The Well - 2009 US Impex label Limited, Numbered, Audiophile 14-track 3x45 Rpm 12" Box Set

2009 audiophile and expanded version of "The Well" originally issued in 2001 as her first album in a decade. The 2009 version includes three exclusive bonus tracks, 'Las Luna Brilla', 'Fool For The Look (In Your Eyes)', and Jennifer's superb rendition of Bob Dylan's classic 'Born In Time'. 

"The Well" has been "all-tube" mastered by Bernie Grundman specifically for 45-Rpm release and subsequently pressed as three 180-gram, 45-Rpm discs comprising the entire original release, plus three exclusive bonus tracks, "La Luna Brilla," "Fool For The Look (In Your Eyes)" and "Born In Time" which is a bonus track exclusive to the vinyl edition

Vinyls are kept in a custom wood box with updated art and individually numbered front brass plaques - includes 12-page, large format booklet with notes, complete lyrics and new insights from Jennifer Warnes. Includes special pearlescent stock insert with illuminating article by Brad Buccholz. Personally supervised by Jennifer Warnes. Limited edition of 6000 numbered copies solely.

The well has been called '.. arguably her strongest album" by Allmusic reviwer Thom Yurek - who gave an in depth descibtion of the album: "She understates lyrics and musical phrases as a way of getting them to open up on their own through her gorgeously wrought singing. She's no acrobat; she doesn't reach for the note that breaks the pitch-meter. Instead, she allows her voice to come up from the heart of the lyric she's singing. She wears the song and allows the song to adorn her as well, whether plaintively, as on the title track, one of her co-writes with Texas legend Doyle Bramhall, or her lilting, haunting, spiritual tome "Prairie Melancholy." When doing takes on the songs of others, such as Tom Waits' nugget "Invitation to the Blues," she imbues them with the soft, bluesy swing inherent in the original, but adds depth and dimension with her dry, reportorial storytelling (with fine guitar work from Doyle Bramhall). The songs on The Well seem spare and open, layered lightly, and full of room for Warnes' warm voice to reveal the wealth of emotions in the tunes themselves. But what's interesting is without it being noticeable to the listener, there are small but lush string sections, a few horns here and there, and a full-on four-piece rock band. Her reading of Billy Joel's "So It Goes" is virtually a reinvention of the song. She offers this song from a heart that has been cracked enough times, to paraphrase her friend Cohen, that it has been flooded with light. But it's the songs with Bramhall that are the masterpieces here; they reveal the subtle, bluesy textures of Texas and the strength in expressing one's vulnerability to forces one does not understand, such as on "The Panther." As if to underline the evidence, there is a vocal duet between them on Eddy Arnold's country swing gem "You Don't Know Me" that rivals Ray Charles' version for pure, expressive passion. With her stunning rendition of Arlo Guthrie's "Patriot's Dream," she is backed by a folk music symphony orchestra, with Guthrie himself lending a guest vocal as well as Blondie Chaplin and Kenny Edwards, with a Carmen accordion appearance by Van Dyke Parks. The set ends with a piano trio reprise of the title track that wraps all the magic up into a circle, as if these songs were a cycle of mystery, sensuality, and imagination from the very beginning. And, of course they were; Warnes isn't capable of anything less."

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. The Well (Jennifer Warnes, Doyle Bramhall II) 4:47
2. It's Raining (Allen Toussaint) – 3:26
3. Prairie Melancholy (Warnes, Nancy Bacal) 5:44

Side 2:
1. Too Late Love Comes" (Warnes) 4:21
2. La Luna Brilla 4:47

Side 3:
1. Fool For The Look (In Your Eye) 3:23
2. Invitation to the Blues (Tom Waits) 5:12

Side 4:
1. And So It Goes (Billy Joel) 4:37
2. The Panther (Warnes, Bramhall) 4:23
3. You Don't Know Me (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) 2:59

Side 5:
1. The Nightingale (Jude Johnstone) 5:32
2. Patriot's Dream (Arlo Guthrie) 5:15

Side 6:
1. The Well (reprise) (Warnes, Bramhall) 1:54
2. Born In Time (bonus track exclusive to the LP edition)