Best of the Cowboy Junkies is a 2001 greatest hits

Greatest hits

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 compilation of Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies

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' songs recorded for RCA Records

RCA Records

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. It was compiled by the label without the band's authorization or approval, and most Internet fansites advise that the album should consequently be boycott

Boycott

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ed by fans. Such sites usually recommend the purchase of the band's 2000 release Waltz Across America

Waltz Across America

Waltz Across America is a 2000 album by the Canadian rock band Cowboy Junkies.A live album, it was released on the band's independent label, Latent Records. Unlike most of the band's albums, it was not released in the United Kingdom...

, or the individual albums, instead.

RCA released a second compilation, Cowboy Junkies: The Platinum and Gold Collection

Cowboy Junkies: The Platinum and Gold Collection

The Platinum and Gold Collection is a 2003 compilation of Cowboy Junkies songs recorded for RCA Records. It was compiled by the label without the band's authorization or approval, and most Internet fansites advise that the album should consequently be boycotted by fans...

, in 2003.

All songs are drawn from the band's RCA Records albums: The Trinity Session

The Trinity Session

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, The Caution Horses

The Caution Horses

The Caution Horses is a 1990 album by the Canadian country rock band Cowboy Junkies.The first album following their 1988 breakthrough The Trinity Session, The Caution Horses features a more conventional, polished sound than that album's spare, haunting country blues...

, Black Eyed Man

Black Eyed Man

Black Eyed Man is a 1992 album by Cowboy Junkies.The album continues the band's evolution from a spare country blues style to a more mainstream country rock style...

and Pale Sun Crescent Moon

Pale Sun Crescent Moon

Pale Sun Crescent Moon is a 1993 album by Cowboy Junkies.Canadian guitarist Ken Myhr appears on every track on this album. It is generally viewed as the band's best 1990s work...

.

Track listing

1. "Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)
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2. "Sweet Jane
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3. "Misguided Angel"
4. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
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5. "Rock and Bird"
6. "Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning"
7. "Escape is So Simple"
8. "Cause Cheap is How I Feel"
9. "To Live is to Fly"
10. "Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park"
11. "Southern Rain"
12. "Cowboy Junkies Lament"
13. "Anniversary Song"
14. "Cold Tea Blues"
15. "Ring on the Sill"
16. "Hard to Explain"
17. "A Horse in the Country" (UK
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