Long over due!

Like it has been pointed out by some others. There are a few "radio" tracks not on this CD. There are also a few others on the CD that were not played on the radio. Either way, I am happy to get some remaster Bruce Hornsby. I have been a fan since "The Way It Is" broke in 1986. I would love to see that album and many of his others get the remaster treatment. For now I will take this. He is so over looked! Thank you Bruce!!



1. The Way It Is

2. Mandolin Rain

3. Every Little Kiss

4. The Valley Road

5. Look Out Any Window

6. Jacob's Ladder

7. The End of the Innocence

8. Across the River

9. Lost Soul

10. Set Me in Motion

11. Fields of Gray

12. Walk in the Sun

13. See the Same Way

14. The Good Life

15. Go Back to Your Woods

Misleading title

Don't be misled by the title - although most of the songs included were released to radio, they are not in their single edits. All tracks are album length - not the edited versions you would have been accustomed to hearing on the radio. Hornsby's songs do tend to drag on a solid minute longer than necessary which would have made the radio edits more enjoyable. This would have also been the best place to include these edits which are otherwise unavailable.



Several of Hornsby's "radio" hits are missing. "Harbor Lights," "Rainbow's Cadillac," and "Swing Street" reached Billboard's and/or Radio and Records' Adult Contemporary charts, but are absent from this collection. Uncharted singles such as "Talk Of The Town" and "Defenders Of The Flag" are also missing. Instead, there are live versions of hits he wrote for others - "The End of the Innocence" and "Jacob's Ladder" - that are too long and unrehearsed. (On "Innocence," Hornsby is not even singing with the melody he is playing on the piano!) On the plus side, this is the first Hornsby album to include "Set Me In Motion" from the "Backdraft" soundtrack and the songs are presented chronologically.

Nice Surprise

It seems Bruce Hornsby has largely abandoned his experimental and jazzy ventures in favor of the sound of his first couple albums. Although I have enjoyed each album (even Big Swing Face) with the exception of Spirit Trail I was pleasantly surprised by the new CD. The CD kicks off with Gonna Be Some Changes Made which echoes The Way It Is off the first album with a little more punch. He drifts into Randy Newman territory with Hooray for Tom and Heir Gordon, both excellent songs. Song F seems like a leftover from his Spirit Trail Days. It slows the momentum a bit. Not bad but a bit pointless. Plenty of piano and strong melodies.