The Essential Kris Kristofferson
Compilation album by
Kris Kristofferson
ReleasedMarch 2, 2004
Recorded1969-1983
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Length2:07:58
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Kris Kristofferson chronology
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(2006)
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AllMusic[1]

The Essential Kris Kristofferson is a 37-track, 2-CD compilation and career retrospective for Kris Kristofferson.

The compilation was released in 2004 and covers the period 1969–1999, although it focuses heavily on the years 1969–1971. Disc 1 covers only this period, spotlighting tracks from his first two albums, while Disc 2 mostly covers the rest of the 1970s, with only four songs from the 1980s (including one by The Highwaymen) and one from the 1990s.

Track listing

Disc 1

Title Performer Writers Original release
1. "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" Kris Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson From the album Kristofferson (Monument, 1970)
2. "To Beat the Devil" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Kristofferson
3. "Just the Other Side of Nowhere" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Kristofferson
4. "Me and Bobby McGee" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson, Fred Foster Kristofferson
5. "The Best of All Possible Worlds" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Kristofferson
6. "Casey's Last Ride" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Kristofferson
7. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Kristofferson
8. "Darby's Castle" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Kristofferson
9. "Jody and the Kid" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album The Silver Tongued Devil and I (Monument, 1971)
10. "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson The Silver Tongued Devil and I
11. "For the Good Times" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Kristofferson
12. "Come Sundown" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the reissue of Kristofferson (Monument/Legacy, 2001; recorded 1969)
13. "From the Bottle to the Bottom" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album Singer/Songwriter (Sony, 1991; recorded 1971)
14. "Billy Dee" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson The Silver Tongued Devil and I
15. "Breakdown (A Long Way from Home)" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson The Silver Tongued Devil and I
16. "The Silver Tongued Devil and I" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson The Silver Tongued Devil and I
17. "The Taker" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson, Shel Silverstein The Silver Tongued Devil and I
18. "The Pilgrim: Chapter 33" (live) Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the live festival album Big Sur Festival/One Hand Clapping (Various artists, Columbia, 1972)

Disc 2

Title Performer Writers Original release
1. "Border Lord" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson, Stephen Bruton, Donnie Fritts, Terry Paul From the album Border Lord (Monument, 1972)
2. "The Sabre and the Rose" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album Easter Island (Monument, 1978)
3. "Broken Freedom Song" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album Spooky Lady's Sideshow (Monument, 1974)
4. "Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album Jesus Was a Capricorn (Monument, 1972)
5. "Shandy (The Perfect Disguise)" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Spooky Lady's Sideshow
6. "Sugar Man" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Jesus Was a Capricorn
7. "The Last Time" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album To the Bone (Monument, 1981)
8. "Nobody Wins" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Jesus Was a Capricorn
9. "I'd Rather Be Sorry" Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge Kristofferson From the album Breakaway (Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge, Monument, 1974)
10. "Highwayman" The Highwaymen (Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson & Johnny Cash) Jimmy Webb From the album Highwayman (The Highwaymen, Columbia, 1985)
11. "Don't Cuss the Fiddle" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame (Monument, 1975)
12. "The Bigger the Fool, the Harder the Fall" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson, Bruton, Michael Utley Easter Island
13. "Stranger" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame
14. "If You Don't Like Hank Williams" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album Surreal Thing (Monument, 1976)
15. "Here Comes that Rainbow Again" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album The Winning Hand (Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton & Brenda Lee, Monument, 1982)
16. "Once More with Feeling" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson, Silverstein From the album Shake Hands with the Devil (Monument, 1979)
17. "How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around" Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson Kristofferson, Bruton, Utley From the soundtrack album Music from Songwriter (Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson, Columbia, 1984)
18. "Why Me" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson Jesus Was a Capricorn
19. "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" Kris Kristofferson Kristofferson From the album The Austin Sessions (Atlantic, 1999)

References

  1. ^ The Essential Kris Kristofferson at AllMusic


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