Rosanne Cash - The Essential Rosanne Cash 2CD (2011)

The idiosyncratic and innovative music of Rosanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash, made her one of the pre-eminent singer/songwriters of her day. Although Rosanne Cash is often classified as a country artist, her music draws on many genres, including folk, pop, rock and blues. In the 1980s, she had a string of chart-topping singles, which crossed musical genres and landed on both C&W and Top 100 charts, the most commercially successful being her 1981 breakthrough hit "Seven Year Ache", which topped the U.S. country singles charts and reached the Top 30 on the U.S. pop singles charts. Included on The Essential Rosanne Cash are 36 tracks over 2 discs, including 10 #1 US Country singles.
There is a story here on The Essential Rosanne Cash that runs from 1978's "Can I Still Believe In You" to 2009's "Sweet Memories." Within the joints and joists of these songs Cash married, had children, married again, had children again, traveled, lived in five cities on two continents, lost loved ones, got sick and got well again. Many of the selections on this compilation are signposts of sorts for the landmarks of her life, and the personal and musical are essentially interwoven.

TRACKLIST

CD1:
01 – Can I Still Believe In You
02 – Baby, Better Start Turnin’ Em Down
03 – No Memories Hangin’ Round (Duet with Bobby Bare)
04 – Seven Year Ache
05 – Blue Moon With Heartache
06 – My Babe Thinks He’s A Train
07 – It Hasn’t Happened Yet
08 – I Wonder
09 – If It Weren’t For Him (Duet with Vince Gill)
10 – I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me
11 – Never Be You
12 – Hold On
13 – Runaway Train
14 – The Way We Make A Broken Heart
15 – If You Change Your Mind
16 – It’s Such A Small World (Duet with Rodney Crowell)
17 – Tennessee Flat Top Box
18 – I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party

CD2:
01 – The Real Me
02 – On the Surface
03 – What We Really Want
04 – I Want a Cure
05 – Mirror Image
06 – The Wheel
07 – Seventh Avenue
08 – Sleeping in Paris
09 – A Lover Is Forever (live)
10 – Western Wall
11 – September When It Comes (featuring Johnny Cash)
12 – Black Cadillac
13 – House on the Lake
14 – The World Unseen
15 – The Good Intent
16 – 500 Miles
17 – Sea of Heartbreak (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
18 – Sweet Memories (featuring Chris Thile)