Stop Handgun Violence

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B000050I04
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #527,468 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm On Your Side - Bonnie Raitt

2. Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer

3. Guitar - Cake

4. This Is My Life - Toad The Wet Sprocket (previously unreleased)

5. Someday - Sugar Ray

6. Put Down Your Gun - Jon Pousette-Dart

7. I Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain

8. Trying To Find A Purpose - Vertical Horizon

9. Any Little Town - The Push Stars

10. Tom And Mary - Ben Folds Five

11. Lovely Day - Hootie & The Blowfish (previously unreleased)

12. Sharing The Night Together - The Infractions (previously unreleased)

13. If It Were Up To Me - Cheryl Wheeler

14. Show Me A Sign - Chicago

15. Go Daddy-O - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

16. Better Believe It - Fred Lipsius

17. Good Old Days - Fastball (previously unreleased, live)

18. America - Marcy Playground

19. Why Can't We Be Friends? - Jonathan Edwards/John Hall/Jon Pousette-Dart/Dr. Hook/Ray Sawyer (previously unreleased)

20. So Sad To Say - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good cause, good music!, February 22, 2004

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This review is from: Stop Handgun Violence (Audio CD)

A lively compilation that's all over the map. The unifying themes are support for sensible gun laws and an uplifting optimism, and the quality of the artists and songs are high. I recommend this Rounder release.

There are radio favorites like "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None The Richer, "Someday" by Sugar Ray, and "I Could Not Ask For More" by Edwin McCain. Fun covers include "Lovely Day" by Hootie & The Blowfish and "Why Can't We Be Friends?" by Jonathan Edwards and friends, both recorded especially for this album, as are several more previously unreleased gems. Since I wholeheartedly support this very worthy cause, I particularly enjoyed the overtly political "Put Down Your Gun" by Jon Pousette-Dart" and "If It Were Up To Me" by Cheryl Wheeler.

There are a couple of strange choices, like The Infractions' "Sharing the Night Together" (which most of us could happily live the rest of our lives without ever hearing again) and Chicago's "Show Me a Sign" (they are so over the hill), but the good stuff more than makes up for the misfires: Bonnie Raitt, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Vertical Horizon, Ben Folds Five, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and much more, over 70 minutes of good listening.