The Long Road Home: 1963-2003 (2003)

About this title: This box is a difficult thing to recommend, good -- no, make that great -- though it is. Partly, that's because it's almost too much of a great thing for most Hollies fans -- if they don't mind paying $120 for the six-CD U.K. import set, but most listeners aren't capitalized that way. And it does have its shortcomings, despite its cost. In contrast to, say, Crossroads by Eric Clapton, or Dreams by the Allman Brothers, it isn't where one could start listening to the Hollies -- there's too much that's not here, including "Bus Stop," and "Look Through Any Window." The shortcomings are ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hey What's Wrong With Me [Clarke/Nash]
2. (Ain't That) Just Like Me [Carrol/Guy]
3. Whole World Over [Clarke/Nash]
4. Stay [Williams]
5. You Better Move On [Alexander]
6. Keep Off That Friend of Mine [Elliot/Hicks]
7. Baby That's All [Mann]
8. Don't You Know [Ransford]
9. Come on Back [Ransford]
10. We're Through [Alternative Arrangement] [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
11. She Said Yeah [Jackson/Christy]
12. Nobody [Ransford]
13. So Lonely [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
14. Bring Back Your Love to Me [Ransford]
15. Listen Here to Me [Ransford]
16. Honey and Wine [Goffin/King]
17. Very Last Day [Stookey/Yarrow]
18. Mickey's Monkey [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
19. You Must Believe Me [Mayfield]
20. She Gives Me Everything I Want [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
21. I've Got a Way of My Own [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
22. You in My Arms [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
23. If I Needed Someone [Harrison]
24. Stewball [Traditional/Yellin/]
25. Don't You Even Care (What's Gonna Happen to Me) [Ballard]
26. Oriental Sadness (She'll Never Trust in Anybody No More) [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
27. After the Fox [Bacharach/David]
28. Don't Run & Hide [Ransford]
29. Pay You Back With Interest [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
30. It's You [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
31. What's Wrong With the Way I Live [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
32. Crusader [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
33. Non Prego Per Me [Mogol/Battisti]
34. Kill Me Quick [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
35. We're Alive [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
36. Schoolgirl [Gouldman]
37. All the World Is Love [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
38. Rain on the Window [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
39. You Need Love [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
40. Stop Right There [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
41. Signs That Will Never Change [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
42. Everything Is Sunshine [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
43. King Midas in Reverse [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
44. Dear Eloise [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
45. Maker [Nash]
46. Would You Believe [Clarke]
47. Elevated Observations [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
48. Butterfly [Nash]
49. Open Up Your Eyes [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
50. Relax [Nash]
51. Wings [Clarke/Nash]
52. Like Everytime Before [Clarke/Hicks/Nash]
53. Man With No Expression (Horses Through a Rainstorm) [Nash/Reid]
54. A Taste of Honey [Scott/Marlow]
55. Blowin' in the Wind [Nash Version] [Dylan]
56. Quit Your Low Down Ways [Dylan]
57. My Back Pages [Dylan]
58. Not That Way at All [Clarke]
59. Why Didn't You Believe [Clarke/Sylvester]
60. Please Let Me Please [Clarke/Hicks]

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