Retrospective: 1995-2005
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Retrospective: 1995–2005 is Natalie Merchant
's first greatest hits
album
, featuring her most popular songs. It was released on 27 September 2005 on Elektra Records
.
A Special Deluxe Edition of Retrospective: 1990-2005 was available for a limited time from Natalie Merchant's website. This version included a second disc with B-sides and rarities:
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Anne Merchant is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993.-Early life:...
's first greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, featuring her most popular songs. It was released on 27 September 2005 on Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
.
Track listing
- Wonder (Single Version) - 4:24
- Carnival - 5:59
- Jealousy (Single Version) - 2:44
- San Andreas Fault - 3:58
- Kind & Generous - 4:06
- Break Your Heart - 4:53
- Life is Sweet - 5:14
- The Living - 3:18
- Build a Levee - 4:48
- Not in This Life - 5:22
- Motherland - 4:45
- Owensboro - 4:25
- Sally Ann - 5:49
A Special Deluxe Edition of Retrospective: 1990-2005 was available for a limited time from Natalie Merchant's website. This version included a second disc with B-sides and rarities:
- She Devil (outtake from OpheliaOphelia (album)Ophelia is the title of a 1998 album, film, and song by Natalie Merchant. As evidenced in the pictures in the booklet that comes with the album, Merchant seems to see Shakespeare's Ophelia as a figure encompassing many important feminine archetypes...
) - 5:55 - Cowboy Romance (outtake from The House Carpenter's DaughterThe House Carpenter's DaughterThe House Carpenter's Daughter is an acoustic album by Natalie Merchant. It consists of both traditional songs and cover versions of contemporary folk music. It was released on August 12, 2003 via her web-site and on September 16, 2003 in stores...
) - 8:02 - Children Go Where I Send Thee - 5:12
- Birds and Ships (with Billy BraggBilly BraggStephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...
) - 2:13 - The Lowlands of Holland (with The ChieftainsThe ChieftainsThe Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:...
) - 3:49 - One Fine Day (from the movie One Fine Day) - 2:47
- Photograph (with R.E.M.R.E.M.R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
) - 3:32 - Party of God (with Billy BraggBilly BraggStephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...
) - 4:17 - Thick as Thieves (Acoustic Version) - 6:23
- Bread and Circuses (with Billy BraggBilly BraggStephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...
) - 4:24 - Because I Could Not Stop for Death (with Susan McKeownSusan McKeownSusan McKeown is an Irish songwriter, folk singer and producer.-Early years:Susan McKeown was born on February 6, 1967 to John Ryan and Jane Ann McKeown in Terenure, Dublin, Ireland. She was greatly influenced by her mother, an organist and composer who died in 1982...
) - 3:50 - Tell Yourself (Acoustic Version) - 5:05
- But Not for Me - 3:26
- I Know How to Do It - 4:26
- Come Take a Trip in My Airship - 4:03