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Ronnie Wood Anthology: The Essential Crossexion |  | Artist: Ron Wood
Label: EMI
Category: Music
List Price: £17.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 98784
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 724356395527
EAN: 0724356395527
ASIN: B000F4MJOG
Release Date: June 26, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | I Can Feel The Fire - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Cancel Everything - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Far East Man - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Big Bayou - Wood, Ronnie | | • | If You Don't Want My Love - Wood, Ronnie | | • | 1234 - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Fountain Of Love - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Seven Days - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Always Wanted More - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Breathe On Me - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Somebody Else Might - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Josephine - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Testify - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Whatdd'ya Think - Wood, Ronnie | | • | This Little Heart - Wood, Ronnie | | • | Little Mixed Up - Wood, Ronnie | | • | You Strum And I'll Sing - Wood, Ronnie |
Disc 2
| • | You're On My Mind - Birds (1) | | • | You Don't Love Me - Birds (1) | | • | No Good Without You Baby - Birds (1) | | • | How Can It Be - Birds (1) | | • | Midway Down - Creation (1) | | • | Girls Are Naked - Creation (1) | | • | I Ain't Superstitious - Beck, Jeff | | • | All Shook Up - Beck, Jeff Group | | • | Plinth (Water Down The Drain) - Beck, Jeff Group | | • | Jailhouse Rock - Beck, Jeff Group | | • | Flying - Faces (1) | | • | Gasoline Alley - Stewart, Rod | | • | Miss Judy's Farm - Faces (1) | | • | Too Bad - Faces (1) | | • | Maggie May - Stewart, Rod | | • | Stay With Me - Faces (1) | | • | Every Picture Tells A Story - Stewart, Rod | | • | Ooh La La - Faces (1) | | • | Everything Is Turning To Gold - Rolling Stones | | • | Black Limousine - Rolling Stones |
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| Customer Reviews:
 deserves better than the 2 stars given by the bloke below.... October 13, 2009
challengechappers (uk)
I don't normally review Amazon purchases but seeing this album has only one review at a measly 2 stars i feel the need to give a more positive view. I'm a massive fan of RW's playing with Faces (listen to tracks from the Five Guys... boxset and you'll realize what a great player he is and how criminally wasted he has been in the Stones.) The revelation for me is the quality of Disc One, particularly the first three tracks off his debut solo album released in 1974 (with contributions by Jagger and Richards before he joined the Stones: which begs the question why join them and be strangled of any, recognised, songwriting input?). Other standouts are Big Bayou, the blistering live Seven Days and the pretty Josephine sad now that he dumped his wife for a teenage Russian vampire). Later tacks featuring Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics, Whatddya Think and You Strum and I'll Sing, surprised me with their simple quality - really beautiful songs.
br /Disc 2 has some classic songs on it ((ooh la la is in my Top 10 Songs Of All Time) but i have all those Faces/Rod/Stones songs already. Earlier songs with The Birds and Creation are forgettable imo, if of historical importance i suppose. The Jeff Beck songs with Rod on vocals and RW on bass are pretty good, if sounding dated.
br /Anyway, having bought this i will definitely be checking out Ronnies solo releases, with that 1974 album a must have. In conclusion: A great introduction to RW, especially if you don't have much Faces/Rod Stewart stuff. For further reviews check out Amazon.com rather than co.uk.
 Sideman Serenade? Handle with care February 25, 2009
L. T. M. Liechti (Bath, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ron Wood has been a part of the British rock scene for so long - almost half a century! - that a comprehensive overview of his work has been long overdue. Here it is at last, but be warned, it may disappoint some listeners. It did me.
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br /I originally went looking for a simple compilation of Woody's solo album work, but this is the nearest I could find. There are two discs, the first being a compendium of Woody's published solo work and the second a collection of his work as a featured band member from the Birds of 1965 to the Stones of the late 70s.
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br /The overwhelming impression from the first disc is that, like so many other great sidemen, when Woody takes centre stage the results are less than classic, and in fact rather underwhelming. A versatile but not exceptional guitarist, his singing voice is thin and limited in range, his song compositions mostly rather prosaic and harmonically predictable, and his studio recordings somewhat flat and unexciting. The only real exception is the live cut "Seven Days" with Booker T the MGs, which swings with real venom.
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br /The second disc is more interesting. The Birds and Creation tracks are pretty much standard early Freakbeat fare, but things start to get cosmic when Woody gets to play bass behind Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart. What a band that was! But any real sixties rock aficionado will already have these classic Jeff Beck Band recordings. The well-chosen Rod Stewart/Faces tracks are also value for money, with Woody's slide and boogie guitar the perfect foil to Rod's saw-edged vocals, but the two Stones cuts are pretty much standard seventies Stones fare, included here because Woody gets a rare shared writing credit on them with the Glimmer Twins.
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br /Post-production on the discs is faultless and the liner booklet is excellent, featuring Woody's own commentaries and artwork.
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br /However I can't help feeling that, unless you're a completist, this compilation is not essential collection material. It's been said that any great band is more than the sum of its parts, and that any one part rarely manages to excel alone. So often true! Great sideman, less than great solo star. That's our Woody.
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