Album · Compilation
Pure Genius: 40 of the World’s Greatest Songwriters
Tracks
| # | Title | Sung by | |
|---|
| 1.1 | Baby Can I Hold You | Tracy Chapman | 3:16 |
| 1.2 | Your Song | Elton John | 4:02 |
| 1.3 | (Something Inside) So Strong | Labi Siffre | 4:19 |
| 1.4 | Wicked Game | Chris Isaak, Christine Wall, Cynthia Lloyd | 4:49 |
| 1.5 | Ironic (unplugged) | Alanis Morissette | 3:56 |
| 1.6 | Babylon | David Gray, Clune | 4:26 |
| 1.7 | How Wonderful You Are | Gordon Haskell | 3:58 |
| 1.8 | Piano Man | Billy Joel | 5:38 |
| 1.9 | Father and Son | Cat Stevens | 3:41 |
| 1.10 | Cat’s in the Cradle | Harry Chapin | 3:48 |
| 1.11 | Love and Affection | Joan Armatrading | 4:25 |
| 1.12 | Oh My Sweet Carolina | Emmylou Harris | 4:56 |
| 1.13 | Wildflowers | Tom Petty | 3:12 |
| 1.14 | A New England | Billy Bragg | 2:14 |
| 1.15 | You’re So Vain | Carly Simon, Mick Jagger, Doris Troy | 4:20 |
| 1.16 | Love the One You’re With | David Crosby, John Sebastian, Rita Coolidge, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Priscilla Jones | 3:06 |
| 1.17 | Catch the Wind | Donovan | 2:17 |
| 1.18 | Morning Glory | Tim Buckley, Jerry Yester | 2:53 |
| 1.19 | Everybody Here Wants You | Jeff Buckley | 4:46 |
| 1.20 | Layla (unplugged) | Eric Clapton | 4:32 |
| 2.1 | Mr Tambourine Man | Bob Dylan | 5:30 |
| 2.2 | Wild Wood | Paul Weller | 3:42 |
| 2.3 | Ain’t No Sunshine | Bill Withers | 2:06 |
| 2.4 | Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | 3:27 |
| 2.5 | Mother and Child Reunion | Paul Simon | 2:56 |
| 2.6 | Mandolin Wind | Rod Stewart, Madeline Bell | 5:33 |
| 2.7 | All This Useless Beauty | Elvis Costello | 4:41 |
| 2.8 | She Cries Your Name | Beth Orton | 4:49 |
| 2.9 | Walking in Memphis | James Taylor, Marc Cohn, Vivian Cherry, Dennis Collins, Ada Dyer, Darryl Tookes | 4:19 |
| 2.10 | Me and Bobby McGee | Kris Kristofferson | 4:27 |
| 2.11 | Anchorage | Michelle Shocked | 3:26 |
| 2.12 | If I Were a Carpenter | Tim Hardin | 2:44 |
| 2.13 | Short People | Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther, Tim Schmit | 2:56 |
| 2.14 | Song From Hope Street | David Kitt | 4:19 |
| 2.15 | Hands | Jewel | 3:49 |
| 2.16 | Rainy Night in Georgia | Tony Joe White | 3:36 |
| 2.17 | Time Has Told Me | Nick Drake | 4:29 |
| 2.18 | Shining | Badly Drawn Boy | 5:21 |
| 2.19 | Where the Wild Roses Grow | Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue, Mick Harvey, Conway Savage | 3:58 |
| 2.20 | Perfect Day (live) | Lou Reed | 3:53 |
Source: MusicBrainz release group 373abe3f-d3d8-389d-919c-d2312cccd8f0 (CC0). Cover: Cover Art Archive.