Dr Hook I Got Stoned & I Missed It: The Best From Shel Silverstein 1971-79 CD - Import

Dr. Hook's 1970s brand of country-flavored pop/rock was always at its best with a satirical edge, usually supplied by the songwriting talents of humorist and Playboy cartoonist Shel Silverstein. While it wouldn't be quite correct to call Dr. Hook simply a mouthpiece band, the fact remains that the group's most memorable songs were penned by Silverstein, from "Cover of the Rolling Stone" to "Sylvia's Mother," and with deadly satirical Silverstein tunes like "I Got Stoned and I Missed It" and "Looking for Pussy" in their back pocket, Dr. Hook managed to have it both ways: they scored huge pop hits and got to laugh at it all with a wink and a grin, a maneuver that gave them cultural credence for a time. Raven Records, an Australian reissue label, has assembled a generous, 23-track, single-disc anthology of Dr. Hook's Silverstein canon, and in truth, it makes a better Dr. Hook best-of set than the official best-of collections on the market. ~ Steve Leggett

The first ever Dr Hook compilation to concentrate on the riotous and irreverent songs written for them by legendary satirist Shel Silverstein. Culled from eight Dr Hook albums, including two exceptionally rare and pivotal early recordings from the soundtrack "Who Is Harry Kellerman And Why Is He Saying These Terrible Things About Me?". Includes the hits "Sylvia's Mother", "Cover Of the Rolling Stone", "Carry Me, Carrie" and "More Like The Movies", such legendary dopers anthems and slabs of sleze as "Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie" , "Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball" and "I Got Stoned And I Missed It", and the original of Marianne Faithful's hit "The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan".

Includes liner notes by Glenn A. Baker.

Liner Note Author: Glenn A. Baker.