Friday, April 3, 2020

The Other Greatest Songwriters CD1 - CD4 (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CD's)


THE OTHER GREATEST SONGWRITERS

The Other Greatest Songwriters CD1 - CD4 (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CD's)


This set continues from the 100 greatest Songwriter (previously posted).
In 2015 Rolling Stone magazine published their 100 best songwriters of all time and included many of the modern greats such as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Kanye West and Joni Mitchell. There were some interesting less popular choices (thank goodness John Prine made it, although at an absurdly low position 94, and the late Merle Haggard) and who could argue with Van Morrison, Carole King or Randy Newman? But there were some major omissions. So here is an alternate list of the best 100 songwriters not included in the Rolling Stone 100.


When you see this list, you will shake your head saying "why wasn't that artist included the RS list"
Here are 100 OTHER Greatest Songwriters.

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Track lists

CD1


01    Queen    Bohemian Rhapsody    5:50
02    Cole Porter    I've Got You Under My Skin    3:48
03    Townes Van Zandt    Pancho and Lefty    3:45
04    Ray Charles    What Would I Do Without You    2:36
05    Damon Albarn    For Tomorrow    4:21
06    Kate Bush        The Man With the Child in His Eyes    2:41
07    Louis Jordan    Is You is Or is You Ain't My Baby    3:17
08    Richard Thompson    1952 Vincent Black Lightning    5:07
09    John Hiatt    Feels Like Rain    4:51
10    Ewan Maccoll & Peggy Seeger    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face    2:38
11    Irving Berlin    What'll I Do    2:58
12    Stephen Sondheim    Send in the Clowns    4:42
13    George Gershwin    Rhapsody in Blue (Opening Section)    9:57
14    Joan Baez        Diamonds & Rust    4:45
15    Cat Stevens    Wild World    3:17
16    Phil Spector    Be My Baby    2:41
17    Lefty Frizzell    If You've Got the Money, I've Got the The Time    3:00
18    Paul Anka        Lonely Boy    2:38
19    Shane McGowan    The Song With No Name    4:05
20    Gordon Lightfoot    Sundown    3:34
21    Gil Scott-Heron    Pieces of a Man    4:54
22    Leadbelly        Where Did You Sleep Last Night?    3:02
23    John Denver    Back Home Again    4:45
24    Jelly Roll Morton    Doctor Jazz    3:25
25    Otis Redding    Try a Little Tenderness    3:18

CD2
26    Peter Gabriel    Solsbury Hill    4:25
27    Guy Clark        My Favorite Picture of You    3:32
28    Jarvis Cocker    My Legendary Girlfriend    6:48
29    Loudon Wainwright III    The Swimming Song    2:29
30    Frank Zappa    Montana    6:38
31    Lyle Lovett    If I Had a Boat    3:09
32    Nick Drake    Place to Be    2:41
33    Tom Lehrer    We'll All Go Together When We Go    5:23
34    2pac    California Love    4:45
35    Bob Seger        Turn the Page    5:07
36    John Lee Hooker    Boom Boom    2:28
37    Neyo        So Sick    3:26
38    Linda Perry    What's Up    4:52
39    Steve Earle    Guitar Town    2:35
40    Richard Shindell    Arrowhead    4:09
41    Patty Griffin    Moon Song (Live)    3:17
42    Beck        Lost Cause    3:47
43    Noel Coward    Mad Dogs and Englishmen    2:50
44    Joan Armatrading    Love and Affection    4:27
45    Harold Arlen    It's Only a Paper Moon    3:09
46    Rodney Crowell    Many a Long & Lonesome Highway    4:16
47    Garry Frost    What About Me    3:36
48    Amy Winehouse    Rehab    3:35
49    Fred Neil        The Dolphins    4:05
50    Bryan Ferry    Do the Strand    4:00

CD3

51    John Cale        Fear is a Man's Best Friend    3:53
52    Roy Orbison    Penny Arcade    3:07
53    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds    The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)    3:45
54    Tracy Chapman    Fast Car    4:57
55    Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation    Mighty Rearranger    4:24
56    Nick Lowe    I`m a Mess    3:12
57    Ryan Adams    I See Monsters    3:57
58    Jeff Buckley    Lover, You Should've Come Over    6:43
59    Laura Marling    Sophia    4:51
60    Erykah Badu    The Healer    3:59
61    Tim Hardin    If I Were a Carpenter    2:42
62    Dr. John        Right Place Wrong Time    2:54
63    Warren Zevon    Desperados Under the Eaves    4:47
64    Ralph McTell    Streets of London    4:08
65    Gram Parsons    Return of the Grievous Angel    4:26
66    Rickie Lee Jones    Living it Up    6:25
67    Chris Difford &Glenn Tilbrook    Tempted    4:01
68    John Mellencamp    Pink Houses    4:44
69    Bill Withers    Lean on Me    4:19
70    Bobby Bland    The Soul of a Man    3:03
71    John Martyn    Solid Air    5:46
72    Cyndi Lauper    Time After Time    4:01
73    Phil Ochs        Outside of a Small Circle of Friends    3:43
74    Marc Bolan    Bang a Gong - (Get it On)    4:27
75    Nanci Griffith    I Don't Want to Talk About Love    4:07

