After Laughter Comes Tears" is the first ever anthology of southern soul legend Wendy Rene, whose classic, organ-driven "After Laughter (Comes Tears)" has been covered or sampled by everyone from Wu Tang Clan ("Tearz", from 36 Chambers) to Alicia Keys ("Where Do We Go From Here"), Lykke Li and El Perro Del Mar. "If I could sing like anyone," said Lykke Li, "It would be her."
Collecting for the first time ever all of Wendy Rene's recorded output (including two songs never before heard!), After Laughter is an essential document of this Memphis Southern soul legend. Spanning her earliest recordings with The Drapels to her final sessions in '65, this anthology includes her most well-known songs "After Laugher", "Bar-B-Q" (co-written with and featuring Steve Cropper) in addition to never before heard greasy jams like "I Wish I Were That Girl" and "He Hasn't Failed Me Yet".
1. Bar-B-Q
2. Gone For Good
3. Your Love Is All I Need
4. After Laughter Comes Tears
5. I Wish I Were That Girl
6. What Will Tomorrow Bring
7. Wondering (When My Love Is Coming Home)
8. Deep In My Heart
9. Give You What I Got
10. Crying All By Myself
11. Crowded Park
12. Last Love
13. Love At First Sight
14. She's Moving Away
15. He Hasn't Failed Me Yet
16. Please Don't Leave Me
17. The Same Guy
18. Young Man
19. Can't Stay Away
20. First Kiss
21. Reap What You Sow
22. Young And Foolish
