John Hiatt - The Best Of John Hiatt
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Artist: John HiattEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-08-25
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Have A Little Faith In Me
- Thing Called Love
- Riding With The King
- Cry Love
- Slow Turning
- The Way We Make A Broken Heart
- Memphis In The Meantime
- Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder
- Drive South
- Angel Eyes
- Buffalo River Home
- Feels Like Rain
- Love In Flames
- Perfectly Good Guitar
- Tennessee Plates
- Take Off Your Uniform
- Don't Know Much About Love
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Free Music Review: BEST OF THE "BEST", AUDIO-WISE
Hit: 5 Stars
There are many John Hiatt compilations in existence, but in the latter 90's, it got especially confusing, as three competing record labels weighed in: this one from Capitol in 1998, A&M with "Greatest Hits" in 1999, then HIP-O with the 2-disc set, "Anthology" in 2001. Oy!
Of the two Capitol and A&M single-disc compilations, which to buy? Is there a difference in the audio quality between the two?
You bet. If you're looking for the disc with the best audio, this is it.
The Capitol & A&M titles share eight identical tracks:
2. Thing Called Love
5. Slow Turning
7. Memphis In The Meantime
8. Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder
11. Buffalo River Home
12. Feels Like Rain
14. Perfectly Good Guitar
15. Tennessee Plates
Six of these tracks have noticeably better audio on this disc vs. the A&M version. Tracks 2 & 14 sound identical.
Two tracks whose titles appear on both CD's, but in actuality are different versions are (on this disc):
1. Have A Little Faith In Me (re-make with chorale, I prefer the original version)
9. Drive South
This CD has six other tracks which do not appear on the A&M version.
Compared to HIP-O's more expensive, 2-disc "Anthology", the audio on this disc is virtually identical, though both sets were mastered by different engineers at different studios. So, it looks like HIP-O & Capitol tried harder or had better source material, and the A&M is sub-standard.
There are only 5 tracks on this disc that do not appear on the HIP-O "Anthology" (#'s 1, 6, 13, 16, 17).
So, the HIP-O set is probably your best investment, as its resale value, should you ever choose to sell it, or more likely, when ANOTHER Hiatt "Best Of" shows up, will be higher than the other two discs.
The Best Of John Hiatt Poster
(8591792)John Hiatt has had such extraordinary success as a songwriter that, even if you haven't followed his career as a performer, you'll find you know most of these songs by virtue of their hit cover versions. Bonnie Raitt ("A Thing Called Love"), Suzy Bogguss ("Drive South"), Rosanne Cash ("The Way We Mend a Broken Heart"), Jeff Healey ("Angel Eyes"), and Aaron Neville ("Feels Like Rain") have all dipped into the Hiatt songbook with spectacular results. Hiatt's originals (plus a couple of new tracks) are terrific in their own right, thanks to his gritty vocal style and stellar accompaniment on some tracks by Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, Jim Keltner, and Sonny Landreth. The only missteps here are a rerecorded version of "Have a Little Faith in Me" (the original is one of Hiatt's most powerful performances) and the inclusion of "Take Off Your Uniform," a distant memory from Hiatt's days as a new waver in the Elvis Costello mold. --Daniel Durchholz
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