VA - Puff, Inhale, Exhale - Tobacco Tales (A Butterboy Compilation) CD!+CD2+CD3+CD4

TOBACCO TALES

VA - Puff, Inhale, Exhale - Tobacco Tales (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

Music has long reflected cultural habits, desires, and vices, with smoking serving as both an aesthetic and thematic element in countless compositions. Whether it’s the rhythmic blues, introspective jazz, rebellious rock, or melancholic folk, smoking often appears as a symbol of escapism, rebellion, sophistication, or self-reflection.

Tobacco imagery in music is frequently tied to the idea of contemplation. In lyrical narratives, the act of lighting a cigarette or watching smoke curl into the air is often used to depict solitude, nostalgia, or deep thought. The slow-burning nature of a cigarette mirrors the unraveling of emotions, turning it into a powerful metaphor for waiting, yearning, or acceptance. In the realm of jazz and blues, smoking is synonymous with mood and ambiance—creating an atmosphere of smoky clubs, hushed conversations, and raw, heartfelt expression.

Rock music has embraced smoking as an emblem of defiance and recklessness. Within its rebellious tones, smoking has often been paired with themes of excess, indulgence, and counterculture. It complements tales of living fast, breaking rules, and rejecting societal norms. The image of a cigarette between fingers, accompanied by a raspy vocal delivery, adds to the rugged, untamed persona often celebrated in rock compositions.

In folk and country music, smoking frequently carries an element of storytelling. It becomes a detail of personal history, evoking images of small-town life, heartbreak, or contemplation under the night sky. 

There are 3 versions of "Tobacco Road" in this set. Despite its title, "Tobacco Road" isn't really about tobacco itself. The song uses Tobacco Road as a metaphor for a tough, impoverished upbringing in a run-down area. In reality, Tobacco Road was a term used to describe poor, rural communities, especially in the southern United States, where the economy was historically tied to tobacco farming. Here, tobacco serves as more than just a habit; it is a connection to memories, places, and emotions that linger like smoke in the air, reflecting the hardship of growing up in poverty and dreaming of leaving difficult circumstances behind living a better life.

Despite shifts in public perception, tobacco continues to hold a place in music as a cultural artifact. Whether romanticized or criticized, its presence remains a lyrical and visual tool for exploring themes of identity, nostalgia, and rebellion. (B)

Enjoy these 84 Smokin' tracks. 

Warning: expect mild feelings of defiance, even if the most rebellious thing you do is stay up past bedtime.

No actual smoking required. Listen responsibly!

