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A Retrospective 1995-2000 (Digipak) (CD)

By: Son Volt (Artist)

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From the ashes of seminal alt-country band Uncle Tupelo arose two great 1990s bands fronted by Tupelo's two visionaries. Jeff Tweedy started the Stones/Big Star-loving Wilco, and Jay Farrar led Son Volt, a band that delved further into UT's country roots while exploring an elliptical lyric-writing style and incorporating the occasional alt-rock riff.

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DISC 1 for A Retrospective 1995-2000 (Digipak) (CD) Album By Son Volt (Artist)
1   Drown
2   Windfall
3   Route
4   Rex's Blues - (with Kelly Willis)
5   Looking At The World Through A Winshield
6   Too Early
7   Back Into Your World
8   Picking Up The Signal
9   I've Got To Know - (previously unreleased)
10   Creosote
11   Straightface
12   Tulsa County
13   Driving The View
14   Ain't No More Cane - (previously unreleased)
15   Flow
16   Holocaust
17   Tear Stained Eye - (previously unreleased, Four track demo)
18   Loose String - (previously unreleased, Four track demo)
19   Medicine Hat - (previously unreleased, live, acoustic)
20   Open All Night
 

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Review

Dirty Linen (p.65) - "There's no denying Son Volt's influence within alternative country circles, and RETROSPECTIVE does a good job of documenting the band's contribution to the scene between 1995 and 2000."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.120) - 3 stars out of 5 - "This set offers an excellent overview of their first three albums, while adding some nice odds and ends..."

Title Note

Includes 5 previously unreleased tracks.

Son Volt: Jay Farrar (vocals, guitar, dulcimer, harmonica, keyboards); Dave Boquist (guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, banjo, violin); Jim Boquist (piano, bass instrument, background vocals); Mike Heidorn (drums, percussion).

Liner Note Author: Ed Ward .

Recording information: 1995 - 2000.

Just because Wilco ended up getting all the press and the Jim O'Rourke hipster cred, that doesn't mean Son Volt should remain forever destined to be the "other" Uncle Tupelo spin-off band. In fact, hardcore UT fans should feel a strong attachment to the latter, as they stayed closer to the spirit of Tupelo's post-modern country-rock. RETROSPECTIVE does an excellent job of chronicling the group's first five years. All the key tracks from the first three albums are here, from the surprisingly heavy rock of the breakout hit "Drown" to the acoustic-guitar-and-pedal-steel lilt of "Creosote." Most attractive to Son Volt aficionados, though, will be the wealth of rare and previously unreleased tracks. There's a wide variety of cover tunes, with sources including Big Star (the funereal "Holocaust"), Leadbelly (an oddly elegiac "Ain't No More Cane"), and Bruce Springsteen (a countrified "Open All Night"). Equally compelling are SV leader Jay Farrar's solo acoustic demos of his own tunes "Tear Stained Eye" and "Loose String." An essential document of the mid-1990s alt-country renaissance, this collection makes a strong case for Son Volt as that movement's vanguard.

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