The less traveled road

Maybe Melissa Etheridge wanted to celebrate their WEATHERED chemotherapy after breast cancer diagnosis, or simply life itself with the release of their "Greatest Hits" CD; her courage, live act with the short hair that adorn also cover and booklet on television urged fans, critics and colleagues at that time in any case some respect from.

In addition to five new recordings brings the CD Melissa Etheridge twelve hits from 1988 to 2004. Retrieved from "Skin" (2001) is nothing; whether the songs were found not good enough or if no hit was it, I can not judge. The Single compilations taken represented in every case to their greatest hits, both from the chart prices and the regular place in their live programming forth. But in 73 minutes of playing time it would quiet yet may be of "Your Little Secret", "Breakdown" or "Lucky" more, because I had a few singles on the shelf ... Come to my Window and I'm the only One are as Edits that others received, perhaps the flow of the album to adjust to If I wanted to, and Lucky, 2005 Fresh Remixes Jeff Rothschild and John Shanks something. I think they are very well done, they breathe in every sense of the word more: You can sleep in while I drive, for example you can hear Melissa now breathe the song beginning.

The five new songs can convince consistently: Christmas in America seems to me a barely concealed criticism of the US war operations to be, and the touching songs This is not Goodbye and I Run for Life seem to treat both her cancer (I have my bonus DVD watch again). From the cover of Piece Of My Heart penetrates a rock and boisterous joy that I did not know so by Melissa Etheridge (Melissa horny scream!); you can hear on the recording that the band Janis Joplin's version has heard quite often! The highlight is Refugee, I knew for years of Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers and liked, but it was Melissa's version had caught my attention, and decide immediately to play the Ding himself on guitar!

"The Road Less Traveled" makes, like all good Best of CDs, like to listen to the original albums. Meanwhile, there's the CD in the "economy version"; but I recommend the Deluxe Edition: The bonus DVD contains most of the songs as music videos or live recordings and an extensive, very sympathetic interview with Melissa Etheridge about her career, dealing with their illness as well as insights into the origins of the songs.