Wednesday, July 11, 2007

IHT Radio Playlist: Cracker Road Trip

The IHT field trip to Savannah for tonight's Cracker show launches in just a few short hours. For those of you that may not be well acquainted with the band, the IHT staff has put together a 12-song primer (plus bonus tracks, a Cracker staple since Kerosene Hat) of some of the band's best (but not necessarily most popular) work. All these songs come from the first four albums, but good stuff is also on Forever and Greenland – the Institute's panel just didn't have as deep a relationship with those songs as with the ones below. Over time, perhaps some of those tracks will infiltrate this top twelve (er, 15).

The tracks are ordered only to make a very good listening experience if you should feel like downloading the tracks and creating a CD. Song title is first, followed by the album on which it appeared.

1 – St. Cajetan , Cracker
2 – Seven Days, Gentlemen's Blues
3 – Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now), Cracker
4 – Sweet Thistle Pie, The Golden Age
5 – Lonesome Johnny Blues, Kerosene Hat
6 – Mr. Wrong, Cracker
7 – How Can I Live Without You, The Golden Age
8 – I See the Light, Cracker
9 – I Want Everything, Kerosene Hat
10 – Been Around the World, Gentlemen's Blues
11 – Another Song About the Rain, Cracker
12 – Take Me To the Infirmary, Kerosene Hat

Bonus Tracks

69 – Eurotrash Girl, Kerosene Hat
88 – My Cinderella (untitled track), Gentlemen's Blues
99 – Loser, Kerosene Hat


Download. Enjoy.