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Meet Me In Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Jimmy Buffett

Release Date April 15, 2003
Great collection of hits on 2 CDs for all you parrotheads out there. It can't get any better than this.

CD-Charts Position 122
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The Essential Willie Nelson

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Willie Nelson

Release Date April 01, 2003
This is a great CD with lots of different music! Willie is always good but the combination with other artists and older and newer songs makes this CD special. There was stuff we hadn't heard before!

CD-Charts Position 123
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Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Simon & Garfunkel

Release Date October 25, 1990
At 14 tracks and just over 44 minutes, this CD is a little short for an S&G compilation. Nevertheless, it could've been a cute little collection, encompassing, as the title suggests, their greatest commercial hits. It falls short of even this aspiration, however, as the familiar studio versions of several songs (including 'For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her,' 'The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)' and 'Homeward Bound') are eschewed in favor of live versions. This would be fine if this information were indicated on the track listing, but it's not, and as such it is misleading and (in the case of 'Homeward Bound', for which I was growing nostalgic and was eager to hear in its original form) disappointing. There are better collections ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 124
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The Very Best of Jackson Browne

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Jackson Browne

Release Date March 16, 2004
The title for this CD says it all. It is a good mix of his classics.

CD-Charts Position 125
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Creedence Clearwater Revival

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Release Date November 01, 2001
This box set gives you all studio and live albums in one, compact and uniform looking box set. CCR has many good songs, all of their popular ones are very good, but there are lots of other good ones that are not so popular. It comes with 6 discs. One disc is pre-creedence material that is actually very worthwhile. Two of the discs are kind of a live version of songs. The set also comes with a 20-30 page booklet with all kinds of commentary on what CCR was and how they came to be.
To me, discovering CCR was like finding something new and fresh when looking back in time. They are a definitive band of the 60s and 70s and I really can't understand why the radio stations I hear don't play more of them...

CD-Charts Position 126
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The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Emmylou Harris

Release Date July 19, 2005
This is a great CD for fans of Emmylou Harris. It has many favorite songs that I remember from previous CDs and also some tracks I hadn't heard before. As always, her voice delivers a true clear quality and her cover of "Love Hurts" was a genuine (and great) surprise! I would highly recommend this CD for fans of bluegrass and country rock as there are tracks that will please both audiences.

CD-Charts Position 127
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Patsy Cline - The Definitive Collection

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Patsy Cline

Release Date June 22, 2004
Bearing in mind I absolutely and passionately love Patsy's Greatest Hits album, this one comes a very close second. You will need Greatest Hits for the ideal version of "Walkin' After Midnight", an improvement on the original included here.

Patsy's vocal persona was one of wounded, obsessional devotion. "Crazy" is indeed her theme song. With ten more tracks to share her unbalanced dedication, all of which are well worth inclusion, you just have all that much longer to enjoy her. Bear in mind I have only listened once, I feel confident the entire contents will form an essential part of my listening regime.

As a vehicle for demonstrating Patsy's incomparable communicative powers, this CD is probably the best you can get. Greatest ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 128
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Be Here

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Keith Urban

Release Date September 21, 2004
I like Urban in a moderate way, but this was not my favourite album of his. Golden Road is better.

CD-Charts Position 129
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Modern Times

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Bob Dylan

Release Date August 29, 2006
My first Bob Dylan CD was a Greatest Hits compilation which introduced me to the Bob Dylan of late (Things Have Changed, Summer Days, Feel My Love, etc). After hearing those songs, I knew I had to get Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times. Love and Theft is the only CD I haven't gotten yet.

Modern Times, for the most part, at first seemed a tad slow, if you will. But like a lot of Dylan's material, the more you listen, the more you pick up and begin to appreciate it. I wouldn't put it up there side by side with Time Out of Mind, but it is a close second.

Dylan's voice is definitely in the "gravel" catagory, but that makes this material work in my opinion. Coupled with the great music, the songs would never sound as good ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 130
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow the Greatest Hits of Kenny Loggins

CD-Charts > Music > Country
by: Kenny Loggins

Release Date March 25, 1997
I was lucky enough to see Loggins in a small venue. He is an amazing musician which is I'm afraid a skill lacking in many top artists. All the songs on the album are familiar but they still delight. Loggins doesn't recreate the same song over and over so I applaud his proficiency. He is not experimental but is able to make original music with beautiful lyrics, not an easy feat. I do like his work with Messina too as Messina added some musicianship whihc made their folky rock songs better. Alone though he incorporates more thank basic folk/rock sounds.