Because of Toledo: The Blue Nile
Paul Buchanan must be the one of the most cruelly overlooked vocalists of recent years. I'm not sure if he spends the years between Records, hiding away in the Scottish heather fields, but, wherever he disappears to, he must take a big bag of hurt along for the ride.
This Old Heart of Mine: The Isleys Brothers
The "You got me never knowing if I'm coming or going" line just pulls your stomach up to your throat every time.
Here comes those Tears again: Jackson Browne
Although this track sums it up, I could have picked anything from The Pretender record really. Timeless.
Whispering Pines: The Band
Richard Manuel must have eaten nothing but Tears and Heartbreak for a month, before he recorded this vocal take.
Harry Hippie: Bobby Womack
"Man, You wanna help her take the food home and put it on the table" Fuck that, I say it makes you wanna pay off all her debts, and put her kids through college!
I'm so lonesome I could cry: Hank Williams
The way his voice breaks 3/4 of the way through the word lonesome in the first verse, coupled with the Steel guitar and violin would have Norman Hunter crying in his beer.
Ms Anne Thrope: The Honeydogs
The "Schrapnel in bodies" line is about as close as you can get to staring down the barrel of a Gun, real or metaphorically.
Lover, you should have come over: Jeff Buckley
The only time I have ever cried at a gig was watching him sing this - unsurpassable.
River: Joni Mitchell
I discovered this back when I used to borrow records and tapes from the Public Library (remember them?), when she takes the vocal up an octave, you can just picture her sailing out of your life.
A man can't lose what he don't have (Live): The Q-Tips
Long before the big hair, big suits and bankruptcy, Paul Young had the pipes - endorsed by little Stevie Marriot no less. Then again, wee Stevie did like to play with coke and matches!
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