Studio: Selected Studio Recordings 1986–1995 is an album by the Canadian

Canada

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 rock

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 band Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band. The group was formed in Toronto in 1985 by Margo Timmins , Michael Timmins , Peter Timmins and Alan Anton ....

, released in 1996. It is a greatest hits

Greatest hits

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 compilation of singles from the band's albums on RCA Records

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, and their last official release for that label. (Two compilations, Best of the Cowboy Junkies

Best of the Cowboy Junkies

Best of the Cowboy Junkies is a 2001 greatest hits 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...

and 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...

, were released by the label in the 2000s without the band's participation.)

The band's next studio album, Lay It Down, was released the same year on Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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. However, Studio also includes the song "A Common Disaster" from Lay it Down.

Studio is also the only official Cowboy Junkies album to include the band's studio version of David Wiffen

David Wiffen

David Wiffen is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter. Two of his songs, "Driving Wheel" and "More Often Than Not", have become cover standards.- Career :...

's "Lost My Driving Wheel", which the band recorded for the 1993 benefit album Born to Choose

Born to Choose

Born to Choose is a compilation album, released in 1993 on Rykodisc. It was released as a benefit album, with proceeds going to support NARAL, the Brooklyn Women's Anti-Rape Exchange and Women's Health Action and Mobilization.-Track listing:# R.E.M...

. The song does, however, appear on some import versions of 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...

.

RCA Catalog#: 07863 67412-2.

Track listing

All songs by Michael Timmins, except where noted.

1. "Shining Moon" (Lightnin' Hopkins
   Lightnin' Hopkins
   Sam John Hopkins better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Houston, Texas...
   
   ) – 4:08
2. "Misguided Angel" (Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins
   Margo Timmins
   Margo Timmins is the lead vocalist of the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies. She is the sister of Michael Timmins, the band's lead guitarist and Peter Timmins, the band's drummer...
   
   ) – 4:56
3. "Blue Moon Revisited (A Song for Elvis)
   Blue Moon (song)
   "Blue Moon"'s first crossover recording to rock and roll came from Elvis Presley in 1956. His cover version of the song was included on his self-titled debut album Elvis Presley....
   
   " (Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins, Richard Rodgers
   Richard Rodgers
   Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
   
   , Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
   
   ) – 4:29
4. "Sweet Jane
   Sweet Jane
   "Sweet Jane" is a song by The Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album Loaded. The song was written by band's leader Lou Reed, who continued to incorporate the piece into live performances years later as a solo artist....
   
   " (Lou Reed
   Lou Reed
   Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
   
   ) – 3:36
5. "Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning" – 3:56
6. "Cause Cheap is How I Feel" – 4:15
7. "Powderfinger" (Neil Young
   Neil Young
   Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
   
   ) – 5:46
8. "Southern Rain" – 4:50
9. "A Horse in the Country" – 3:49
10. "This Street, That Man, This Life" – 3:13
11. "Anniversary Song" – 3:11
12. "Ring on the Sill" – 4:22
13. "A Common Disaster" – 3:22
14. "Lost My Driving Wheel" (David Wiffen) – 6:26