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Never having scored any hits, but probably contractually required to assemble a compilation at the end of her contract with Virgin Records (which would seem to have been at hand), Sam Phillips came up with an idiosyncratic repackaging consisting mostly of songs from her four albums for the label. (The advisedly titled lead-off track, "Disappearing Act," was new.) Four songs were remixed, and one, "Holding on to the Earth," was presented in a new version. The sequencing, which went back and forth from the more conventional pop sound of The Indescribable Wow and Cruel Inventions to the more experimental Martinis & Bikinis and Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop), emphasized the differences between the records, with, for example, the edgy "Signposts" from Martinis & Bikinis followed by the art-pop (complete with string section) of "That's Where the Colors Don't Go" from Cruel Inventions. Phillips often seemed to be revising her early, more accessible work in the light of her later, more challenging efforts, such as including only the 75-second Marc Ribot-played guitar part from the Cruel Inventions track "Tripping over Gravity." Though some of Phillips' better songs were included, this was less a "best of" than a re-imagining of her Virgin Records catalog.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Sam Phillips, Author, MainArtist
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - Karyn Rachtman, Producer - Peter Afterman, Producer
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1994 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Composer, MainArtist - T-Bone Burnett, Composer
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Composer, MainArtist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1994 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Author, MainArtist
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Composer, MainArtist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1996 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Author, MainArtist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1994 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Author, MainArtist
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Composer, MainArtist
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Author, MainArtist
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Author, MainArtist - T-Bone Burnett, Author
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Composer, MainArtist
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Composer, MainArtist
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Author, MainArtist
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1991 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Sam Phillips, Author, MainArtist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer
This compilation (p) 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1994 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Album review
Never having scored any hits, but probably contractually required to assemble a compilation at the end of her contract with Virgin Records (which would seem to have been at hand), Sam Phillips came up with an idiosyncratic repackaging consisting mostly of songs from her four albums for the label. (The advisedly titled lead-off track, "Disappearing Act," was new.) Four songs were remixed, and one, "Holding on to the Earth," was presented in a new version. The sequencing, which went back and forth from the more conventional pop sound of The Indescribable Wow and Cruel Inventions to the more experimental Martinis & Bikinis and Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop), emphasized the differences between the records, with, for example, the edgy "Signposts" from Martinis & Bikinis followed by the art-pop (complete with string section) of "That's Where the Colors Don't Go" from Cruel Inventions. Phillips often seemed to be revising her early, more accessible work in the light of her later, more challenging efforts, such as including only the 75-second Marc Ribot-played guitar part from the Cruel Inventions track "Tripping over Gravity." Though some of Phillips' better songs were included, this was less a "best of" than a re-imagining of her Virgin Records catalog.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:03
- Main artists: Sam Phillips
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 1998 Virgin Records America, Inc.
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