Best of Shel Silverstein: His Words His Songs His Friends (CD, 2005, Columbia)

Description: The Best of Shel Silverstein: His Words His Songs His Friends [CD] Track Listing: 1 A Light in the Attic 2 A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing 3 Freakin' at the Freakers' Ball - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 4 Monsters I've Met 5 The Unicorn - the Rovers 6 The Dragon of Grindly Grun 7 Marie Laveau - Bobby Bare 8 Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out 9 Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 10 The Taker - Kris Kristofferson 11 Homework Machine 12 Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too 13 Crowded Tub 14 Rock 'N' Roll Band 15 The Cover of "Rolling Stone" - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 16 Daddy What If - Bobby Bare 17 Zebra Question 18 Plastic 19 A Couple More Years - Willie Nelson 20 Peanut-Butter Sandwich 21 Queen of the Silver Dollar - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show 22 The Generals 23 I Got Stoned and I Missed It 24 A Boy Named Sue (Live in Denmark) - Johnny Cash 25 Boa Constrictor Best known as an author and illustrator whose wildly imaginative books delight people of all ages, Shel Silverstein was also an inspired songwriter, an uninhibited singer and a captivating storyteller. Highlighting Shel in spoken word and music, this celebration of his work also features fellow artists & friends performing the classic hits he penned for them. --- Shel Silverstein is a hard guy to pin down, which is part of not only his charm, but his genius. He's best known as a children's author, but also was a Playboy cartoonist who couldn't resist a dirty joke. He penned novelty songs, but also could write songs as heart-wrenching as "Silvia's Mother" and "Once More With Feeling." He was also a terrific songwriter who was a bit of an acquired taste as a performer, chiefly due to his hammy delivery. This also meant that his best songs were often best recorded by other artists (he didn't even cut some of his best tunes). All of this means that he's a rather difficult artist to compile, and there has been a significant lack of comps in his catalog prior to Columbia/Legacy's valiant 2005 effort, The Best of Shel Silverstein: His Words His Songs His Friends. This single-disc, 25-track comp is as unwieldy as its title, encompassing a little bit of everything that Silverstein did, from whimsical poems to smutty jokes, funky country to precious folk and silly pop. It has some spoken word tracks, some of his own recordings, and a bunch of cuts by other musicians who not only specialized in covering his songs, but were close friends as well. While this sure does present a nice cross section of his career and gives a good idea of what Silverstein did, it doesn't necessarily make for smooth sailing as a listening experience. As the disc winds between spoken excerpts from A Light in the Attice and Where the Sidewalk Ends and songs by Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, the Irish Rovers, and Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, the album never quite gains momentum. It lurches and lumbers, partially because Silverstein's overheated vocals wind up sounding grating about halfway through the disc. Nevertheless, this is still the recommended place to get acquainted with his work, because the songs by other artists are uniformly wonderful, and their loose, funny performances -- such as the Irish Rovers' "The Unicorn," Bobby Bare's "Marie Lavaux," Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue," Waylon and Willie's "A Couple More Years," and any of the four Dr. Hook songs here, including "Cover of the Rolling Stone" -- are the best ways to appreciate Silverstein's genius as a writer. They'll whet your appetite for other Silverstein recordings, so after you've heard this, get Bobby Bare's Lullabys, Legends and Lies and Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show's I Got Stoned and Missed It, which is devoted to nothing but Silverstein songs they recorded, or seek out such great Silverstein songs as "25 Minutes to Go" (recorded by Johnny Cash), "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" (Marianne Faithful), "One's on the Way" (Loretta Lynn), "Mermaid" (Glenn Yarbrough), "Put Another Log on the Fire (Male Chauvinist National Anthem)" (Tompall Glaser), and "Once More With Feeling" (Jerry Lee Lewis) -- all great songs, and all not here. This collection will make you want to hear these songs, even if won't necessarily inspire you to check out other Silverstein albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Shipping^ - Order typically "ships" within a business day after receipt of cleared payment ("Delivery" information provided below)."FREE Shipping" via USPS Media Mail** (Per US Postal Service [USPS] delivery may take up to 3-4 weeks. Other delivery options available at check out.*).Various shipping options available.*CD, Cassette & Vinyl Record inventory is new and provided by licensed & authorized dealers/vendors or record label.Buyer responsible for correct shipping address. MOWC only ships to verified/valid eBay/PayPal shipping addresses.No International or P. O. 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