Open To Beauty: Best Of The 21st Century
Cowboy Junkies
Open To Beauty: Best Of The 21st Century is a 2026 compilation by Canadian band Cowboy Junkies that gathers 27 tracks from the group’s post-2000 catalog into a nearly two-hour retrospective of their contemporary work. Issued on Cooking Vinyl as a transparent yellow 3‑LP and 2‑CD set, it revisits material from albums such as Open, One Soul Now, Early 21st Century Blues, At the End of Paths Taken, Renmin Park, Demons, Sing in My Meadow, The Wilderness, All That Reckoning, Songs of the Recollection, and Such Ferocious Beauty, effectively mapping the band’s evolution after leaving major-label structures and fully embracing independent production. Curated by songwriter Michael Timmins as a moment to “look back, reassess, and reflect” on their past twenty‑plus years, the collection is framed explicitly as a portrait of the band’s 21st‑century identity rather than a career-spanning greatest hits.
Musically, Open To Beauty highlights Cowboy Junkies’ blend of hushed, folk‑inflected rock, atmospheric blues, and slow-burning alt‑country, with Margo Timmins’ intimate vocals anchoring songs that range from sparse, late‑night ballads to more textured, electric ensemble pieces. Sequencing songs like “Wrong Piano,” “Late Night Radio,” “All That Reckoning (Part 1),” “Sing Me a Song,” and “The Things We Do to Each Other” alongside later work such as “Missing Children” and “Circe and Penelope,” the set traces recurring themes of memory, social fracture, and quiet resilience across their 21st‑century output. As a physical object—with trifold sleeve, printed inners, and booklet—it also underscores the enduring appeal of the band’s aesthetic, arriving at a moment when their music is reentering wider cultural visibility, including renewed attention to their signature covers and deep cuts.
Open To Beauty: Best Of The 21st Century is a 2026 compilation by Canadian band Cowboy Junkies that gathers 27 tracks from the group’s post-2000 catalog into a nearly two-hour retrospective of their contemporary work. Issued on Cooking Vinyl as a transparent yellow 3‑LP and 2‑CD set, it revisits material from albums such as Open, One Soul Now, Early 21st Century Blues, At the End of Paths Taken, Renmin Park, Demons, Sing in My Meadow, The Wilderness, All That Reckoning, Songs of the Recollection, and Such Ferocious Beauty, effectively mapping the band’s evolution after leaving major-label structures and fully embracing independent production. Curated by songwriter Michael Timmins as a moment to “look back, reassess, and reflect” on their past twenty‑plus years, the collection is framed explicitly as a portrait of the band’s 21st‑century identity rather than a career-spanning greatest hits.
Musically, Open To Beauty highlights Cowboy Junkies’ blend of hushed, folk‑inflected rock, atmospheric blues, and slow-burning alt‑country, with Margo Timmins’ intimate vocals anchoring songs that range from sparse, late‑night ballads to more textured, electric ensemble pieces. Sequencing songs like “Wrong Piano,” “Late Night Radio,” “All That Reckoning (Part 1),” “Sing Me a Song,” and “The Things We Do to Each Other” alongside later work such as “Missing Children” and “Circe and Penelope,” the set traces recurring themes of memory, social fracture, and quiet resilience across their 21st‑century output. As a physical object—with trifold sleeve, printed inners, and booklet—it also underscores the enduring appeal of the band’s aesthetic, arriving at a moment when their music is reentering wider cultural visibility, including renewed attention to their signature covers and deep cuts.
Open To Beauty: Best Of The 21st Century
Cowboy Junkies
Open To Beauty: Best Of The 21st Century is a 2026 compilation by Canadian band Cowboy Junkies that gathers 27 tracks from the group’s post-2000 catalog into a nearly two-hour retrospective of their contemporary work. Issued on Cooking Vinyl as a transparent yellow 3‑LP and 2‑CD set, it revisits material from albums such as Open, One Soul Now, Early 21st Century Blues, At the End of Paths Taken, Renmin Park, Demons, Sing in My Meadow, The Wilderness, All That Reckoning, Songs of the Recollection, and Such Ferocious Beauty, effectively mapping the band’s evolution after leaving major-label structures and fully embracing independent production. Curated by songwriter Michael Timmins as a moment to “look back, reassess, and reflect” on their past twenty‑plus years, the collection is framed explicitly as a portrait of the band’s 21st‑century identity rather than a career-spanning greatest hits.
Musically, Open To Beauty highlights Cowboy Junkies’ blend of hushed, folk‑inflected rock, atmospheric blues, and slow-burning alt‑country, with Margo Timmins’ intimate vocals anchoring songs that range from sparse, late‑night ballads to more textured, electric ensemble pieces. Sequencing songs like “Wrong Piano,” “Late Night Radio,” “All That Reckoning (Part 1),” “Sing Me a Song,” and “The Things We Do to Each Other” alongside later work such as “Missing Children” and “Circe and Penelope,” the set traces recurring themes of memory, social fracture, and quiet resilience across their 21st‑century output. As a physical object—with trifold sleeve, printed inners, and booklet—it also underscores the enduring appeal of the band’s aesthetic, arriving at a moment when their music is reentering wider cultural visibility, including renewed attention to their signature covers and deep cuts.
Open To Beauty: Best Of The 21st Century is a 2026 compilation by Canadian band Cowboy Junkies that gathers 27 tracks from the group’s post-2000 catalog into a nearly two-hour retrospective of their contemporary work. Issued on Cooking Vinyl as a transparent yellow 3‑LP and 2‑CD set, it revisits material from albums such as Open, One Soul Now, Early 21st Century Blues, At the End of Paths Taken, Renmin Park, Demons, Sing in My Meadow, The Wilderness, All That Reckoning, Songs of the Recollection, and Such Ferocious Beauty, effectively mapping the band’s evolution after leaving major-label structures and fully embracing independent production. Curated by songwriter Michael Timmins as a moment to “look back, reassess, and reflect” on their past twenty‑plus years, the collection is framed explicitly as a portrait of the band’s 21st‑century identity rather than a career-spanning greatest hits.
Musically, Open To Beauty highlights Cowboy Junkies’ blend of hushed, folk‑inflected rock, atmospheric blues, and slow-burning alt‑country, with Margo Timmins’ intimate vocals anchoring songs that range from sparse, late‑night ballads to more textured, electric ensemble pieces. Sequencing songs like “Wrong Piano,” “Late Night Radio,” “All That Reckoning (Part 1),” “Sing Me a Song,” and “The Things We Do to Each Other” alongside later work such as “Missing Children” and “Circe and Penelope,” the set traces recurring themes of memory, social fracture, and quiet resilience across their 21st‑century output. As a physical object—with trifold sleeve, printed inners, and booklet—it also underscores the enduring appeal of the band’s aesthetic, arriving at a moment when their music is reentering wider cultural visibility, including renewed attention to their signature covers and deep cuts.