Audio CD review:
Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Smithereens, The Isley Brothers, The Charlatans, The Knitters, Timmy Thomas, The Dictators, Nathan Larson, Roky Erickson, Nina Person - Boys Don't Cry

Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Smithereens, The Isley Brothers, The Charlatans, The Knitters, Timmy Thomas, The Dictators, Nathan Larson, Roky Erickson, Nina Person - Boys Don't Cry

Band: Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Smithereens, The Isley Brothers, The Charlatans, The Knitters, Timmy Thomas, The Dictators, Nathan Larson, Roky Erickson, Nina Person Title: Boys Don't Cry Rating: Release Date: 23 November, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Bluest Eyes In Texas - Nina Person/Nathan Larson 2: A New Shade of Blue - The Bobby Fuller Four 3: She's Got A Way - The Smithereens 4: Who's That Lady? - The Isley Brothers 5: Codine Blues - The Charlatans 6: Silver Wings - The Knitters 7: Who Do You Love? - Quicksilver Messenger Service 8: Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd 9: Haunt - Roky Erickson 10: Dustless Highway - Nathan Larson 11: What's Up With That? - The Dictators 12: Why Can't We Live Together? - Timmy Thomas

Editoral Review Also included are new tracks by '80s power-poppers the Smithereens and Shudder to Think guitarist Nathan Larson. The soundtrack to Boys Don't Cry-- the true story of a young girl who assumed the identity of a boy to avoid the violence and crime of her past--includes everything from a haunting Bobby Fuller Four ballad ("A New Shade of Blue") to classic soul (the Isley Brothers' "Who's That Lady?") to revamped country (the members of X as their old-time country-band alter egos, the Knitters, performing Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings"). Even more remarkable is the sultry new duet between Larson and the Cardigans' Nina Persson. Even weirder is the first new track in 11 years from original New York punk rockers the Dictators (a traditional barroom romp called "What's Up with That?"), which recalls the solo work of Dictator Scott Kempner more than the band's firepower of old). Round things off with Texas legend and ex-13th Floor Elevator Roky Erickson and a good-ol'-boy Lynyrd Skynyrd tune, and you've got a solid program without a bum steer (well, ok, just edit out Quicksilver Messenger Service's cover of "Who Do You Love?") --Rob O'Connor .. You can see a complete list of all Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Smithereens, The Isley Brothers, The Charlatans, The Knitters, Timmy Thomas, The Dictators, Nathan Larson, Roky Erickson, Nina Person discography, or go back to the Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Smithereens, The Isley Brothers, The Charlatans, The Knitters, Timmy Thomas, The Dictators, Nathan Larson, Roky Erickson, Nina Person tabs