The Very Best of Poco [Beat Goes On]

by Poco

Overview

Originally a two-LP set, The Very Best of Poco was a decent compilation in its time, assembling the group's best-known songs from singles and album cuts in a straightforward order with no particular surprises. It was reissued with upgraded sound in 1999, and for the very casual fan with a budget to consider the latter is adequate, showing their evolution as a band from the first flourish of their birth -- as an offshoot of the Buffalo Springfield, with the same sort of vast potential displayed by the latter group (similarly unrealized by constant membership changes) -- into one of the premiere country-rock outfits of the 1970s. Anyone serious about a deep enjoyment of the group, however, will opt for the more extensive and revelatory The Forgotten Trail instead, which contains numerous outtakes and -- no pun -- forgotten tracks. [Beat Goes On's 2002 edition included two bonus tracks, "Railroad Days" and "Skatin'" -- which had actually been deleted from the earlier CD reissue due to space constraints.] ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	07/25/2002
Label:	Beat Goes On
UPC:	5017261203700
Rank:	43392

Tracks

1. You Better Think Twice
2. Just for Me and You
3. Bad Weather
4. Fools Gold
5. A Good Feelin' to Know
6. Another Time Around
7. Faith in the Families
8. Just in Case It Happens, Yes Indeed/Grand Junction/Consequently So Long
9. Railroad Days
10. Sweet Lovin'
11. Rocky Mountain Breakdown
12. Here We Go Again
13. C'mon
14. A Right Along
15. A Man Like Me
16. And Settlin' Down
17. Skatin'
18. Pickin' up the Pieces

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Poco   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Andy Engel   Design
John Tobler   Liner Notes
Jack Richardson   Producer
George Grantham   Group Member
Rusty Young   Composer,Group Member
Skip Goodwin   Composer
Poco   Composer
Jim Mason   Producer
Richie Furay   Composer,Group Member
Timothy B. Schmit   Composer
Steve Cropper   Producer
Jim Messina   Composer,Producer,Group Member
Fred Lombardi   Photography
Urve Kuusik   Photography
Agneta Anderson   Cover Art
Paul Cotton   Composer,Group Member