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Finally, a long overdue collection from vocalist/pianist Bruce Hornsby was issued in 2004. The superb Greatest Radio Hits compiles 15 songs, including his charted singles. Eight Bruce Hornsby & the Range numbers and seven solo tracks are featured. Adding "radio" to the greatest-hits title and Hornsby's comments in the liner notes indicate a strong belief in the unpredictability of what becomes a hit. Hornsby's jazz-influenced pop/rock, particularly with the Range, certainly stood out from the rest of the Top 40 pack in the late '80s. Each of his two finest songs, "The Way It Is" and "The Valley Road," packed a fine melodic wallop wrapped in socially conscious lyrics. The brilliant classic "The Way It Is" hit number one in 1986 arguably on the strength of its instantly memorable piano hooks, but who could have expected its heartfelt examination of racism, civil rights, and social inequality to top the charts at the height of the Reagan era? "The Valley Road" was an infectiously melodic number five single, yet its melody enveloped subtle lyrics about out-of-wedlock pregnancy, abortion, and class division set in rural, small-town America. Other hits with the Range are "Mandolin Rain," "Every Little Kiss," "Look Out Any Window," "Lost Soul" (with Shawn Colvin on vocals), the underrated "Across the River" (with Jerry Garcia on guitar), and "Set Me in Motion" from the Backdraft soundtrack. Solo songs include "Fields of Gray," "Walk in the Sun," "See the Same Way," "The Good Life," and three previously unreleased tracks: "Go Back to Your Woods" and fascinating live versions of "Jacob's Ladder" (which Huey Lewis & the News took to number one) and "The End of the Innocence" (co-written with Don Henley, who had a Top Ten hit with his take). Greatest Radio Hits is destined to be a perennial catalog best-seller, and deservedly so.
© Bret Adams /TiVo
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Elliot Scheiner, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer
(P) 1986 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Elliot Scheiner, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer - John Hornsby, Composer - John Hornsby, Lyricist
(P) 1986 BMG Music
Elliot Scheiner, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer
(P) 1986 BMG Music
Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer - Neil Dorfsman, Producer - John Hornsby, Composer - John Hornsby, Lyricist
(P) 1988 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer - Neil Dorfsman, Producer - John Hornsby, Composer - John Hornsby, Lyricist
(P) 1988 BMG Music
Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer - John Hornsby, Composer - John Hornsby, Lyricist - Wayne Pooley, Producer - Wayne Pooley, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Don Henley, Composer - Don Henley, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer - Wayne Pooley, Producer - Wayne Pooley, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer - John Hornsby, Composer - John Hornsby, Lyricist - Don Gehman, Producer
(P) 1990 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer - Don Gehman, Producer
(P) 1990 BMG Music
Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Performer - Chris Lord-Alge, Mixing Engineer - John Hornsby, Composer - John Hornsby, Lyricist
(P) 1991 BMG Music
Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Performer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer
(P) 1993 BMG Music
Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Performer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer
(P) 1995 BM Music
Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Performer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer
(P) 1998 BMG Music
Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Performer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - David Bendeth, Producer
(P) 2002 BMG Music
Bruce Hornsby, Lyricist - Bruce Hornsby, Producer - Bruce Hornsby, Performer - Bruce Hornsby, Composer - Robbie Robertson, Composer - Robbie Robertson, Lyricist - Wayne Pooley, Producer
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Album review
Finally, a long overdue collection from vocalist/pianist Bruce Hornsby was issued in 2004. The superb Greatest Radio Hits compiles 15 songs, including his charted singles. Eight Bruce Hornsby & the Range numbers and seven solo tracks are featured. Adding "radio" to the greatest-hits title and Hornsby's comments in the liner notes indicate a strong belief in the unpredictability of what becomes a hit. Hornsby's jazz-influenced pop/rock, particularly with the Range, certainly stood out from the rest of the Top 40 pack in the late '80s. Each of his two finest songs, "The Way It Is" and "The Valley Road," packed a fine melodic wallop wrapped in socially conscious lyrics. The brilliant classic "The Way It Is" hit number one in 1986 arguably on the strength of its instantly memorable piano hooks, but who could have expected its heartfelt examination of racism, civil rights, and social inequality to top the charts at the height of the Reagan era? "The Valley Road" was an infectiously melodic number five single, yet its melody enveloped subtle lyrics about out-of-wedlock pregnancy, abortion, and class division set in rural, small-town America. Other hits with the Range are "Mandolin Rain," "Every Little Kiss," "Look Out Any Window," "Lost Soul" (with Shawn Colvin on vocals), the underrated "Across the River" (with Jerry Garcia on guitar), and "Set Me in Motion" from the Backdraft soundtrack. Solo songs include "Fields of Gray," "Walk in the Sun," "See the Same Way," "The Good Life," and three previously unreleased tracks: "Go Back to Your Woods" and fascinating live versions of "Jacob's Ladder" (which Huey Lewis & the News took to number one) and "The End of the Innocence" (co-written with Don Henley, who had a Top Ten hit with his take). Greatest Radio Hits is destined to be a perennial catalog best-seller, and deservedly so.
© Bret Adams /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:44
- Main artists: Bruce Hornsby
- Composer: Bruce Hornsby
- Label: RCA - BMG Heritage
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 2003 BMG Heritage
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