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Talk about the human condition. When Melissa Etheridge released Lucky in early 2004, it was in celebration of a new romance and her status as a veteran singer/songwriter. Sadly, just a few months later, she announced she had breast cancer. But then, almost exactly a year after Lucky's release, Etheridge was on-stage at the Grammys singing a powerful version of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart." Her bold, and bald, performance proved that cancer wasn't Melissa Etheridge's goodbye. But it also gave hope to anyone experiencing the same ordeal. Etheridge celebrates her career again with 2005's Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, which joins highlights and singles from her albums to unreleased material and a rousing studio version of "Piece of My Heart." The cover shot's great, an update of 1992's Never Enough depicting a short-haired Etheridge and her trusty Ovation, and so is her cover of the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers classic "Refugee," which builds from a raw acoustic track to a full-blown rock band/backup singer belter. From there the set continues chronologically. The breathy keyboards of "Similar Features" date it to 1988, but "Like the Way I Do" and "Bring Me Some Water," its fellow singles from Etheridge's self-titled debut, are shots of bluesy, brassy rock & roll that renew amazement in Etheridge's unchecked passion as a vocalist. (Actually, this collection could consist of "Bring Me Some Water" 17 times in a row and still be awesome.) Brave and Crazy's gently evocative "You Can Sleep While I Drive" plays out like a little movie, while the 1993 hit Yes I Am is represented by three slicker yet still strong tracks. Later albums like Breakdown and Your Little Secret get one song each. While she's always been brave, it's clear as Road Less Traveled plays out that Etheridge became less crazy as the 1990s unfolded. She adjusted the swagger of her earlier records with turns toward conventional album-oriented rock and lighter, more tasteful singles ("Come to My Window," for example). But her songwriting always endured, as the previously unreleased "This Is Not Goodbye" and "I Run for Life" show. Both inspired by her cancer, the former is an elegiac meditation on mortality while the latter celebrates recovery, endurance, and belief. Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled is a comprehensive, entertaining, and ultimately redemptive collection from a woman who truly deserves it.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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John Shanks, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Petty, ComposerLyricist - Jeff Rothschild, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Melissa Etheridge, MainArtist
℗ 2005 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Craig Krampf, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin McCormick, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Lee Schell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Waddy Wachtel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer, Executive Producer - Scott Thurston, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - NIKO BOLAS, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Fraboni, Producer, Executive Producer - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Craig Krampf, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin McCormick, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Lee Schell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Waddy Wachtel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer, Executive Producer - Scott Thurston, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - NIKO BOLAS, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Fraboni, Producer, Executive Producer - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Craig Krampf, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin McCormick, Producer, Bass Guitar, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Lee Schell, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Waddy Wachtel, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer, Executive Producer - Scott Thurston, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Wally Badarou, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - NIKO BOLAS, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Fraboni, Producer, Executive Producer - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin McCormick, Producer - NIKO BOLAS, Producer - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin McCormick, Producer - NIKO BOLAS, Producer - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1989 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin McCormick, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gabe Veltri, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Padgham, Producer - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Hugh Padgham, Producer - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Padgham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hugh Padgham, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 Island Records Inc.
CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Shanks, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Brandi Carlile, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Schermerhorn, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Freese, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Wormer, Unknown, Other - Jay Bellerose, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - KENNY ARONOFF, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David Cole, Producer, Co-Producer, Drum Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES HARRAH, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kipp Lennon, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Parashar, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Christian Mock, Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Ott, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Browne, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Barlow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Hopkins, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Island Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jamie Muhoberac, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Valentine, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Shanks, Producer, Co-Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KENNY ARONOFF, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Rothschild, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Melissa Etheridge, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 The Island Def Jam Music Group
BERT BERNS, ComposerLyricist - Mark Valentine, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JERRY RAGOVOY, ComposerLyricist - John Shanks, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Rothschild, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Melissa Etheridge, MainArtist
℗ 2005 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mark Valentine, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Shanks, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Rothschild, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Melissa Etheridge, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 The Island Def Jam Music Group
John Shanks, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Rothschild, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Melissa Etheridge, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 The Island Def Jam Music Group
David Cole, Producer - Philip Sayce, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Browne, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Melissa Etheridge, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mauricio Fritz Lewak, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Talk about the human condition. When Melissa Etheridge released Lucky in early 2004, it was in celebration of a new romance and her status as a veteran singer/songwriter. Sadly, just a few months later, she announced she had breast cancer. But then, almost exactly a year after Lucky's release, Etheridge was on-stage at the Grammys singing a powerful version of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart." Her bold, and bald, performance proved that cancer wasn't Melissa Etheridge's goodbye. But it also gave hope to anyone experiencing the same ordeal. Etheridge celebrates her career again with 2005's Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, which joins highlights and singles from her albums to unreleased material and a rousing studio version of "Piece of My Heart." The cover shot's great, an update of 1992's Never Enough depicting a short-haired Etheridge and her trusty Ovation, and so is her cover of the Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers classic "Refugee," which builds from a raw acoustic track to a full-blown rock band/backup singer belter. From there the set continues chronologically. The breathy keyboards of "Similar Features" date it to 1988, but "Like the Way I Do" and "Bring Me Some Water," its fellow singles from Etheridge's self-titled debut, are shots of bluesy, brassy rock & roll that renew amazement in Etheridge's unchecked passion as a vocalist. (Actually, this collection could consist of "Bring Me Some Water" 17 times in a row and still be awesome.) Brave and Crazy's gently evocative "You Can Sleep While I Drive" plays out like a little movie, while the 1993 hit Yes I Am is represented by three slicker yet still strong tracks. Later albums like Breakdown and Your Little Secret get one song each. While she's always been brave, it's clear as Road Less Traveled plays out that Etheridge became less crazy as the 1990s unfolded. She adjusted the swagger of her earlier records with turns toward conventional album-oriented rock and lighter, more tasteful singles ("Come to My Window," for example). But her songwriting always endured, as the previously unreleased "This Is Not Goodbye" and "I Run for Life" show. Both inspired by her cancer, the former is an elegiac meditation on mortality while the latter celebrates recovery, endurance, and belief. Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled is a comprehensive, entertaining, and ultimately redemptive collection from a woman who truly deserves it.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:52
- Main artists: Melissa Etheridge
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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