The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is the second studio album by American rock band the Black Crowes, released on May 12, 1992. It was the first album by the band to feature Marc Ford on lead guitar, replacing Jeff Cease, who was fired the year before, and the first to feature keyboardist Eddie Harsch. The album’s name derives from the full name of the Southern Harmony, an influential 1835 hymnal compiled by William Walker.
It was a record for an album to feature four album rock number-one hits (previously set by Tom Petty in 1989, with three). The album itself reached the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart, propelled by the success of these singles.
[2023’s reissue of the album adds two extra discs. One consists of a well-recorded, very energetic live show recorded in 1993 with all the songs from the album represented (apart from “Time Will Tell”). The other disc has B-sides, including the very good “Darling of the Underground Press,” a beautifully arranged, lyrically biting midtempo track that would have fit in with the album perfectly, a new mix of the cover of “99 Pounds,” and five songs recorded live in the studio. These last tracks have never been released before, and it’s fun to hear the band running through some of the record’s songs in a more relaxed setting. The slowed-down take on “Sting Me” is especially nice. The set also comes with a batch of extra goodies like sheet music, lithographs, and remembrances from both Robinsons.]
1 Sting Me 4:38
2 Remedy 5:22
3 Thorn in My Pride 6:03
4 Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 6:28
5 Sometimes Salvation 4:43
6 Hotel Illness 3:59
7 Black Moon Creeping 4:54
8 No Speak No Slave 4:01
9 My Morning Song 6:19
10 Time Will Tell 4:04
1 99 Pounds 3:22
2 Miserable 6:13
3 Rainy Day Women No. 12 & 35 3:39
4 Boomer’s Story 4:13
5 Darling of the Underground Press 5:31
6 Sting Me (Slow) 6:32
7 Bad Luck Blue Eyes, Goodbye 6:29
8 Sometimes Salvation 4:36
9 Black Moon Creeping 4:50
1 No Speak No Slave 5:13
2 Sting Me 5:02
3 My Morning Song 8:53
4 Jam 7:41
5 Thorn in My Pride 11:18
6 Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 7:05
7 Black Moon Creeping 6:29
8 Hotel Illness 4:31
9 Sometimes Salvation 5:00
10 Remedy 12:15
Chris Robinson – vocals, percussion, blues harp, guitar
Rich Robinson – guitar
Marc Ford – guitar
Johnny Colt – bass guitar
Steve Gorman – drums
Eddie Harsch – keyboards
Chris Trujillo – congas[10]
Barbara Mitchell and Taj Harmon (now Taj Artis) – choir
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