Encore Of Golden Hits - Ray Conniff

Advantages: beautiful new country ballads
Disadvantages: Some may like there albums a lot more pop

...Style: Country Approach: Mainstream Released: 03/11/1997 Floyd Collin Wray aka Colin Raye, is an American country singer from Arkansas. He released his first album called "All I Can Be" back in 1991. After five prior album releases, Colin gives us his first greatest hits album. The album "Direct Hits" contains four previously unreleased tracks as well as eleven top five country hits, three of these reaching number one, with fourteen tracks on the album altogether. Song Listing 1. "Little Rock" #2 2. "I Think About You" #3 3. "Not That Different" #3 4. "That's My Story" #6 5."If I Were You" #4 6."One Boy, One Girl" #2 7."In This Life" #1 8. "My Kind of Girl" #1 9. "That Was a River" #4 10. "What the Heart Wants" #2 11. "The Gift" 12. "Open Arms" 13. "Little Red Rodeo" #3 14. "Love, Me" #1 * Tracks 10... Read review

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Advantages: Ray Charles Greatest Hits !
Disadvantages: ?

...school, Ray wanted to work as a musician, and so he did. He played with many bands, different styles of music; but his real career started in 1949 when his first hit was released "Confession Blues" (initially released as by "The Maxin Trio", this being the name of the band he formed)… After this success many other came, such as: "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand", "I Got a Woman", "Unchain My Heart", "You Are My Sunshine", etc… The life of Ray Charles was something amazing for me…in his music life he was full of success and everybody loved him, but in his personal life he was a mess…he was addicted to heroin, thing that almost killed him and at one point on his career almost destroyed him. He was arrested a few times for drugs possession, but this didn't made him to stop…he struggled for 20 years with his addiction for heroin... Read review

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Advantages: Meaningful lyrics
Disadvantages: possibly too mixed?

...EVIL DEEDS **6.5 3 NEVER ENOUGH FEAT. 50 CENT & NATE DOGG **7 4 YELLOW BRICK ROAD **7 5 LIKE TOY SOLDIERS **9 6 MOSH **6 7 PUKE **7 8 MY 1ST SINGLE **6.5 9 PAUL (SKIT) 10 RAIN MAN **8 11 BIG WEENIE **5 12 EM CALLS PAUL (SKIT) 13 JUST LOSE IT **7.5 14 ASS LIKE THAT **7 15 SPEND SOME TIME FEAT OBIE TRICE, STAT QUO & 50 CENT 16 MOCKINGBIRD **7.5 17 CRAZY IN LOVE **7.5 18 ONE SHOT 2 SHOT FEAT D-12 **7 19 FINAL THOUGHT (SKIT) 20 ENCORE FEAT DR DRE & 50 CENT **7 The appearance of 50cent lends to the albums appeal and shows that it is endorsed throughout the rap community as a quality compilation. This album is a must for all you eminem fans, but is also worth a listen if you simply like the hit singles featured on it. An interesting twist... Read review

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