''And the Horse You Rode in On'' is the seventh solo

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by Australian singer/songwriter James Reyne released on 14 March 2005. It's an acoustic recording of songs taken from his earlier solo work and

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songs. It includes two new tracks. Later digital editions renamed this album as ''Greatest Hits Acoustic''.

Review

Tomas Mureika of

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said "The songs are produced in such a way as to spotlight eyne'sinimitable voice. Most of the songs are done strictly acoustically, with just Reyne and a guitar, although some are given different arrangements ("

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" has an ironically funereal dirge about it). There are a couple of new tracks, "The Euphonious Whale" and "How to Make Gravy". This fascinating reimagining of a fantastic catalog of songs nicely reconnects with an artist who had entered the new century with the aggressiveness of '' Speedboats for Breakfast''. Not your typical 'hits' record, ''And the Horse You Rode in On'' is all the more entertaining for it."

Track listing

# " Errol" (

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, J. Reyne) # "To Live's to Fly" ( Townes Van Zandt) # "

" (Reyne) # "The Euphonious Whale" (featuring Daryl Braithwaite and Evie Von Bibra) (Dan Hicks) # " Reckless" (Reyne) # "

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" (Reyne) # " Mr Froggy Went a 'Courtin'" (traditional) # "

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" (Reyne, Jim Vallance) # "Reno" (George Hutchinson, Reyne, Jennifer Kimball) # " Hammerhead" (Reyne, Simon Hussey) # "Stood Up" ( John Hiatt) # "

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" (Bill McDonough, G.McDonough, Sean Higgins) # "Stranger Than Fiction" (Reyne) # "

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) (bonus track on reissued versions of the album)

Credits

* James Reyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums * Brett Kingman – guitar * Scott Kingman – guitar * Chris Hawker – guitar

Charts

Release history

References

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