''Favorites and Rarities'' is a 1993
compilation album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...
by American musician
Don McLean
Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1971 hit song " American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early ...
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Track listing
Disc one
#"
Castles in the Air" (Mediarts version) - 2:55
#"And I Love You So" - 4:18
#"
American Pie" - 8:35
#"
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)" - 4:01
#"Babylon" - 1:44
#"Empty Chairs" - 3:26
#"Dreidel" - 3:47
#"If We Try" (United Artists version) - 3:34
#"Fool's Paradise" (Single version) - 3:51
#"
Sitting on Top of the World
"Sitting on Top of the World" (also "Sittin' on Top of the World") is a country blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon. They were core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, who first recorded it in 1930. Vinson claimed to have com ...
" - 1:58
#"La La Love You" - 3:46
#"Wonderful Baby" - 2:06
#"Crying in the Chapel" - 2:21
#"Magdalene Lane" (Live) 4:06
#"
Crying
Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state, or pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness, anger, and even happiness. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secretom ...
" - 3:43
#"
Since I Don't Have You
"Since I Don't Have You" is a song written and composed by Jackie Taylor, James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Rock, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, and Wally Lester. It was first a 1958 hit single for the doo-wop group the Skyliners on the ''Bil ...
" - 2:36
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Castles in the Air" (Millennium version) - 3:43
#"He's Got You" - 4:51
#"Superman's Ghost" - 4:47
#"
You Can't Blame the Train" - 3:06
Disc two
#"Good Old Wagon" - 2:25
#"Milkman's Matinee" - 5:22
#"Aftermath" - 4:05
#"Mother Nature" - 6:57
#"Every Day" (BBC version) - 2:33
#"That's All Right" - 3:22
#"Profiteering Blues" - 3:02
#"Hit Parade of Love" - 2:35
#"The Carnival Has Ended" - 5:39
#"I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome" - 2:14
#"Nature Boy" - 1:08
#"Black Sheep Boy" - 2:44
#"Mountains o' Mourne" (Live) - 5:14
#"And Her Mother Came Too" (Live) - 2:45
#"Yonkers Girl" (Live) - 3:05
#"
Turkey in the Straw
"Turkey in the Straw" is an American folk song that first gained popularity in the 19th century. Early versions of the song were titled "Zip Coon", which were first published around 1834 and performed in minstrel shows, with different people c ...
" - 0:39
#"Dubuque" - 0:50
#"Sally Ann/
Muleskinner Blues
"Blue Yodel no. 8, Mule Skinner Blues" (a.k.a. "Muleskinner Blues", and "Muleskinner's Blues") is a classic Country music, country song written by Jimmie Rodgers (country singer), Jimmie Rodgers. The song was first recorded by Rodgers in 1930 and ...
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Old Joe Clark "Old Joe Clark" is a US folk song, a mountain ballad that was popular among soldiers from eastern Kentucky during World War I and afterwards. Its lyrics refer to a real person named Joseph Clark, a Kentucky mountaineer who was born in 1839 and murde ...
" - 3:26
#"If We Try" (EMI America version) - 4:00
#"Perfect Love" - 3:21
#"Little Child" - 3:05
#"Gotta Make You Mine" - 3:15
Notes
*"You Can't Blame the Train" composed by singer/songwriter
Terri Sharp
Terri Sharp (March 24, 1948 – December 17, 2015) was an American songwriter and singer. While writing on Music Row in Nashville, Sharp's songs were recorded by many artists including Don Mclean and Hank Williams Jr. She lived in Texas, compo ...
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1993 compilation albums
Don McLean compilation albums
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