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Mar A Tha Mo Chridhe (As My Heart Is)

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Julie Fowlis

Release Date December 24, 2007

CD-Charts Position 232
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Joy to the World

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Faith Hill

Release Date September 30, 2008
Seems like Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year, and this year the new albums have already started coming out. "Country" and "Christmas" have always gone hand in hand, and this is Faith Hill's very first album of Christmas music.

There are ten traditional carols, plus the single "A Baby Changes Everything", and the album has a big band sound that will remind you of those old black and white holiday movies that they dig out every single year.

"A Baby Changes Everything" puts the Christmas story in a modern light, beginning:
"Teenage girl, much too young / Unprepared for what's to come / A baby changes everything"
and ending:
"My whole life is turned around / I was lost and now I'm found ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 233
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Carryin' on With Johnny Cash and June Carter

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Johnny Cash

Release Date March 25, 2002
There is some very nice stuff on here but there is also a track I believe after some considerable research to be the worst performance Mr C ever put down on tape. Its actually worth getting just for the car crash awfulness.
Jackson and Guitar Pickin Man being the best of the bunch. June's raggedy edged deep country voice is a pure joy compared to the plastic divas nashville serves up these days. Love to hear that growl mingling with the sweetness. Johnny is if anything a bit hesitant in his vocalising, compared to other work. If only he had been hesitant however in the cover of Ray Charles' What I Say. The band almost exactly replicates the original version give or take a bit of dodgy keyboard timing, but Cash is singing high! ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 234
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Black Lace's Greatest Ever Party Album

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Black Lace

Release Date October 30, 2000
You have got to be joking!! Who on earth would pay for this. There is some very sad sad sad people out there.

CD-Charts Position 235
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Tumbleweed Connection Deluxe Edition

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Elton John

Release Date June 02, 2008
This was Elton John's third LP and stakes a good claim to being his very best. It certainly represents his peak as an albums artist, being a concept album with no singles. The songs are mostly based around themes of the American West, an obsession of lyricist Bernie Taupin at the time, and Elton rose to the occasion with a consistently strong collection of tunes with a predominantly country flavour, citing The Band as a major influence. The American inflections he has always brought to his vocal style have never sounded more convincing or appropriate, and arranger Paul Buckmaster again comes up trumps with sympathetic settings for the songs. The strings are used more sparingly than on Elton's eponymous previous album, with brass more to the fore this ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 236
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The Best of Country Music

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Various Artists

Release Date February 05, 2003
This was Elton John's third LP and stakes a good claim to being his very best. It certainly represents his peak as an albums artist, being a concept album with no singles. The songs are mostly based around themes of the American West, an obsession of lyricist Bernie Taupin at the time, and Elton rose to the occasion with a consistently strong collection of tunes with a predominantly country flavour, citing The Band as a major influence. The American inflections he has always brought to his vocal style have never sounded more convincing or appropriate, and arranger Paul Buckmaster again comes up trumps with sympathetic settings for the songs. The strings are used more sparingly than on Elton's eponymous previous album, with brass more to the fore this ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 237
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The Essential Roy Orbison

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Roy Orbison

Release Date June 04, 2007
The only compilation among a gazillion to span Orbison's Sun, Monument, MGM, and Virgin successes is a welcome add to the Essential series that now, post-merger, features RCA & Arista artists as well as Sony's. Roy Orbison is one of my absolute favorites. He simply may be the best rock 'n' roll singer ever.

Amazon UK does well to specify the few re-recorded versions; while the originals should be here, the remakes are a legit part of Mr. Orbison's career. Roy's popularity was at a deeply undeserved lull circa 1987, when David Lynch used some Roy songs in his classic/eerie film "Blue Velvet." In the wake of renewed public interest*, Roy released an LP of remakes called "In Dreams" (Virgin, 1987). It was very well done, an exception proving ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 238
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The Best Of

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Hank Williams

Release Date April 06, 1998
For Hank Williams fans, this CD is a must for any collection. All the favourites, just the way we remember them - the way country and western used to be. A pure nostalgia trip through the best Hank Williams had to offer. A tribute to a man we all loved and miss terribly. Thanks for the memories Hank!

CD-Charts Position 239
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Let There Be Rockgrass

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Hayseed Dixie

Release Date August 02, 2004
and they absolutely rocked. We loved the entire gig. They walk modestly onto stage and just started playing instead of the usual triumphalism you get from so many bands. They played almost all of the songs listed here, plus some Kiss numbers that I didnt know that well. Consummate musicians and modest too.

CD-Charts Position 240
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The Best Of Brenda Lee

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Brenda Lee

Release Date August 07, 2000
Brenda Lee began her career, aged just eleven, in 1956, but did not have a British hit until 1960. In total, she had twenty-two UK hits between 1960 and 1965 but she had many more than that in America. Generally, the British public seem to prefer her up-tempo rockers while the American public seem to prefer her ballads. I am an exception to the general rule, being a Brit who likes her ballads best, although I enjoy her rocking songs too.

While many classic tracks are missing (for example, I want to be wanted, Emotions, Break it to me gently), this is only a budget-priced album and it does contain all of Brenda's British top ten hits. The biggest of these, Speak to me pretty, was never released as a single in America although I can't think why - it is ... Read More: