This Is Easy: The Best of Marshall Crenshaw
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| This Is Easy: The Best of Marshall Crenshaw | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–1996 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 74:57 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Alan Betrock, Marshall Crenshaw, T-Bone Burnett, Don Dixon, Mitch Easter, Richard Gottehrer, Larry Hirsch, David Kershenbaum, Steve Lillywhite, Paul McKenna, Ed Stasium | |||
| Marshall Crenshaw chronology | ||||
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This Is Easy: The Best of Marshall Crenshaw is a greatest hits album by singer-songwriter Marshall Crenshaw. It was released in 2000 on Rhino Records. It includes twenty songs from Crenshaw's first seven studio albums and two tracks originally released on singles: "Something's Gonna Happen", a 1981 single on Alan Betrock's Shake Records before Crenshaw's major label debut, and "You're My Favorite Waste Of Time", the B-side of Crenshaw's biggest hit, "Someday, Someway". The compilation was produced by Gary Stewart and Crenshaw.
Track listing[]
All songs written by Marshall Crenshaw, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Source | Length |
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| 1. | "Something's Gonna Happen" | Shake Records single (1981) | 2:17 | |
| 2. | "Someday, Someway" | Marshall Crenshaw (1982) | 2:49 | |
| 3. | "There She Goes Again" | 2:38 | ||
| 4. | "Cynical Girl" | 2:34 | ||
| 5. | "Mary Anne" | 2:53 | ||
| 6. | "You're My Favorite Waste of Time" | Warner Bros. single (1982) | 2:39 | |
| 7. | "Monday Morning Rock" (edited version) | Crenshaw, David Weiss | Field Day (1983) | 3:09 |
| 8. | "Whenever You're on My Mind" | Crenshaw, Bill Teeley | 3:18 | |
| 9. | "Our Town" (edited version) | 4:01 | ||
| 10. | "For Her Love" | 3:03 | ||
| 11. | "I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)" | Ben Vaughn | Downtown (1985) | 3:20 |
| 12. | "Little Wild One (No. 5)" | 3:52 | ||
| 13. | "Blues Is King" | 3:49 | ||
| 14. | "Like a Vague Memory" | 4:09 | ||
| 15. | "Calling Out for Love (at Crying Time)" | Crenshaw, Don Dixon | Mary Jean & 9 Others (1987) | 4:33 |
| 16. | "This Is Easy" | 3:51 | ||
| 17. | "Somebody Crying" (edited version) | 3:06 | ||
| 18. | "You Should've Been There" (edited version) | Crenshaw, Leroy Preston | Good Evening (1989) | 3:36 |
| 19. | "Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me" | John Hiatt | 4:02 | |
| 20. | "Better Back Off" (edited version) | Crenshaw, Tom Teeley | Life's Too Short (1991) | 4:26 |
| 21. | "What Do You Dream Of?" | Miracle of Science (1996) | 3:28 | |
| 22. | "Starless Summer Sky" (remix) | Crenshaw, Rick Cioffi, Fred Todd | 3:24 |
Categories:
- 2000 compilation albums
- Marshall Crenshaw albums
- Rhino Records compilation albums