CD4

76    Nina Simone    Mississippi Goddam    4:57
77    Peter Case        Dream About You    3:02
78    Lowell George    20 Million Things    2:43
79    Donovan        The Hurdy Gurdy Man    3:18
80    Wc Handy    St. Louis Blues    8:52
81    Ian Dury        Sweet Gene Vincent    3:40
82    Ian Curtis        Dead Souls    4:56
83    Luka Bloom    Dreams in America    6:14
84    Don McLean    Vincent    4:00
85    Christy Moore    Lisdoonvarna    5:19
86    Coldplay        The Scientist    5:09
87    Mark Knopfler    The Ragpicker's Dream    4:20
88    Colin Meloy    Rise to Me    4:59
89    Jeff Lynne        Can't Get it Out of My Head    4:22
90    John Grant    Gmf    5:13
91    Sandy Denny    Solo    4:26
92    Vic Chesnut    Supernatural    3:36
93    Elliott Smith    Angeles    2:56
94    Pj Harvey        Down By the Water    3:14
95    Jason Isbell    Cover Me Up    4:52
96    Paul Weller    You Do Something to Me    3:38
97    Ray Noble        Love is the Sweetest Thing    3:23
98    Sia        Taken for Granted    4:35
99    Annie Lennox    Cold    4:24
100    Steve Winwood    While You See a Chance    5:14
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24 comments:

  1. Thanks for the promised revisit/revision, Butter! It reaches further, more deeply, and much more fairly... nice!

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    1. Hi Aging Child.
      Thanks for picking up the second installment of songwriters.

      Have a great weekend

      Cheers.

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  2. Hi BB, hope all is well over there -
    Wow, looks like you've out done yourself,
    thanks for the comp = Cheers!

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    1. Hi Coffee Messiah,
      I am sure this set could be judged insufficient too. So many great artists, old and new.

      Cheers

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    1. Hi Stanley,
      You are welcome.
      Love your avatar..

      Cheers

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  4. What a list (shaking my head) :) I bet you could easily double it and still have more from your collection BB!! Makes you realise, don't listen to other supposedly knowledgable people pretending to be critics etc, listen instead to your own ears haha. Just my P.O.V. :)

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    1. Easily doubled, looking outside to other genres etc.
      I always find great music that is not the main single or hit. Its very exciting. Albums have great value for me.

      Cheers.

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  5. Thanks a lot Butterboy!
    another comp of yours to discover!
    Cheers

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    1. You are always welcome Il Commendatore.

      Cheers.

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  6. I was listening to this set when I heard the John Prine news. Gracious me, that man knew how to write a song! Any chance you might put together a John Prine set? Anyway, thanks for all of these great songs and for all that you do. Stay safe and stay strong.

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    1. How coincidental - read your reply and then saw a 6.7GB collection of his lol.

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    2. Hi Mr. Baez
      John Prine is a wonderful songwriter and artist.
      There a several albums in the crate. Hope you can see them in time, However here is an excellent compilation.
      John Prine - Great Days The John Prine Anthology [1993] CD1+CD2.zip
      https://www73.zippyshare.com/v/qo7r3WSx/file.html


      Cheers.

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  7. Umm, puw...any chance you can pass along the link to the 6.7GB collection? Thanking you in advance.

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    1. erm ......... that's a bit difficult as it was on a foreign private BT site (sorry - should not have dangled a carrot on this one lol)

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  8. Hi BB, please can you re-up. Many thanks in advance.

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    1. Hi Roger,
      New links established, tested and working.
      Cheers.

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  9. Hi Butterboy,
    another wonderful compilation of yours - the links are unfortunately down. Could you please make the wonder happen again?
    Many thanks

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    1. Hi Gumbo,
      New links established, tested and working.
      Cheers.

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    2. Many thanks dear Butterboy! You are faster than your own shadow!

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