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The Wallflowers
Collected: 1996-2005
The Wallflowers:  Collected: 1996-2005

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Released: 2009
Label: Interscope
Selection #: 174879
Gruff, rootsy hits like 6th Avenue Heartache, One Headlight, Sleepwalker and When You’re On Top put Jakob Dylan’s band on the rock & roll map.
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1 One Headlight
2 6th Avenue Heartache
3 Three Marlenas
4 The Difference
5 Invisible City
6 Letters from the Wasteland
7 Hand Me Down
8 Sleepwalker
9 I've Been Delivered
10 When You're on Top
11 How Good Can It Get
12 Closer 2 U
13 The Beautiful Side of Somewhere
14 God Says Nothing Back
15 Eat You Sleeping
16 God Says Nothing Back [Demo Version] [Demo Version]
  
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The Wallflowers never quite were a singles band -- each of their albums had its own distinct flavor -- yet they had a tendency to distill the essence of their records on a handful of highlights. Apart from their 1996 breakthrough, "Bringing Down the Horse", none of these were major hits, but "Bringing Down the Horse" had four blockbusters -- "6th Avenue Heartache," "One Headlight," "Three Marlenas," "The Difference" -- that provide a foundation for the band's first retrospective, "Collected: 1996-2005". As the subtitle suggests, this collection writes their gangly 1992 debut out of the record, concentrating on the time when the Wallflowers were just about the only rock & roll journeymen in America, cranking out sturdy singer/songwriter-driven classic rock. "Collected" has all their charting singles save their cover of David Bowie's "Heroes," originally released on the soundtrack to 1998's "Godzilla", and wisely cherrypicks from their other three albums, offering a good overview of the band's appealing, dependable rock & roll -- an overview that acts as a good introduction but will also satisfy the needs of most casual followers. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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