The Older Stuff: Best of Michael Nesmith (1970-1973) (or more simply The Older Stuff) is a compilation album by Michael Nesmith

Michael Nesmith

Robert Michael Nesmith is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name...

, released in 1991.

As a follow-up to The Newer Stuff

The Newer Stuff

The Newer Stuff is a compilation album by Michael Nesmith, released in 1989. The album was released on vinyl, cassette and CD. The Newer Stuff was the first Nesmith album to be released on compact disc...

, this release highlights Nesmith's post-1974 releases and features some previously unreleased material. It includes tracks from the albums released by the First and the Second National Band and later solo releases.

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Nesmith except where otherwise noted.

1. "Joanne" – 3:13
2. "The Crippled Lion" – Nesmith 3:13
3. "I Fall to Pieces
   I Fall to Pieces
   "I Fall to Pieces" is a single released by Patsy Cline in 1961, and was featured on her 1961 studio album, Patsy Cline Showcase. "I Fall to Pieces" was Cline's first #1 hit on the Country charts, and her second hit single to cross over onto the Pop charts...
   
   " (Harlan Howard
   Harlan Howard
   Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...
   
   , Hank Cochran
   Hank Cochran
   Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others...
   
   ) – 2:57
4. "Listen to the Band" – 2:34
5. "Silver Moon" – 3:13
6. "Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)" – 3:00
7. "I Looked Away" (Eric Clapton
   Eric Clapton
   Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
   
   , Bobby Whitlock
   Bobby Whitlock
   Robert Stanley 'Bobby' Whitlock is a songwriter and performer, best known as a member of Derek and the Dominos.- Biography :...
   
   ) – 3:15
8. "Nevada Fighter" – 3:08
9. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (Bob Nolan
   Bob Nolan
   Bob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the...
   
   ) – 3:47
10. "Here I Am" – 3:19
11. "Some of Shelly's Blues" – 3:22
12. "Born to Love You" (Cindy Walker
    Cindy Walker
    Cindy Walker was a prolific American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. As a songwriter Walker was responsible for a large number of popular and enduring songs recorded by many different artists. She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwriting, often tailoring...
    
    ) – 3:52
13. "Different Drum
    Different Drum
    "Different Drum" is a 1966 song written by Mike Nesmith and originally recorded by the northern bluegrass band the Greenbriar Boys and included on their 1966 album, Better Late than Never!. The song tells of a pair of lovers, one of whom wants to settle down, while the other wants to retain a sense...
    
    " – 3:02
14. "Harmony Constant" – 3:47
15. "Continuing" – 3:53
16. "Prairie Lullaby Hill 4:05
17. "Release" – 3:50
18. "Roll With the Flow" – 5:08