Nevada Fighter/Tantamount to Treason (2001)

About this title: This U.K. import is the second in a series of three separate two-fer releases gathering Michael Nesmith's first six albums with additional materials -- such as the three previously issued bonus tracks included on this package. While each album contains a substantially different backing band, they are both continuations of the intricate country & western-influenced songs that Nesmith was both writing and covering in the early '70s. The 1971 release Nevada Fighter was the third and final from the First National Band, containing a bevy of both highly melodic originals -- much in the same vein as ... read more

Tracks:

1. Grand Ennui [Nesmith]
2. Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care) [Nesmith]
3. Here I Am [Nesmith]
4. Only Bound [Nesmith]
5. Nevada Fighter [Nesmith]
6. Texas Morning [Murphey/Castleman]
7. Tumbling Tumbleweeds [Nolan]
8. I Looked Away [Clapton/Whitlock]
9. Rainmaker [Nilsson/Martin]
10. Rene [Rhodes]
11. Mama Rocker [Nesmith]
12. Lazy Lady [Nesmith]
13. You Are My One [Nesmith]
14. In the Afternoon [Nesmith]
15. Highway 99 With Melange [Cohen]
16. Wax Minute [Stekol]
17. Bonaparte's Retreat [King/Stewart]
18. Talking to the Wall [Chadwick]
19. She Thinks I Still Care [Duffy/Lipscomb]
20. Canata & Fugue in C & W [Nesmith]
21. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke [Travis/Williams]
22. Rose City Chimes [Garrett]

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