Reason to Believe (The Best Of)

Reason to Believe (The Best Of) Artist: Tim Hardin
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 042283395428
EAN: 0042283395428
ASIN: B000001FNP


Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

  1. Reason To Believe
  2. How Can We Hang On To A Dream
  3. It'll Never Happen Again
  4. Misty Roses
  5. Speak Like A Child
  6. Don't Make Promises
  7. If I Were A Carpenter
  8. Red Balloon
  9. Black Sheep Boy
  10. Green Rocky Road
  11. How Long
  12. You Upset The Grace Of Living When You Lie
  13. Tribute To Hank Williams
  14. Smugglin' Man
  15. Lady Came From Balitmore

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Hardin At The Top Of His Game.......2002-02-09

Tim Hardin was a gifted song craftsman who led a troubled life offstage. The purity of his voice and his unique ability to convey emotion in his singing, make Hardin one of the wonders of popular music in the 1960s. His first two albums are the crown jewels of his recorded legacy. The understated arrangements of the first two albums make him the progenitor of what we now call chamber pop. If you don't beleive that listen to the arrangements and vocals of Stuart Staples of Tindersticks.

This Polydor collection of Tim Hardin trumps any of the more expensive anthologies, simply because it contains material only from Tim Hardin 1 and Tim Hardin 2. You don't have to pay big bucks to get a bunch of songs from his later works, many of which are overproduced and wallow in pathos. If you like Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake or Tindersticks, give this album a listen. His nakedly emotional vocals, his tender song writting and the shimmering production values will seduce you.

5 out of 5 stars Reason To Believe (The Best of).......2001-08-04

As the previous reviewer stated, this album is awesome. However, the rendition of Reason To Believe was best done by The Youngbloods in the late 60's.

I find myself pulling this CD out often. The tunes are short, simple, melodic and to the point.

5 out of 5 stars tim hardin, reason to believe (the best of).......2001-03-07

i ordered this cd just to hear the man who wote reason to beleive. (for rod stuart) holly cow! where has this guy been all my life?this is a major artist in every sense of the word. his haunting voice and sparce arrangments really let him tell his stories,mechancoly as they may be. if i were a carpenter brings tears to my eye no matter how many times i play it. every song on this collection is a true gem. i highly recomend it, as i can't live without it. shakey jake key west fl.

5 out of 5 stars Hauntingly Beautiful!.......2001-01-29

Back in 1967, with my heart freshly tromped by my first love, I spent months alone, caressing my guitar, and absorbing the healing tenderness of Tim Hardin's beautifully intimate songs. Sharing deeply, his painful disillusionments with love---his sense of loss and injustice---I licked my wounds, gradually got back on my feet, and moved on to love again, living to this ripe old age. Tim didn't make it. How many of us leaned on Tim's songs for support & understanding back in those days before there was a family counseling center on every block? They're all here, 'Reason To Believe', 'How Can We Hang On To A Dream?', 'It'll Never Happen Again', 'Misty Roses', Don't Make Promises', 'If I were A Carpenter', 'Black Sheep Boy', 'Green Rocky Road*', 'How Long*?', 'Lady Came From Baltimore' and more... (*sweet harmonica by John Sebastian on these two) Tim's soothing music, haunting voice, and lovely words give us hope that even the black sheep among us might smell the misty roses, and find reason to believe we can hang on to our dreams. Words of wisdom for survival, held up by a drowning man, generous loving words of eternal strength. Thanks Tim...

4 out of 5 stars excellent collection.......2000-11-10

what always staggers me about hardin is the breathtaking beauty and simplicity of his recordings. he was a remarkable songwriter and vocalist, his arrangements are wonderful too. my only complaint about this anthology is that it is too short. it left me craving more and i'll definitely look into more by this unfortunately relatively obscure singer. still, this is a fine introduction to his work. if you like folk/rock/blues/country etc.songwriters of the 60's you'll love tim hardin. just about all of these tracks are first rate.

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