is quintessential Tim Hardin.

While some purists may object to the new orchestral arrangement on this CD, it only enhances already great music. What makes it unique is Tim Hardin himself, a truly gifted artist with no equal. A folksinger who shaded his music with blues and jazz overtones, Tim Hardin sang with a poignancy that will touch your heart. At times romantic and lyrical, other times positively soulful, Tim Hardin was an original.

When he sang his music, Tim Hardin spoke to your very soul. It is this quality, and not the musical arrangement, that makes his music transcend the passage of time. This is a truly great CD.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent collection, November 10, 2000

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Stephen F Mulcahy (United States) - See all my reviews
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what always staggers me about hardin is the breathtaking beauty and simplicity of his recordings. he was a remarkable songwriter and vocalist, his arrangements are wonderful too. my only complaint about this anthology is that it is too short. it left me craving more and i'll definitely look into more by this unfortunately relatively obscure singer. still, this is a fine introduction to his work. if you like folk/rock/blues/country etc.songwriters of the 60's you'll love tim hardin. just about all of these tracks are first rate.