Trampoline Records Greatest Hits: Vol. II features 18 tracks from artists and bands on the Trampoline Records roster—a label owned by Pete Yorn, Rami Jaffee, and Marc Dauer.
Liz Phair is featured on the compilation with her song, “Don’t Apologize,” which is an outtake from her eponymous album.
Also featured is Pete Yorn and Minnie Driver, two artists Phair has collaborated with on other songs during her career.
Trampoline Records: Greatest Hits Vol. II
Released: October 7, 2003
Label: Trampoline Records (B0000CERJG)
Format: CD
Country: US
Availability: Somewhat Rare
“Don’t Apologize” written and produced by Liz Phair
Mixed and engineered by Doug Boehm
| No. | Artist | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | Kip Boardman | Bottom Line | 3:59 |
| 02. | Nadine | Different Kind of Heartache | 2:44 |
| 03. | Fleshpot | God’s Country Girl | 4:14 |
| 04. | The Few | Blue Eyes | 3:00 |
| 05. | Liz Phair | Don’t Apologize | 2:51 |
| 06. | Dan Wilson | All Kinds | 4:06 |
| 07. | Buva | Daydream | 3:34 |
| 08. | Flotilla | This Year’s Clown | 3:23 |
| 09. | Chris Stills | About a Girl | 3:47 |
| 10. | Pete Yorn | I Feel Good Again | 3:54 |
| 11. | The Freemasons | 30 Below | 2:07 |
| 12. | Minnie Driver | Everything In My Pocket | 3:53 |
| 13. | Michael Miller | Lover I Know | 3:18 |
| 14. | The Wallflowers | Too Late For Goodbyes | 3:17 |
| 15. | Jonny Polonsky | Even The Oxen | 4:37 |
| 16. | Morello | Turnaround | 4:07 |
| 17. | Waz | Wait Another Sunday | 2:51 |
| 18. | Jukebox Junkies | Raised By Rock & Roll | 4:11 |
Liner Notes
“Liz Phair’s deeply clever and often brutally candid songs have been commanding ears and raising eyebrows ever since she started writing them, and her new self-titled fourth album is perhaps the strongest link yet in an incomparable musical chain.”
Reception
Trampoline is a label owned by Pete Yorn, Rami Jaffee of the Wallflowers, and Marc Dauer. Unsurprisingly the artists on the second Trampoline collection fall into the same stylistic realm as Yorn and the Wallflowers: well-produced, sensitive rock inspired by classic American rock like Tom Petty and Neil Young and modern rock like Counting Crows and the Wallflowers. All the songs are exclusive to the collection, and there isn’t an obviously weak one among them. The obscure bands like Buva, Flotilla, and Waz turn in decent tunes. A couple of almost-weres (Chris Stills and Jonny Polonsky) make steps down the comeback trail, Stills’ lilting “About a Girl” being a highlight of the disc. A couple of could-bes make their case convincingly, Michael Miller’s “Lover I Know” is thoughtfully arranged and the guy has an angelic voice, and Dan Wilson breaks away from Semisonic to get intimately epic on the dramatic “All Kinds.” The only ones who turn in songs that are little more than pleasant filler are the label co-owners: Yorn’s “I Feel Good Again” is a lo-fi blues stomp written by Junior Kimbrough, and the Wallflowers do a passably ironic cover of Julian Lennon’s “Too Late for Goodbyes.” The disc holds a couple of pleasant surprises. Liz Phair’s “Don’t Apologize” scores points by being written and produced by Liz herself and by kicking some serious rock butt, and actress Minnie Driver’s “Everything in My Pocket” is a melancholy ballad pitched somewhere between Mazzy Star and Aimee Mann with lush strings and very nice restrained vocals from Driver. Trampoline’s owners seem to have pretty good ears and some pretty talented friends. Any fan of Yorn or the Wallflowers will find much to like here. As will anyone who enjoys thoughtful, sensitive, and literate modern rock music.
— Tim Sendra, AllMusic
Lyrics
Don’t Apologize
Hey
What is the problem now?
Hey
Why aren’t you more excited?
Hey
What am I doing wrong?
It always seems like you are
Floating out of bed
Trying anything to take your mind off it
Never noticing any signs of danger
In that emotion
Hey
You gotta whole new body
Hey
Don’t even think about it
Hey
And don’t apologize
It always seems like you are
Trying anything to take your mind off it
Never noticing any signs of danger
In that emotion
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Floating out of bed
Trying anything to take your mind off it
Never noticing any signs of danger
You were floating out of bed
You were floating out of bed
You were floating out of bed
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