To Kingdom Come

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. Though it has fallen out-of-print, it remains the absolute best anthology of the group to date.

Track Listing

1. Back To Memphis (C. Berry)
2. Tears of Rage (B. Dylan-R. Manuel)
3. To Kingdom Come (R. Robertson)
4. Long Black Veil (M. Wilkin-D. Dill)
5. Chest Fever (R. Robertson)
6. The Weight (R. Robertson)
7. I Shall Be Released (B. Dylan)
8. Up On Cripple Creek (R. Robertson)
9. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (S. Wonder-I. J. Hunter)
10. Rag Mama Rag (R. Robertson)
11. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (R. Robertson)
12. The Unfaithful Servant (R. Robertson)
13. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (R. Robertson)
14. The Shape I'm In (R. Robertson)
15. The W. S. Walcott Medicine Show (R. Robertson)
16. Daniel And The Sacred Harp (R. Robertson)
17. Stage Fright (R. Robertson)
18. Don't Do It (B. Holland-L. Dozier-E. Holland)
19. Life Is A Carnival (R. Danko-L. Helm-R. Robertson)
20. When I Paint My Masterpiece (B. Dylan)
21. 4% Pantomime (R. Robertson-V. Morrison)
22. The River Hymn (R. Robertson)
23. Mystery Train (H. Parker, Jr.-S. Phillips, additional lyrics by R. Robertson)
24. Endless Highway (R. Robertson)
25. Get Up Jake (R. Robertson)
26. It Makes No Difference (R. Robertson)
27. Ophelia (R. Robertson)
28. Acadian Driftwood (R. Robertson)
29. Christmas Must Be Tonight (R. Robertson)
30. The Saga of Pepote Rouge (R. Robertson)
31. Knockin' Lost John (R. Robertson)
    

    Group Members and Other Participants

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