New Frontier/Time to Think (2000)

About this title: These two albums paired on one CD make for a strange pair of bookends, since the title song of The New Frontier was John Stewart's salute to the Kennedy era and the penultimate song on Time to Think was Stewart's memorial to the late president. The mix of songs is extremely diverse and, if not the group's ideal repertory, shows off their ability to deal with folk music in a multitude of moods and settings. As a bonus, the CD reissue includes both the album version of the hit "Greenback Dollar" and the censored single version in which the word "damn" was edited out. Bruce Eder, All Music ... read more

Tracks:

1. Greenback Dollar [Axton/Ramsey]
2. Some Fool Made a Soldier of Me [Fuller]
3. To Be Redeemed [Bowers]
4. Honey, Are You Mad at Your Man? [Shane/Reynolds/Stew]
5. Adios Farewell [Gilkyson]
6. Poor Ellen Smith [Shane/Reynolds/Stew]
7. Lord, What a Morning [Shane/Reynolds/Stew]
8. Long Black Veil [Wilkin/Dill]
9. Genny Glenn [Shane/Reynolds/Stew]
10. The First Time [MacColl]
11. Dogie's Lament [Shane/Reynolds/Stew]
12. The New Frontier [Stewart]
13. The Patriot Game [Behan]
14. Coal Tattoo [Wheeler]
15. Hobo's Lullaby [Reeves]
16. Seasons in the Sun [McKuen/Brel]
17. These Seven Men [Stewart]
18. Ally Ally Oxen Free [McKuen/Yates]
19. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) [Guthrie/Hoffman]
20. No One to Talk My Toubles To [Weissman]
21. If You Don't Look Around [Stewart]
22. Turn Around [Reynolds/Greene/Bel]
23. Song for a Friend [Stewart]
24. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream [McCurdy]
25. Greenback Dollar [Single Version] [Axton/Ramsey]

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