Songs We Should Have Written (2004)

About this title: Following the over-thought, overwrought carnival that was The Man on the Burning Tightrope, Firewater's covers album, Songs We Should Have Written sounds fresh, and perhaps paradoxically, more like Firewater than the band's previous album did. While the songs and artists the group chose to cover don't exactly trace their influences -- circus music and at least a couple of traditional Eastern European instrumentals would have to be added to even begin to be complete -- it's clear that the mix of alienation, sardonic humor, righteous anger, and occasional moments of beauty in these songs make ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Beat Goes On [Bono]
2. This Town [Hazlewood]
3. Diamonds and Gold [Waits]
4. Folsom Prison [Cash]
5. Storm Warning [Taitt/Reid]
6. Hey Bulldog [Lennon/McCartney]
7. Some Velvet Morning [Hazlewood]
8. This Little Light of Mine [Traditional]
9. Paint It Black [Jagger/Richards]
10. Is That All There Is? [Leiber/Stoller]
11. I Often Dream of Trains [Hitchcock]

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