Ron Sexsmith - Reasons to Believe, Volume 2: 1998-2002

I recently started posting a big series of albums containing all the songs by Ron Sexsmith I could find that aren't on any of his studio albums, including his rarities collection simply called "Rarities." Here's a second volume. 

As with the first volume, the vast majority of the songs are cover versions, but not all of them are. Two songs here, tracks one and three, were written by Sexsmith.

All but four of the songs were officially released. As usual with all the albums I post at this blog, check out the mp3 tags for details. It's the typical mix of songs from singles, various artists collections, appearances on other artist's albums, and the like.

One special case here is that tracks 11, 12, and 13 are from a 2001 album by the Kelele Brothers called "Escape from Bover County." In fact, this band was made up of Sexsmith and members of his backing band, with an emphasis on prominently using the ukelele. They recorded some songs just for fun while in hotel rooms during a concert tour. The album gave the backing band members a chance to shine and sing lead vocals. I selected just the songs I liked with Sexsmith as the lead vocalist.

As for the four unreleased songs, those are tracks five through eight. They all come from different 1999 concerts. The sound quality is very good on those, and I removed the crowd noise as best I could (using the MVSEP program) to help those songs fit in with all the studio tracks.

This album is 48 minutes long.

Here's the list of the original artists for each song:

01 You Alone - Ron Sexsmith
02 Ships Go Out - Tom T. Hall
03 Camelot Towers - Ron Sexsmith
04 Reason to Believe - Tim Hardin
05 Everyday I Write the Book - Elvis Costello
06 Snowbird - Anne Murray
07 Factory - Bruce Springsteen
08 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen
09 Lucid Dreams - Captain Funk
10 Always - Shea Seger
11 The Girl Can't Help It - Bobby Troup / Little Richard
12 Philadelphia Baby - Charlie Rich
13 The Joker [That's What They Call Me] - Billy Myles
14 An Elephant Insect - Shonen Knife
15 This Is Where I Belong - Kinks

Here's the usual song list:

01 You Alone (Ron Sexsmith)
02 Ships Go Out (Ron Sexsmith)
03 Camelot Towers (Ron Sexsmith)
04 Reason to Believe (Ron Sexsmith)
05 Everyday I Write the Book (Ron Sexsmith & Elvis Costello)
06 Snowbird (Ron Sexsmith)
07 Factory (Ron Sexsmith)
08 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Ron Sexsmith)
09 Lucid Dreams (Captain Funk with Ron Sexsmith)
10 Always (Shea Seger with Ron Sexsmith)
11 The Girl Can't Help It (Kelele Brothers [Ron Sexsmith])
12 Philadelphia Baby (Kelele Brothers [Ron Sexsmith])
13 The Joker [That's What They Call Me] (Kelele Brothers [Ron Sexsmith])
14 An Elephant Insect (Shonen Knife with Ron Sexsmith)
15 This Is Where I Belong (Ron Sexsmith)

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The cover photo is from the Fleadh Festival in London in June 1998.