Retrospective 1990-2005 [Deluxe Edition] (2005)

About this title: Natalie Merchant was with 10,000 Maniacs for four full-length albums before she departed for a solo career. Four albums and ten years into her solo career, she released Retrospective 1995-2005, a 13-track collection of highlights, containing no rarities or B-sides (those were reserved for the simultaneously released deluxe edition of the album, which had a 15-track bonus disc containing all notable non-LP tracks, including three unreleased cuts, plus duets with the Chieftains, R.E.M., Billy Bragg, and Susan McKeown). Her solo career began on a high note with Tigerlily, a continuation of the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Wonder [Merchant]
2. Carnival [Merchant]
3. Jealousy [Merchant]
4. San Andreas Fault [Merchant]
5. Kind & Generous [Merchant]
6. Break Your Heart [Merchant]
7. Life Is Sweet [Merchant]
8. The Living [Merchant]
9. Build a Levee [Merchant]
10. Not in This Life [Merchant]
11. Motherland [Merchant]
12. Owensboro [Traditional]
13. Sally Ann [Claus/Hyman/Powell]
14. She Devil [Merchant]
15. Cowboy Romance [Merchant]
16. Children Go Where I Send Thee [Traditional]
17. Birds & Ships [Guthrie/Bragg]
18. The Lowlands of Holland [Traditional]
19. One Fine Day [Goffin/King]
20. Photograph [Merchant/Berry/Buck]
21. Party of God [Merchant/Bragg]
22. Thick as Thieves [Merchant]
23. Bread & Circuses [Merchant/Bragg]
24. Because I Could Not Stop for Death [Dickinson/McKeown]
25. Tell Yourself [Merchant]
26. But Not for Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]
27. I Know How to Do It [Feather/Price]
28. Come Take a Trip in My Airship [Evans/Shields]

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