Crushed: Love Song Collection CD

MUSIC

FOLK

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Crushed ~ Holly Near

2. How Bold ~ Holly Near

3. Promise, The ~ Holly Near

4. Don't Hold Back ~ Holly Near

5. How Was I To Know ~ Holly Near

6. Bony Jaw Baby ~ Holly Near

7. Bird Gonna Fly ~ Holly Near

8. Plain And Simple Love ~ Holly Near

9. Back Off ~ Holly Near

10. Fire In The Rain ~ Holly Near

11. Right To Love, The ~ Holly Near

12. Letter, The ~ Holly Near

13. Sit With Me ~ Holly Near

14. Backing Off And Pulling Away ~ Holly Near

15. Dancing Bird ~ Holly Near

16. Lonely Days ~ Holly Near

17. Room For Me ~ Holly Near

18. Once Or Twice ~ Holly Near

19. I Really Didn't Want To ~ Holly Near

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel includes: Holly Near (vocals); Ray Obeido (acoustic & electric guitars); June Millington (guitar, percussion); Michael Thompson, Beth Fichet, Nancy Vogl, Robben Ford (guitar); Adrienne Torf (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); John Bucchino (piano, keyboards); Barbara Higbie (piano); Carrie Barton, Michael Manring (bass); Cam Davis (drums); Sheila Escovedo (percussion).
	Recorded between 1981 & 1998.
	Personnel: Holly Near (vocals); Beth Fitchet (vocals, guitar); Steve Wood (vocals, keyboards); Guy Thomas, Kenny Loggins, Linda Tillery, Bonnie Raitt (vocals); June Millington (guitar, percussion); Nancy Vogl, Michael Hart Thompson (guitar); Ray Obiedo (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Robben Ford (electric guitar); Caille Colburn (harp); Doug Webb (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jeff Jorgenson (tenor saxophone); Dave Wells (trombone); Sarah T. Cline, Ylonda Nickell, Susan Laraine, Pam Sawyer, Sapphron Obois (horns); John Bucchino, Adrienne Torf (piano, keyboards); Barbara Higbie (piano); Judy Chilnick (vibraphone); Jan Martinelli (acoustic bass); Carrie Barton (electric bass); Cam Davis, Bernice Brooks, Bonnie Johnson, Tris Imboden (drums); Joe Lala, Sheila Escovedo, Vicki Randle (percussion).
	Photographers: Irene Young; Jesse VanAntwerp.
	Holly Near would be the first to admit that love songs are not her m?tier, and in fact, she admits it right up front in her liner notes to this compilation: "I was never much for writing love songs," she writes. "My passion was in social change music." But there have been a few love songs over the years, and now that she is repackaging her old Redwoods Records recordings into new thematic collections for Calico Tracks Music, she has assembled some of them here. The obvious exception to her aversion for love songs -- and the one that proves the rule -- is her 1987 album Don't Hold Back, on which she decided to try her hand at making a conventional pop/rock LP. With its synthesizers and heavy drums, its guest vocalists (Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Loggins), and its unconvincing songs, it was her weakest album. And it is compressed into the first eight tracks here, sounding no better (in fact, given the trendiness of its sound, a little worse) than it did before. After that, things improve, with songs like "The Letter" (a farewell to a dying friend) and "Backing off and Pulling Away" providing individual takes on companionship and romance. "The Right to Love," a 1963 Lalo Schifrin/Gene Lees composition previously heard on the 1998 album Fruit Cocktail, has a different tone from the originals and suggests that Near perhaps should have included more cover material. As it is, Crushed! The Love Song Collection illustrates one of the weaker aspects of an otherwise strong talent. ~ William Ruhlmann
Producer: Holly Near; Joanie Shoemaker; Jo-Lynne Worley; Doug Parry; Evie Sands; Susan Gottlieb; John McCutcheon; June Millington; Leslie Ann Jones; Richard Corsello; Steve Wood; Terry Nelson; Tom Anderson; Holly Near (Compilation)
Engineer: Holly Near; Joanie Shoemaker; Jo-Lynne Worley; Doug Parry; Evie Sands; Susan Gottlieb; John McCutcheon; June Millington; Leslie Ann Jones; Richard Corsello; Steve Wood; Terry Nelson; Tom Anderson

Compilation Appearances

Folk Live From Mountain Stage (Live)

Associated Artists and Works

Williamson, Cris

Technical Info

	Release Date : 09/17/2002
	Original Release Date : 2002
	Catalog ID : 6
	Label : Calico Tracks Music
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00646506000627

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Crushed: Love Song Collection (2002)

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