Special Edition

J.J. Cale | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mercury
• ASIN: B000001F5N
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,188 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cocaine

2. Don't Wait

3. Magnolia

4. Devil in Disguise

5. Sensitive Kind

6. Carry On

7. After Midnight

8. Money Talks

9. Call Me the Breeze

10. Lies

11. City Girls

12. Cajun Moon

13. Don't Cry Sister

14. Crazy Mama

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great songs, cheaply produced compilation., April 11, 2003

By 

Christopher Laney (Pittsfield, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Special Edition (Audio CD)

I love J.J. Cale, which makes it all the more difficult to rate this compilation only two stars. Of course the songs are great - as one would expect from a collection of Cale tunes. The problem is with the production. This sounds like a bad home compilation tape I might have made on my cheap tape recorder twenty years ago. There was no effort made to remaster the material for CD, and worse, no effort to even out the levels between songs. The tracks are from different sources (of course), but they SOUND like it. I literally find it unlistenable, and I am no audiophile.

What a shame - such a fine collection of songs deserves better than this slapdash and shoddy treatment.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good listenin' all the way through, October 30, 2000

By 

Bird (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Special Edition (Audio CD)

There aren't too many CDs you can listen to all the way through without a bad patch. For me, this is one of those golden records. Cale is awesome, and I recommend it to anyone. From easy listeners to rock and rollers to country kickers, all will enjoy this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars He's not just a great songwriter..., April 29, 2010

By 

Pickngrin (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Special Edition (Audio CD)

I just happened to find this CD (German release) in a thrift shop the other day. Knowing who Cale is but never having
listened to any of his own recordings, I was eager to grab it. First off, I have to agree with one of the previous reviewers who commented on the really poor sound quality. I was listening to the disc in my car and it really did sound like a poor homemade audio cassette of an LP! That said, the tracks are really strong. One thing that really jumped out at me is how heavily influenced by Cale that Mark Knopfler must be, particularly with regard to lead guitar style.
I'd recommend seeking out a better-sourced album than this collection, but musically it's well worth seeking out.