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Track lists

CD1

01 Winston - Winston Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should 0:34 1989

02 Rig - Have A Cigar 3:25 1970

03 Insomniacs - The Long Cigarette 3:06 1996

04 World Entertainment War - Marlboro Man Jr 4:16 1989

05 Majority One - A Cigarette, A Cup of Tea 2:46 1971

06 Joe Cocker - Long Drag Off A Cigarette 2:31 1984

07 Lilac Time - Candy Cigarette 2:48 2023

08 Jacques Higelin - Cigarette 4:21 1976

09 IV and The Strange Band - Cigarette Ends 3:32 2022

10 Eternity's Children - Cigarette 3:07 1968

11 Allusions - 97 Cigarettes 2:22 1966

12 Golden Earrings - Smoking Cigarettes 2:19 1967

13 Herman's Hermits - One Little Pack of Cigarettes 2:00 1967

14 Brownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boys' Room 2:58 1973

15 Hawksley Workman - Jealous of Your Cigarette 2:25 2001

16 Roulettes - The Long Cigarette 3:02 1965

17 Son Volt - Highways and Cigarettes 3:54 2007

18 Nou & - Like My Dear Cigarette 1:51 1967

19 Pink Floyd - Have A Cigar 5:08 1975

20 Jet - Cigarettes and Cola (Demo) 2:08 2003

21 Eric Burdon & War - Tobacco Road 13:03 1970

CD2

01 Tex Williams - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) 2:55 1947

02 Squeeze - Cigarette of A Single Man 3:30 1987

03 Ty Richards - Going Out for A Cigarette 3:23 2017

04 Ringo Starr - Lipstrick Traces (On a Cigarette) 3:00 1978

05 Kim Jung - Mi Cigarette Butt 3:04 1972

06 Ben Lee - Cigarettes Will Kill You 3:47 1999

07 Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk 4:40 2001

08 k.d. lang - Love is Like a Cigarette 4:45 1997

09 Joe Nichols - She Only Smokes When She Drinks 3:24 2003

10 Jason Aldean - Back in This Cigarette 4:34 2007

11 Jimmy Conwell - Cigarette Ashes 2:13 1966

12 Jayhawks - Last Cigarette [B-side] 3:26 1995

13 Marika Hackman - Cigarette 2:37 2017

14 Freddie Wadling feat. Fleshquartet - I Can Dig You When I Smoke My Cigarette (A Tribute to Don Van Vliet) 4:28 1990

15 Blue Rondo - Smoking Dynamite 5:15 1984

16 Wonder Years - Cigarettes & Saints 5:02 2015

17 Toasters - Marlboro Man 2:50 1994

18 Lonely God - Marlboro Nights 1:08 2018

19 Cactus Black - The Lone Ranger vs. The Marlboro Man 4:44 2017

20 Blue Haze - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3:13 1972

21 Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road 2:26 1964

CD3

01 May Blitz - Smoking The Day Away 8:14 1970

02 Jethro Tull - A Small Cigar 3:37 1976

03 Marble Sounds - Smoking Was A Day Job 3:41 2010

04 Nick Nicely - 49 Cigars 2:49 1982

05 Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol 4:49 1994

06 Chicory Tip - Cigarettes Women and Wine 2:28 1973

07 King's X - Cigarettes 5:52 1994

08 Boston - Smokin' 4:21 1976

09 Bill Nelson - Buddha Smoked My Cigarettes 3:56 2002

10 My Bloody Valentine - Cigarette in Your Bed 3:27 1988

11 Guided By Voices - Cigarette Tricks 0:18 1995

12 Jane's Party - Cigarette Buzz 3:16 2016

13 Mia Dyson - Cigarettes 4:57 2012

14 City Boy - Cigarettes 5:31 1978

15 Hollywood Rose feat. Teddy Zigzag - Last Cigarette 4:08 2007

16 White River Junction - One Last Cigarette 4:55 2011

17 Less Than Jake - Portrait of A Cigarette Smoker at 19 3:16 2003

18 Caitlin Rose - Shanghai Cigarettes 3:40 2010

19 Kinky Machine - Wet Cigarettes 3:58 1994

20 Robert Fripp - You Burn Me Up I'm A Cigarette (vocals Darryl Hall ) 2:23 1979

21 Frank Zappa - Twenty Small Cigars 2:17 1970

CD4

01 Jimmy Martin - I Can't Quit Cigarettes 3:11 1966

02 Reverend Horton Heat - Crooked Cigarette 2:53 1996

03 Slim Harpo - Cigarettes 2:12 1959

04 Toledo - Fishnets & Cigarettes 5:14 1995

05 Scud Mountain Boys - Cigarette Sandwich 2:58 1996

06 Five Larks - Coffee, Cigarettes & Tears 2:32 1950

07 Joe Walker - Homemade Cigarette 2:52 1966

08 Country Side of Harmonica Sam - I'm Down to My Last Cigarette 2:21 2015

09 Ry Cooder - Fool for A Cigarette, Feelin' Good 4:26 1974

10 Katey Sagal - Roses and Cigarettes 4:41 2013

11 Fred Eaglesmith - Cigarette Machine 4:31 2012

12 Roger Hubbard - Cigarette Blues 3:02 1971

13 Chet Faker - Cigarettes & Loneliness 7:52 2014

14 Zeb Turner - Chew Tobacco Rag 2:40 1951

15 Popa Chubby - My Last Cigarette 6:42 2002

16 Tanger - Parti Chercher Des Cigarettes 4:26 2008

17 Red Ingle - Cigarettes, Whusky & Wild Wild Women 2:40 1948

18 Patsy Cline - three cigarettes in an ashtray 2:31 1957

19 Ray Phillips - Twenty Cigarettes 2:11 1960

20 Marty Robbins - Smokin' Cigarettes and Drinkin' Coffee Blues 2:41 1963

21 John D. Loudermilk - Tobacco Road 2:45 1960

22 Sound Clip - Cough 0:04 2025

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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