John Hiatt - The Best of John Hiatt

John Hiatt has had such extraordinary success as a songwriter that, even if you haven't followed his career as a performer, you'll find you know most of these songs by virtue of their hit cover versions. Bonnie Raitt ("A Thing Called Love"), Suzy Bogguss ("Drive South"), Rosanne Cash ("The Way We Mend a Broken Heart"), Jeff Healey ("Angel Eyes"), and Aaron Neville ("Feels Like Rain") have all dipped into the Hiatt songbook with spectacular results. Hiatt's originals (plus a couple of new tracks) are terrific in their own right, thanks to his gritty vocal style and stellar accompaniment on some tracks by Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, Jim Keltner, and Sonny Landreth. The only missteps here are a rerecorded version of "Have a Little Faith in Me" (the original is one of Hiatt's most powerful performances) and the inclusion of "Take Off Your Uniform," a distant memory from Hiatt's days as a new waver in the Elvis Costello mold. --Daniel Durchholz Amazon.com

Discovery

Coming from Scotland , I'd never heard of John Hiatt before and discovered him by accident . I heard "Have a Little Faith in me" and was stunned and ordered his "Best of" and it's fantastic ! Now I had to find out that he wrote "Thing Called Love" and "Angel Eyes" and he sings them better than the well-known versions and his music is just great.
This guy rocks ! May 14, 2008

the best of John Hiatt

It is fantastic.... Great music!!!

Thanks....
Mariapia June 8, 2007

John Hiatt

Super adult, contemp. music.
Heard a song during the movie, "RAISING HELEN"...researched it, found
it (THIS JOHN HIATT ALBUM)...didn't stop playing it for 3 days!!!!
Loved every track on it. What a gem.
Would highly recommend it, just for pure vocals and soothing
dynamic. LOVED IT! May 7, 2007

Good Sampling But Not a Best Of

Yes I know he's written a lot of tunes, but you can't have a "Best of" album without Ethylene, Georgia Rae, and possibly his best song Dust Down a Country Road.

I have both albums that these songs are on "Walk On" and "Slow Turning" yet they don't appear on any of his "greatest hits" albums. If you are getting into John Hiatt for the first time, you must seek out those songs along with "Shredding the Documents".

The album quality of sound is definitely very good though, and despite the absence of those previously mentioned four songs, this album IS a pretty good catch for someone just getting interested in John Hiatt.

- I'm sitting on the toilette with my sunglasses on, wondering what you are up to...

April 3, 2007

Still 5 stars despite not including .........

Excellent compilation, great sound, great artist! I agree with all that has been written already but am I the only fan who can't understand why 'She Loves The Jerk' has not been included? It was the 1st song I looked for when I bought the cd. Yes, it is always hard to do a Best Of. So much good stuff. But this song is a classic Hiatt cut. I love it. But ........ the material is so strong that to give it less than 5 stars would be an injustice. When will the world take note of John Hiatt? January 17, 2007

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