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Advantages: All the best songs in one place Disadvantages: Not worthwhile for the aged-old fan
channels and maybe it does get the odd bit of 'extra' airtime. (E.g. "Close To Me" being on a BBC Three programme...it's name escapes me, but it may have been the 'Smoking Room'? Answers on a postcard...)
Their 'greatesthits' album, released in 2001 through Fiction Records and only done so on the basis that Smith could choose the tracks himself is 19 tracks that show a chronological tale of the band and their music through the years. (Although two of the tracks are brand new!)
Opening track "Boys Don't Cry" was released in June 1979, eight years before I was born. Yet with it's instantly recognisable guitar riff it's something that the countless bands since then that have idolised and 'taken influence' from the Cure could take the rest of time to improve on. I believe the saying is along the lines of put some monkeys in a room ...
Advantages: Great tracks old and new Disadvantages: None
I am a big fan of Whitney Houston, I think she has a beautiful, moving voice that has not been beaten since. I have already done a review on her first album, Whitney Houston but by far my favourite album of hers has to be Whitney, The GreatestHits!
Just a little background on the queen of pop herself incase you haven't heard of her:
Whitney Houston was born on August 9th, 1963 and is an extremely successful recording artist and actress. She comes from a very successful family and upbringing, her aunt is Dionne Warwick and her godmother is Aretha Franklin. Music was in the blood and she starting singing gospel music in her local church at aged 11. In the words of Clive Davis, written on one of the booklets that comes with the CD's, "For the next generation, there's a singer that combines the fiery gospel of Aretha Franklin ...
Advantages: Brilliant, wonderful rock songs Disadvantages: ...Erm...not for people who like dance music...misses their newer stuff
So going through a pile of my mums CD I spot Westlife, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Athelete then Aerosmith's greatesthits...well doesn't take a genius to work out which I'm going to take a listen to does it. The plastic cased cover has a nice that when the case is opend "flat" looks rather attractive, the inlay book is album history and credits (why no lyrics?) and the back of the case has the song list.
This world famous band, who've been together for well over 30 years, are considered one of the staple's of American rock, the band led by the always charismatic Steven Tyler (Mick Jagger lookey likey or what?) have managed a longevity many modern bands would be happy with and more so, they have been performing at a high level for the marjority of it.
So now back onto the album, the opening track "Dream on" was sampled by Eminem in his ...
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Product details
Title
Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
Performer
George Strait
Genre
Country
Sub Genre
Contemporary Country
Release Date
06/03/2000
Recomended Retail Price
8.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2000
Label / Distributor
Island / Universal Music
Producer
Tony Brown; George Strait
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
8817010021
Catalogue Number
1701002
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: George Strait, Alan Jackson (vocals); Steve Gibson (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Steve Nathan (keyboards); Glann Worf (bass); Eddie Bayers (drums); Lee Ann Womack, Liana Manis, Wes Hightower (background vocals). Engineers: Chuck Ainlay, Steve Marcantonio. Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Includes liner notes by Paul Kinsbury. "Murder On Music Row" (with Alan Jackson) won the 2000 CMA Award for Vocal Event Of The Year. "Murder On Music Row" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Awards for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. With George Strait, the hits literally do keep on coming. At the start of the 21st century, more than 20 years into his career, this elder statesman of "New Country" still racked up Number-Ones effortlessly. The secret, of course, is in the songs. Strait's real talent is his ability to choose outstanding material, and there's a hefty chunk of it on this CD, which collects his mid-to-late '90s hits. It's all here, from the Cajun stomp and rockin' rhythms of "Adalida" and "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This," to the breezy catchiness of "Carrying Your Love With Me, " "True," and "Blue Clear Sky," to the heartache of "King of the Mountain" and "Today My World Slipped Away." The brilliant "Check Yes Or No" is MIA, but the CD does offer two new cuts, "The Best Day," a father/son ballad, and "Murder on Music Row," a duet with Alan Jackson. The latter is a neat gimmick: two "real" country singers recording a scathing put-down of Shania Twain-type country. But LATEST GREATEST proves that Strait is entitled to scold his colleagues for not "keeping it country." After all, he always has--and look where he ended up.
Album Reviews
Q (6/00, p.129) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This is his third greatest hits album. It's also very good. Strait's music always swings in a Texas manner..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Best Day
2.
Murder On Music Row
3.
Carrying Your Love With Me
4.
Adalida
5.
Lead On
6.
Carried Away
7.
Blue Clear Sky
8.
We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This
9.
I Can Still Make Cheyenne
10.
True
11.
King Of The Mountain
12.
Round About Way
13.
You Can't Make A Heart Love Somebody
14.
One Night At A Time
15.
Today My World Slipped Away
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