Mostly due to her remarkable voice, lots of people want to have her on their records. This album has numerous examples of that. In fact, she collaborates with other big name musicians for ten of the 12 songs here! Generally, these are cover versions done for various artists compilations or other people's albums.
The only unreleased song is a cover of the soul classic "Ooh Child." This was done with soul great Isaac Hayes for a short-lived TV show that he hosted. There's no loss of sound quality on that track compared to the others here.
By the way, in case you don't know who the Funk Brothers were, they were the backing back for dozens and dozens of big Motown hits in the 1960s and early 1970s. The two songs with them here are from the 2002 documentary movie "Standing in the Shadows of Motown." If you're a fan of that music at all and haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend that you do.
This album is 50 minutes long.
01 An Uncommon Love (Chieftains with Joan Osborne)
02 Hand In Mine (Rob Hyman & Joan Osborne)
03 I'm Just a Bill (Isaac Hayes & Joan Osborne)
04 At Last (Joan Osborne)
05 Chimes of Freedom (Bob Dylan & Joan Osborne)
06 Raglan Road (Chieftains with Joan Osborne)
07 My Back Pages (Jackson Browne & Joan Osborne)
08 Ooh Child (Joan Osborne with Issac Hayes)
09 [Love Is like A] Heat Wave (Joan Osborne & the Funk Brothers)
10 What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (Joan Osborne & the Funk Brothers)
11 Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Joan Osborne)
12 Nobody's Fault but Mine (Joan Osborne with the Holmes Brothers)
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The photo used for the album cover was taken during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on January 17, 1996 at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Hey - such a cool compilation. Song one you list as (Chieftains with Joan Osborne) is more of a duet with Carol King (who also co-wrote the song). It's from an album called Largo, which was a side project of Rob Hyman (from the Hooters) and has some great people on it (Taj Mahal, The Band, Cyndi Lauper). The Hooters played backup on and co-wrote much of Joan Osborne's first album (including the OTHER Hooter Eric Bazilian writing One Of Us). My point is, the song Hand in Mine from the same album is a duet of Joan and Rob Hyman (the Hooter who wrote (and sings) Time After Time with Cyndi Lauper). It would fit nicely on this awesome compilation as well. Thanks for what you do!
ReplyDeleteGreat comment! I wasn't aware of that song. I just updated the post to include that one. Thanks for the excellent suggestion. :)
DeleteMuito obrigado !!!
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