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[The Traveling Wilburys Collection - 2CDs]
*Tracklist*
Disc: 1
1. Handle With Care
2. Dirty World
3. Rattled
4. Last Night
5. Not Alone Any More
6. Congratulations
7. Heading For The Light
8. Margarita
9. Tweeter And The Monkey Man
10. End Of The Line
11. Maxine
12. Like A Ship
Disc: 2
1. She's My Baby
2. Inside Out
3. If You Belonged To Me
4. Devil's Been Busy
5. 7 Deadly Sins
6. Poor House
7. Where Were You Last Night
8. Cool Dry Place
9. New Blue Moon
10. You Took My Breath Away
11. Wilbury Twist
12. Nobody's Child
13. Runaway
*Amazon.co.uk Review*
The Traveling Wilburys were one of the
few supergroups that lived up to their promise,
because they didn't try
to. Things started inauspiciously when George Harrison,
needing a
B-side for a 1988 single, called in friends Jeff Lynne,
Bob Dylan, Tom
Petty, and Roy Orbison for assistance. Two albums
later--the second
without Orbison, who had passed away shortly after the
first was
released--the loose-knit collective had recorded
material that was as
durable, and occasionally eclipsed, the participants'
legendary solo
work. The Wilburys succeeded due to a genial and
contagious camaraderie
that permeates both discs. What could have been a
train wreck of ego
clashes instead resulted in a frothy meeting of the
minds. These guys
are having a blast, trading lead vocals and harmonies
on energetic
folk-rock, quirky rockabilly, and Beatlesque pop that
shimmers with the
respect and esteem the members clearly hold for each
other. Harrison
and Lynne's rather slick production polishes off edges
that might
better have been left unvarnished, but there's no
denying the
loosey-goosey craftsmanship at work in tunes such as
"Handle with
Care," "End of the Line," and a
striking Orbison performance on "Not
Alone Anymore" that ranks with any of his finest.
Both albums were
million-sellers, but oddly went out of print for about
a decade until
Rhino resurrected them, adding two rare tracks per
disc. The resulting
package is a comprehensive overview of a once--well,
twice--in-a-lifetime project that, especially after
Harrison's passing,
will never be repeated. _--Hal Horowitz_
*The Sun*
"Now is the perfect time to re-live the
magic..****(stars)"
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