To Kingdom Come

Infobox Album
Name = To Kingdom Come: The Definitive Collection
Type = Compilation album
Longtype =
Artist = The Band


Released = September 18, 1989
Recorded = Early 1968-Early 1977
Genre = Rock
Length = 131:57
Label = Capitol
Producer = John Simon and The Band
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xyen97y7krht link]
Last album = The Last Waltz
(1978)
This album = To Kingdom Come
(1989)
Next album = Jericho
(1993):"For the song by The Band, see To Kingdom Come (song)"To Kingdom Come: The Definitive Collection" was the name of a September 1989 anthology by Canadian-American rockers The Band. Assembling thirty-one tracks, mostly taken from the group's eight albums on Capitol Records, it presented, once and for all, a definitive portrait of the group. The group's better-known songs, such as "The Weight", "Up On Cripple Creek", "Chest Fever", "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "The Shape I'm In", "Life Is A Carnival" and "It Makes No Difference", are all present. Rarities such as "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever", "Get Up Jake" and "Back to Memphis" are also present.

Named after a track on "Music From Big Pink", one of the very few sung by guitarist and principal lyricist Robbie Robertson, it was released on three LPs and two CDs. It is now out of print.

Track listing

# Back To Memphis (C. Berry)
# Tears of Rage (B. Dylan-R. Manuel)
# To Kingdom Come (R. Robertson)
# Long Black Veil (M. Wilkin-D. Dill)
# Chest Fever (R. Robertson)
# The Weight (R. Robertson)
# I Shall Be Released (B. Dylan)
# Up On Cripple Creek (R. Robertson)
# Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (S. Wonder-I. J. Hunter)
# Rag Mama Rag (R. Robertson)
# The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (R. Robertson)
# The Unfaithful Servant (R. Robertson)
# King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (R. Robertson)
# The Shape I'm In (R. Robertson)
# The W. S. Walcott Medicine Show (R. Robertson)
# Daniel And The Sacred Harp (R. Robertson)
# Stage Fright (R. Robertson)
# Don't Do It (B. Holland-L. Dozier-E. Holland)
# Life Is a Carnival (R. Danko-L. Helm-R. Robertson)
# When I Paint My Masterpiece (B. Dylan)
# 4% Pantomime (R. Robertson-V. Morrison)
# The River Hymn (R. Robertson)
# Mystery Train (H. Parker, Jr.-S. Phillips, additional lyrics by R. Robertson)
# Endless Highway (R. Robertson)
# Get Up Jake (R. Robertson)
# It Makes No Difference (R. Robertson)
# Ophelia (R. Robertson)
# Acadian Driftwood (R. Robertson)
# Christmas Must Be Tonight (R. Robertson)
# The Saga of Pepote Rouge (R. Robertson)
# Knockin' Lost John (R. Robertson)

Group Members and Other Participants

*The Band - producers (tracks 1, 9, 14-31)
*John Simon -producer (tracks 2-8, 10-13)
*Rick Danko - bass, fiddle, rhythm guitar, vocals
*Levon Helm - drums, mandolin,
*Garth Hudson - organ, piano, accordion, clavinet, wind instruments
*Richard Manuel - piano, organ, clavinet, drums, harmonica, vocals
*Robbie Robertson - guitars, autoharp, vocals
*John Simon - tenor and baritone saxophones, tuba, baritone horn, electric piano
*Van Morrison - vocals
*Allen Toussaint - horn arrangements
*Billy Mundi - drums
*Byron Berline - fiddle
*See individual albums for engineering credits.