Garage d'Or (2000)

About this title: Garage d'Or chronicles Cracker's rise and fall, choosing to cut corners where it better suits the band's legacy. For instance, "I Hate My Generation" is nowhere to be found on the 16-track disc, but a cover of the Flamin' Groovies' "Shake Some Action" (from the Clueless soundtrack) is. Why, you ask? Because Garage D'Or is designed for Cracker's core audience -- not the people who requested "Low" every hour on the hour, but those who understood all the musical references, jokes, and lyrical allusions, and cherished each little detail. Consequently, it may not be "comprehensive," in the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) [Lowery]
2. This Is Cracker Soul [Hickman/Lowery/Fara]
3. I See the Light [Hickman/Lowery/Fara]
4. Low [Lowery/Hickman/Fara]
5. Get off This [Lowery/Faragher/Hic]
6. Sweet Potato [Faragher/Hickman/Lo]
7. Euro-Trash Girl [Lowery/Hickman/Pete]
8. Shake Some Action [Jordan/Wilson]
9. Sweet Thistle Pie [Lowery/Hickman]
10. I'm a Little Rocket Ship [Lowery/Hickman]
11. Big Dipper [Lowery]
12. Seven Days [Lowery/Hickman]
13. Been Around the World [Lowery]
14. Be My Love [Lowery]
15. Heaven Knows I'm Lonely Now [Lowery/Hickman]
16. Eyes of Mary [Lowery]
17. Surfbilly [Lowery/Hickman]
18. The Golden Age [Live] [Lowery/Hickman]
19. You Ain't Going Nowhere [Live] [Dylan]
20. Hollywood Cemetary [Lowery]
21. Whole Lotta Trouble [Hickman/Lowery]
22. I Want Out of the Circus [Live] [Lowery]
23. Steve's Hornpipe [Lowery/Hickman]
24. Mr. Wrong [Live] [Hickman]
25. Sunday Train [Lowery/Hickman]
26. Lonesome Johnny Blues [Live] [Hickman]
27. Rainy Days and Mondays [Nichols/Williams]
28. China [Lowery/Hickman]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.