June 13, 2011
“It’s not quite a greatest hits collection, or a collection of leftovers. It isn’t a sign of an artist running out of steam and releasing past material. The new Joel Plaskett compilation album Emergencys, False Alarms, Shipwrecks, Castaways, Fragile Creatures, Special Features, Demons and Demonstrations: 199-2010 has a little bit of everything on it. There are tracks like “On the Rail”, a track about the Cabot Trail that was previously only available digitally as part of the CBC Songquest. It also features early versions of a number of favourites such as “Extraordinary”, “Come On, Teacher”, “Drunk Teenagers” and more.”