Jay Farrar's post-Uncle Tupelo vehicle arrived fully formed with *Trace* in 1995, helping define the alt-country moment alongside Wilco before that term even had much currency. This collection pulls from the band's first three albums, a stretch when Farrar's plainspoken Midwestern fatalism and Telecaster-driven arrangements set a template that countless roots-rock acts have been chasing ever since. This retrospective features 20 songs, including five previously unreleased trakcs re-mastered to sound better than ever. Tracklist 1. Drown (3:22) 2. Windfall (2:59) 3. Route (4:00) 4. Rex's Blues (4:40) 5. Looking At The World Through A Windshield (3:09) 6. Too Early (4:22) 7. Back Into Your World (3:46) 8. Picking Up The Signal (3:47) 9. I've Got To Know (4:44) 10. Creosote (4:12) 11. Straightface (3:05) 12. Tulsa County (2:54) 13. Driving The View (3:01) 14. Ain't No More Cane (4:52) 15. Flow (2:21) 16. Holocaust (5:30) 17. Tear Stained Eye (Four Track Demo) (3:29) 18. Loose String (Four Track Demo) (3:49) 19. Medicine Hat (Live - Acoustic Café) (4:19) 20. Open All Night (3:47) UPC: 081227461928Label: RhinoRelease Date: 5.24.05Format: CD
