Kris Kristofferson - Essential Kris Kristofferson [2 CD]

As an artist and as a songwriter Kris Kristofferson holds a special place in country music history. THE ESSENTIAL KRIS KRISTOFFERSON is a definitive 2-CD career spanning compilation of Kris's best-loved recordings. Album tracks include "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," "Just the Other Side of Nowhere," "Darby's Castle." Higher education and loads of life experience gave this immensely talented songwriter a vast palette. His songs have been covered by over 500 artists, and this 2-CD anthology collects all his essentials: Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again); Jesus Was a Capricorn; Why Me; Me and Bobby McGee; Highwayman (with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash); For the Good Times , and 31 more!

Tracklist:

1. Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
2. To Beat the Devil
3. Just the Other Side of Nowhere
4. Me and Bobby McGee
5. Best of All Possible Worlds, The
6. Casey's Last Ride
7. Help Me Make It Throught the Night
8. Darby's Castle
9. Jody and the Kid
10. Loving Her Was Easier (That Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
11. For the Good Times
12. Come Sundown
13. From the Bottle to the Bottom
14. Billy Dee
15. Breakdown (A Long Way from Home)
16. Silver Tongued Devil and I, The
17. Taker, The
18. Pilgrim: Chapter 33, The
19. Border Lord
20. Sabre and the Rose, The
21. Broken Freedom Song
22. Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)
23. Shandy (The Perfect Disguise)
24. Sugar Man
25. Last Time, The
26. Nobody Wins
27. I'd Rather Be Sorry
28. Highwayman
29. Don't Cuss the Fiddle
30. Bigger the Fool, The Harder the Fall, The
31. Stranger
32. If You Don't Like Hank Williams
33. Here Comes That Rainbow Again
34. Once More With Feeling
35. How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around
36. Why Me
37. Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends

UPC: 074646499221
Label: SONY
Release Date: 3.2.04
Format: CD