1. Drown (Trail of Stars, Glitterhouse, 1999)
Some people say that "Trail" was our darkest and most claustrophobic album. Admittedly, band dynamics were tense, tragedy was swirling around our lives, and we were still hungover from our major label experience. Nevertheless, I saw "Trail Of Stars" then, and still see it, as the most "pop" of all of our efforts. "Drown" is a good example of that belief.

2. The Light Will Stay On (Devil's Road, Virgin, 1996)
When putting a "best-of" together, I suppose you are compelled to include your "hits." The only problem is that we never have had any, except for this song. In the cold winter of 1996 it cracked the top 40 in Germany, and charted in Norway, Belgium, Greece, England (#99 without the bullet) and Israel. We once heard it playing at a German truckstop squeezed between Falco and Toto's "Africa."

3. Radiant (Ended Up A Stranger, Glitterhouse, 2002)
A groovin' ghost story, disguising itself as a song. I really feel like we found our feet again on the album from which this song is taken. We were able to capture both looseness and detail. We started to have fun again. Terri's no-nonsense drumming really shines on this one.

4. The Stopping-Off Place (Devil's Road,Virgin, 1996)
One of my favorite Walkabouts tracks, if for no other reason, because it was covered by my songwriting idol: Townes Van Zandt. We received the cassette with his version on it, just a few weeks before he died. It hit us hard that we never got to thank him. Listening to the song now, it is clear that I stole it from him to begin with.

5. Winslow Place (Ended Up A Stranger, Glitterhouse, 2002)
People have regularly asked me, "Where is Winslow Place?" Sadly, there is nothing romantic about the place itself. It is a rather nondescript,1970's apartment building in the Fremont section of Seattle. You could imagine the family from "Married With Children" living there. .......
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Największe przeboje instytucji z Seattle, najważniejszego zespołu w historii Glitterhouse, jednego z najważniejszych w rockowej muzyce ostatnich dwudziestu lat. Po opublikowaniu 15 albumów, takiemu zespołowi należy się przegląd przez najwspanialsze piosenki, wybór na pewno nie był łatwy, bo tak naprawdę prawie każdy utwór Walkabouts jest przebojem samym w sobie, ale sam zespół po konsultacjach z przyjaciólmi i najwierniejszymi fanami wybrał wreszcie te 13 utworów, które w zaskakujący sposób bardzo dobrze ze soba współgrają i harmonizują i dają nowy, okrągły album. Od czasów "New West Motel" jest tu więc reprezentowany każdy niemal album, łacznie z dwoma płytami z covermai ("Train Leaves At Eight" i "Satisfied Mind"). Zdokumentowano także fazę krótkiego mariażu z Virgin. Do tego we wkładce masa dokładnych informacji o składzie oraz wszystkie teksty, jak również specjalne wprowadzenie autorstwa maxima Jakubowskiego. Usiąść, światło zgasić i dać się ponieść...



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1. Drown (Trail of Stars, Glitterhouse, 1999)

Some people say that "Trail" was our darkest and most claustrophobic album. Admittedly, band dynamics were tense, tragedy was swirling around our lives, and we were still hungover from our major label experience. Nevertheless, I saw "Trail Of Stars" then, and still see it, as the most "pop" of all of our efforts. "Drown" is a good example of that belief.



2. The Light Will Stay On (Devil's Road, Virgin, 1996)

When putting a "best-of" together, I suppose you are compelled to include your "hits." The only problem is that we never have had any, except for this song. In the cold winter of 1996 it cracked the top 40 in Germany, and charted in Norway, Belgium, Greece, England (#99 without the bullet) and Israel. We once heard it playing at a German truckstop squeezed between Falco an.......
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