Platinum & Gold Collection (Cowboy Junkies album)
Platinum & Gold Collection is a 2003 compilation of Cowboy Junkies songs recorded for RCA Records. The album is the second compilation of the band's singles released by RCA in just three years, following 2001's Best of the Cowboy Junkies, and is part of the label's Platinum & Gold Collection series of discount-priced singles anthologies. All songs are drawn from the band's RCA Records albums: The Trinity Session, The Caution Horses, Black Eyed Man and Pale Sun, Crescent Moon.
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| Released | September 9, 2003[1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative country, blues rock | |||
| Length | 53:15[1] | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Michael Timmins, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sweet Jane" | Lou Reed | The Trinity Session, 1988 | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)" | Michael Timmins, Margo Timmins, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | The Trinity Session | 4:30 |
| 3. | "Anniversary Song" | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon, 1993 | 3:13 | |
| 4. | "This Street, That Man, This Life" | Black Eyed Man, 1992 | 3:16 | |
| 5. | "Misguided Angel" | The Trinity Session | 4:55 | |
| 6. | "A Horse in the Country" | Black Eyed Man | 3:52 | |
| 7. | "The Post" | J Mascis | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon | 4:39 |
| 8. | "Murder, Tonight, in the Trailer Park" | Black Eyed Man | 4:32 | |
| 9. | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | Hank Williams | The Trinity Session | 5:27 |
| 10. | "Seven Years" | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon | 4:56 | |
| 11. | "Dreaming My Dreams with You" | The Trinity Session | 4:33 | |
| 12. | "Powderfinger" | Neil Young | The Caution Horses, 1990 | 5:45 |
| Total length: | 53:15 | |||
Fan reception
RCA assembled this greatest hits album without participation with the band, using the albums in the RCA catalog. Junkies fan sites suggest boycotting the album, and support the purchasing Waltz Across America instead.[3]
References
- "Platinum & Gold Collection - Cowboy Junkies". AllMusic. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
- Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 369. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- "Cowboy Junkies Other Releases including download only releases from Latent Recordings | Platinum & Gold". JunkiesFan. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
External links
- "Cowboy Junkies - Platinum & Gold Collection". Discogs. Retrieved April 25, 2013.