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Release Date: 03/31/1997
Despite the overall excellence of albums like
There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You and
Viva Last Blues,
Will Oldham tended to save his best
Palace offerings for the group's singles;
Lost Blues & Other Songs is a career-capping collection of those 7" releases which serves as a superb overview of the
Palace project's mercurial history. Although a few stray tracks (like the German-only
"Gezundheit," a cover of
Lynyrd Skynyrd's
"Every Mother's Son," and the live
Lounge Ax single) are MIA, the set includes all of the truly crucial
Palace singles from the first (1993's
"Ohio River Boat Song") to the last (1997's
"Little Blue Eyes"), along with unreleased material like
"Valentine's Day," "Lost Blues," and a more ragged rendition of the debut album's classic,
"Riding." The highlights are many, but the true standouts are the anthemic cover of
the Mekons'
"Horses" and both sides of the
"West Palm Beach"/
"Gulf Shores" single, a luminously pastoral effort reminiscent of
Red House Painters. A stunning recapitulation of a truly unique musical vision,
Lost Blues & Other Songs is an essential record from an essential band.
~Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
;)
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