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Rare on Air, Vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Creators: Los Lobos, Lindsey Buckingham, Tori Amos, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Peter Himmelman, Natalie Merchant, David Wilcox, John Cale, Mark Isham
Label: Mammoth / Pgd
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 58312
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 035498007422
EAN: 0035498007422
ASIN: B000004AVY
Publication Date: 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Silent All These Years - Tori Amos | | • | Corboda - John Cale | | • | Always In Disguise - Peter Himmelman | | • | My Drug Buddy - Evan Dando With Juliana Hatfield | | • | Coal - Michael Penn | | • | Arms For Hostages - x | | • | God's Hotel - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | | • | Mexico - Beck | | • | Peace - Los Lobos | | • | Never Going Back Again - Lindsey Buckingham | | • | The Moderns - Mark Isham | | • | The Captive Heart - Brendan Perry | | • | How You've Grown - Natalie Merchant | | • | Which Will - Lucinda Williams | | • | Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song - David Wilcox |
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Living in the Mission December 3, 2007
Jeremy (Chapel Hill, NC United States)
I used to listen to this while living in San Fran's Mission District with a houseful of bohemians. Most of us were supported by that city's municipal welfare program (General Assistance, or "G.A."). We did various things to have fun and feel better about ourselves, and this album was one of my favorite things. Someone had brought it home from her used-record store job... I think her name was Holly.
It's only just now, searching for it during this nostalgic evening of clicking-around, that it occurs to me why this compilation is so powerful. It's an album about addiction. This is perhaps most clear from the final track. Search for the lyrics to Wilcox's song. It's a powerful testament to the hope and sadness of recovery. The boat imagery there is wonderful. Take also the Dando & Hatfield track, which chants "I'm too much with myself, I wanna be someone else..."
There's a lot more on here about it beyond that... I mean, just scan the titles. Directly or sideways, this album is all about highs and lows. It's brilliantly compiled -- just wonderful. I could easily sit here for a few minutes and link every single song's title to the topic of substances and addiction. But won't. I have a full life to lead, now.
Natalie Merchant "Rare On Air" October 12, 2005
Avril V. Gerlog (California (born in London))
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Natalie Merchant sings like an angel and this album is so cool
every song is a winner!
Awesome November 8, 2004
John Grunwell (Washington, D.C.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this collection some ten years ago, and it has aged very, very well. The performances are great, and there's a real cohesion in them in terms of production. Whoever produced the CD really loves music, and must have made many mix tapes in his/her life, because it has the ebb and flow of a really excellent mix tape, with shifting moods and styles. I enjoy quite a bit of it, but the highlights for me are Lucinda Williams' cover of a Nick Drake song, the David Wilcox song, and the Peter Himmelman song, which also features an *amazing*, beautiful, lyrical guitar solo coming straight from the heart. In fact, "Always in Disguise" is really my favorite song overall from this collection. BUY IT TODAY!!!
A benchmark for live to radio compilations April 28, 2004
S. Dwyer (Down Under)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This compilation is, at the time of writing, the best part of ten years old. And, in my humble opinion, it has never been bettered. Production quality is first rate, performances are almost flawless and the mix of music is spot on. You and yours can't fail to be sucked in by this one. John Cale's first poem blending seemlessly into Tori Amos doing 'Silent all these years', Beck's 'Mexico' is hilarious and wry even after all this time, The Modern's just don't want to end and you won't want them to, Lindsay Buckingham comes up with a magnificent arrangement for an old Fleetwood Mac tune (since copied badly by The Dixie Chicks) and a just wonderful ode to Chet Baker to finish. This is a CD that makes much of modern chill out laughable and shows what can be acheived by a group of people who really love music. It is a primer for the rest of the Rare on Air series and a great place to begin. Grab this while it is still in print.
best compilation i own March 20, 2002
Ted Ward (Solana Beach, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i originally bought it for "never goin back again" an acoustic version by lindsey buckingham. but there are about seven other really strong songs on the album. and how they tracked the selections is something you could tell a lot of thought and time was put into. songs in general flow one into the next beautifully, especially track twelve into thirteen. highly reccomend to anyone considering.
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