Track Listing
1. Summer Of Drugs - Soul Asylum
2. Main Road - Williams, Lucinda
3. Crazy Mary - Pearl Jam
4. Merry Go Round - Buffalo Tom
5. Lights - Jayhawks
6. Animal Wild - Shudder To Think
7. Tarbelly And Featherfoot - Reed, Lou
8. Opelousas (Sweet Relief) - McKee, Maria
9. This Moment - Sweet, Matthew
10. Frying Pan - Lemonheads
11. Weeds - Penn, Michael
12. Why Look At The Moon - Waterboys
13. Big Fish - Giant Sand
14. Holy Spirits - Michelle Shocked
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Contributing Artists: | Various Artists | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Full title: Sweet Relief: A Benefit For Victoria Williams.Producers include: George Drakoulias, Gurf Morlix, Pearl Jam, Brendan O'Brien, Michael Penn.Engineers include: Tom Herbers, Bobby Arnold, James Hollihan Jr.In the spring of 1992, while touring with Neil Young, Victoria Williams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Two benefit concerts were held in her honor last fall in New York and Los Angeles. All the artists featured on this album are donating their royalties to Victoria Williams. A portion of these royalties will also be paid to the Sweet Relief Musicians Trust Fund.
Editorial Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - ...[the songs] are highly individal and, in most cases, offer radical reinterpretations of Williams's originals. What unites them without exception, however, is the inspired nature of the performances...a moving tribute to a songwriter who deserves to be more widely recognized...
Rolling Stone (07/08/1993)
3 Stars - Good - ...[Evan Dando and Eddie Vedder's] textured, wistful voices do justice to these texture, wistful songs...while Michael Penn's 'Weeds' is an oddball potential hit if ever there was one...
Q (10/01/1993)
...a uniquely delightful hour....
Melody Maker (08/28/1993)
...Sad that illness had to knock Victoria's talent out of obscurity, but this is a great eclectic introduction to her work... - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (07/23/1993)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...[the songs] are highly individal and, in most cases, offer radical reinterpretations of Williams's originals. What unites them without exception, however, is the inspired nature of the performances...a moving tribute to a songwriter who deserves to be more widely recognized...
Rolling Stone (07/08/1993)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...[the songs] are highly individal and, in most cases, offer radical reinterpretations of Williams's originals. What unites them without exception, however, is the inspired nature of the performances...a moving tribute to a songwriter who deserves to be more widely recognized...Q (10/93, p.112) - 3 Stars - Good - ...[Evan Dando and Eddie Vedder's] textured, wistful voices do justice to these texture, wistful songs...while Michael Penn's 'Weeds' is an oddball potential hit if ever there was one...Melody Maker (8/28/93, p.36) - ...a uniquely delightful hour....Entertainment Weekly (7/23/93, p.60) - ...Sad that illness had to knock Victoria's talent out of obscurity, but this is a great eclectic introduction to her work... - Rating: A
Rolling Stone (07/08/1993)
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