Last week as we were preparing to get in deep with Season 4 of the acclaimed HBO series “The Wire” (guess how we spent our weekend? holed-up) we reported the double disc Wire soundtrack set that’s coming on on January 8.
Titled The Wire: And All the Pieces Matter – Five Years of Music from the Wire, the deluxe, 35-track disc includes (as previously mentioned) tracks by tracks by Tom Waits, Paul Weller, Michael Franti and Solomon Burke, plus Sharpshooters and DJ Technics.
Disc 2, Beyond Hamsterdam: Baltimore Tracks from The Wire, independent tracks from the local Baltimore hip-hop scene that have never before been on a major-label release, including Rod Lee, Tyree Colion, Diablo, Mullyman and Ogun featuring Phathead.
The show’s theme “Way Down In the Hole” by Tom Waits is represented by all the artists – The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Neville Brothers, and DoMaJe, a group of Baltimore teenagers – who have covered the song over the show’s five year run (preview DoMaJe’s take on the song, click here).
Season 4 is out on DVD tomorrow December 4, 2007 (thank you local video store that had it on Friday) — a month before final fifth season premieres on HBO. Mark your calendars: Season 5 hits Sunday, January 6th. Turn off all cellphones and pagers and get in deep.
Here’s the tracklists.
1. “This America, man.” (0:24)
2. WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE – The Blind Boys of Alabama (2:54)
3. “Why would anyone ever wanna leave Baltimore?” (0:21)
4. OH MY GOD – Michael Franti & Spearhead (5:05)
5. DANCE MY PAIN AWAY – Rod Lee (2:07)
6. MY LIFE EXTRA – DJ Technics (1:17)
7. “The king stay the king.” (0:48)
8. WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE – The Neville Brothers (1:36)
9. “We used to make shit in this country.” (0:15)
10. SIXTEEN TONS – The Nighthawks (3:36)
11. ASSUME THE POSITION – Lafayette Gilchrist (2:42)
12. “What the fuck did I do?” (0:12)
13. STEP BY STEP – Jesse Winchester (2:56)
14. I WALK ON GILDED SPLINTERS – Paul Weller (4:58)
15. FAST TRAIN – Solomon Burke (5:37)
16. THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN – The Pogues (4:45)
17. “All the pieces matter.” (0:08)
18. EFUGE EFUGE – Stelios Kazantzidis (3:32)
19. “Omar comin’!” (0:40)
20. WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE – Domaje (1:43)
21. “If it’s a lie, then we fight on that lie” (0:22)
22. PROJECTS – Tyree Colion (3:26)
23. “Later for that gangsta bullshit.” (0:38)
24. AYO – Bossman (3:20)
25. ANALYZE – Sharpshooters (2:44)
26. “Wars end.” (0:20)
27. UNFRIENDLY GAME – Masta Ace Feat. Stricklin (3:52)
28. WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT BALTIMORE – Ogun Feat. Phathead (3:16)
29. JAIL FLICK – Diablo (3:38)
30. THE LIFE, THE HOOD, THE STREETZ – Mullyman (3:47)
31. “An act of daily journalism.” (0:07)
32. I FEEL ALRIGHT – Steve Earle (2:58)
33. WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE – Tom Waits (1:45)
34. “You remember that one day summer past?” (0:41)
35. THE FALL – Blake Leyh (1:24)
Beyond Hamsterdam: Baltimore Tracks from The Wire
1. WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE – DoMaJe (1:46)
2. PROJECTS – Tyree Colion (4:33)
3. DANCE MY PAIN AWAY – Rod Lee (2:52)
4. MY LIFE EXTRA – DJ Technics (2:39)
5. WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT BALTIMORE – Ogun feat. Phathead (3:59)
6. JAIL FLICK – Diablo (4:07)
7. WHEN YOU SEE US – The Get ‘em Mamis feat. L. Cash (4:06)
8. THAT’S DA SOUND – Dirty Hartz feat. Verb (3:56)
9. AYO – Bossman (3:52)
10. THE LIFE, THE HOOD, THE STREETZ – Mullyman (4:44)
11. ASSUME THE POSITION – Lafayette Gilchrist (6:32)
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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