Kris Kristofferson - Essential Kris Kristofferson (2004) 2CD FLAC+Cue

Kris Kristofferson - Essential Kris Kristofferson (2004) 2CD FLAC+Cue

The Essential Kris Kristofferson is a 37-track, 2-CD greatest hits compilation and career retrospective for Kris Kristofferson. The two CD isn't a balanced retrospective of his lengthy career, heavily emphasizing his 1969-1971 recordings, which in fact comprise all of disc one. And it doesn't represent many of his albums at all (particularly the ones not done for Monument or Columbia), including just one post-1985 track. On the other hand, for the vast majority of Kristofferson listeners who want a best-of that offers more than a single-disc greatest-hits anthology can, it serves its purpose well. His best-known songs are here, in the original Kristofferson-sung versions: "Me and Bobby McGee," "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," "Why Me," and "For the Good Times."

Track Listing

CD1
1. Sunday Mornin 'Comin' Down 4:32
2. To Beat The Devil 4:42
3. Just The Other Side Of Nowhere 3:38
4. Me And Bobby McGee 4:21
5. The Best Of All Possible Worlds 3:00
6. Casey's Last Ride 3:36
7. Help Me Make It Through The Night 2:22
8. Darby's Castle 3:18
9. Jody And The Kid 3:07
10. Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) 3:46
11. For The Good Times 3:24
12. Come Sundown 2:37
13. From The Bottle To The Bottom 2:58
14. Billy Dee 2:58
15. Breakdown (A Long Way From Home) 2:43
16. The Silver Tongued Devil And I 4:18
17. The Taker 3:15
18. The Pilgrim: Chapter 33 (Live) 3:16

CD2
1. Border Lord 3:37
2. The Sabre And The Rose 5:14
3. Broken Freedom Song 5:24
4. Jesus Was A Capricorn (Owed To John Prine) 2:29
5. Shandy (The Perfect Disguise) 3:39
6. Sugar Man 4:02
7. The Last Time 4:12
8. Nobody Wins 3:08
9. I'd Rather Be Sorry (Duet With Rita Coolidge) 3:11
10. Highwayman (With Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson And Johnny Cash) 3:03
11. Don't Cuss The Fiddle 3:24
12. The Bigger The Fool, The Harder The Fall 3:33
13. Stranger 3:08
14. If You Don't Like Hank Williams 3:30
15. Here Comes That Rainbow Again 2:53
16. Once More With Feeling 2:50
17. How Do You Feel About Foolin 'Around (Duet With Willie Nelson) 2:45
18. Why Me 3:28
19. Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends 2:38