Essential, Vol. 1 (Are You Ready for the Country?)

RELEASE
October 20, 1992
LABEL
EMI Music Distribution
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Roots Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Americana, Country-Rock, Rock & Roll, Cowpunk, Punk/New Wave, Heartland Rock, College Rock

Album Review

Essential, Vol. 1 (Are You Ready for the Country) compiles Jason & the Scorchers' first EP, Fervor, and their debut LP Lost & Found, adding four bonus tracks for good measure. It's an excellent way to acquire their best records, yet it was replaced four years later by the nearly identical Both Sides of the Line, which featured the EP and LP without the bonus tracks. [A two-disc version of Essential, Vol. 1 was reissued and re-mastered with bonus tracks in 2008 as the EMI Years].
– Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Absolutely Sweet Marie
  2. Help There's a Fire
  3. I Can't Help Myself
  4. Hot Nights in Georgia
  5. Pray for Me, Mama (I'm a Gypsy Now)
  6. Harvest Moon
  7. Both Sides of the Line
  8. Last Time Around
  9. White Lies
  10. If Money Talks
  11. I Really Don't Want to Know
  12. Blanket of Sorrow
  13. Shop It Around
  14. Lost Highway
  15. Still Tied
  16. Broken Whiskey Glass
  17. Far Behind [Long Version]
  18. Change the Tune
  19. Are You Ready for the Country [Studio Outtakes][#]
  20. Greetings from Nashville [Studio Outtakes]
  21. Honky Tonk Blues [Live][#]
  22. Absolutely Sweet Marie [Live][#]

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