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Four Decades of Folk Rock,Various Artists

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Released 2007

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- 1
- Like a Rolling Stone
- 06:08
- 174 plays

- 2
- Eve of Destruction
- 03:36
- 239 plays

- 3
- It Ain't Me Babe
- 02:08
- 184 plays

- 4
- You Were on My Mind
- 02:36
- 168 plays

- 5
- Do You Believe in Magic
- 02:04
- 201 plays

- 6
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
- 03:53
- 208 plays

- 7
- Go Where You Wanna Go
- 02:27
- 216 plays

- 8
- Don't Make Promises
- 02:24
- 168 plays

- 9
- Season of the Witch
- 04:54
- 154 plays

- 10
- That's the Bag I'm In
- 03:35
- 137 plays

- 11
- Get Together
- 04:37
- 185 plays

- 12
- Today
- 03:00
- 141 plays

- 13
- For What It's Worth
- 02:37
- 194 plays

- 14
- I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain
- 06:00
- 227 plays

- 15
- Morning Dew
- 03:43
- 221 plays

- 16
- Different Drum
- 02:36
- 161 plays

- 17
- I Shall Be Released
- 03:11
- 150 plays

- 18
- Everybody's Talkin'
- 02:51
- 174 plays

- 19
- Wooden Ships
- 05:27
- 260 plays

- 20
- Fotheringay
- 03:03
- 230 plays

- 21
- Coming into Los Angeles
- 03:04
- 231 plays

- 22
- Anywhere Like Heaven
- 03:25
- 255 plays

- 23
- John Barleycorn
- 06:25
- 223 plays

- 24
- Box of Rain
- 05:17
- 260 plays

- 25
- One of These Things First
- 04:50
- 195 plays

- 26
- Reason to Believe
- 04:09
- 177 plays

- 27
- American Pie
- 08:32
- 360 plays

- 28
- People on the Highway
- 04:43
- 190 plays

- 29
- Rock Me on the Water
- 04:12
- 262 plays

- 30
- Birds [Live]
- 02:58
- 250 plays

- 31
- Whiskey in the Jar
- 05:43
- 217 plays

- 32
- Love Has No Pride
- 03:46
- 186 plays

- 33
- Diamonds and Rust
- 04:41
- 264 plays

- 34
- All Around My Hat
- 04:04
- 221 plays

- 35
- Gold Dust Woman
- 04:56
- 223 plays

- 36
- Wall of Death
- 03:42
- 159 plays

- 37
- Come on Eileen
- 04:44
- 236 plays

- 38
- Talk About the Passion
- 03:20
- 168 plays

- 39
- What's She Done to Your Mind
- 02:55
- 164 plays

- 40
- Pass It On
- 03:37
- 181 plays

- 41
- A Pair of Brown Eyes
- 04:51
- 185 plays

- 42
- Love Radiates Around
- 04:47
- 191 plays

- 43
- Someday
- 03:47
- 185 plays

- 44
- Luka
- 03:52
- 242 plays

- 45
- Fourth of July
- 03:56
- 181 plays

- 46
- See How We Are
- 03:47
- 169 plays

- 47
- Let It Rain
- 03:55
- 169 plays

- 48
- Don't Talk
- 05:02
- 187 plays

- 49
- Fisherman's Blues
- 04:19
- 243 plays

- 50
- Hazy Shade of Winter
- 02:46
- 194 plays

- 51
- Five Cups of Coffee
- 03:50
- 171 plays

- 52
- Passionate Kisses
- 02:37
- 161 plays

- 53
- Put Down the Gun
- 03:40
- 175 plays

- 54
- Carolyn
- 03:55
- 209 plays

- 55
- Drawn to the Rhythm
- 04:08
- 202 plays

- 56
- Angels
- 03:35
- 198 plays

- 57
- Still Be Around
- 02:44
- 310 plays

- 58
- Galileo
- 04:10
- 229 plays

- 59
- Fade Into You
- 04:51
- 287 plays

- 60
- Box Full of Letters
- 03:06
- 172 plays

- 61
- Where I Go
- 04:00
- 170 plays

- 62
- Loose String
- 03:43
- 152 plays

- 63
- Love to Love You
- 04:08
- 171 plays

- 64
- Shredding the Document
- 05:02
- 158 plays

- 65
- Sunny Came Home
- 04:24
- 195 plays

- 66
- She Came Along to Me
- 03:25
- 159 plays

- 67
- We Have Forgotten
- 05:09
- 170 plays

- 68
- Babylon
- 04:26
- 273 plays

- 69
- Chief
- 03:10
- 184 plays

- 70
- Stupid
- 04:35
- 156 plays

- 71
- Rain Come Down
- 04:05
- 164 plays

album review

Four Decades of Folk Rock is an expansive box set, allowing one disc and over an hour of music for each decade. For those who would argue that folk-rock was primarily a 1960s phenomenon in the United States and a '60s and '70s phenomenon in Britain, the box counters that the musical strains of folk-rock have informed everyone from R.E.M. to the Bangles to David Gray. It's unlikely, though, that anyone but record shop nerds and music historians will be very interested in the debate. For everyone else, the set will be measured by the quality of the music itself, and on that account, Four Decades delivers a remarkable set list. Overall, the first two discs covering the '60s and '70s are likely to be the most familiar to listeners, perhaps because much of the music was issued at a time when rock seemed less divided by subgroups than today. Yes, the Byrds' "Turn! Turn! Turn!" may have been "folk-rock," but the rock family was broad enough to encompass the Byrds and Jefferson Airplane, Donovan and the Band. Still, one of the strong points of these early discs is the mixing of less familiar tracks with material that still circulates on Oldies stations. Most listeners, for instance, will be familiar with Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" and the Stone Poneys' (with Linda Rondstadt singing lead) "Different Drum," but are less likely to be on a sure footing with Tim Buckley's "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" and Tim Rose's version of "Morning Dew." The collection also makes a smart move by including a number of British performers including Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, and Steeleye Span. The latter two discs representing the '80s and '90s (and beyond) may lack the cohesiveness of the earlier discs, but the music is nonetheless solid. Part of the problem stems from the shattering of once seemingly stable categories like rock/folk-rock into alternative rock, singer/songwriter, and Celtic. Unless one is a fan of every subgenre, she is unlikely to sing along with a number of these songs. Also, the mixture of such disparate categories is bound to create odd pairings. It's odd, for instance, to stick Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen" between Richard and Linda Thompson's "Wall of Death" and R.E.M.'s "Talk About the Passion." And it's selections like "Come on Eileen" and 10,000 Maniacs' "Don't Talk" that will lead record shop nerds and music historians to cry foul: in what way does either song relate to folk-rock? But other cuts, like the above mentioned "Talk About the Passion," along with David Gray's "Babylon" and Natalie Merchant's "Where I Go," fit just fine, whether one is pointing to something called folk-rock or just good music. These discs are also strong on including female voices like Sarah McLachlan's "Drawn to the Rhythm," Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You," and Shawn Colvin's "Sunny Came Home." Like all collections, Four Decades of Folk Rock is a selective view of music history that some may choose to contend. More than history, though, the collection succeeds by putting together a solid and likable set list that balances the familiar with the lesser known, the American with the British, and, thankfully, both male and female performers. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., All Music Guide