Tracks Heartbreaker
- In My Time of Need
- To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high)
- Why Do They Leave?
- Don't Ask For The Water
- Damn, Sam (I love a woman that rains)
- AMY
- My Winding Wheel
- Shakedown on 9th Street
- To Be The One
- Oh My Sweet Carolina
- Call Me On Your Way Back Home
- Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st)
- (Argument with David Rawlings concerning Morrissey)
- Bartering Lines
- Come Pick Me Up
Release date: 2000-10-31
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.98
Review Heartbreaker / Ryan Adams:With a touch of Robyn Hitchcock in his vocal timbre, a smidgen of Steve Earle in his narratives and instrumental writing and a heap of Gram Parsons in the fullness of his overall sound and structure, Ryan Adams steps well above Whiskeytown with Heartbreaker, his solo debut. By turns raucous, wistful, raspy and simply sweet, Adams makes the most of a top-shelf acoustic band, including Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and even a guest spot from Emmylou Harris on the tenderly yearning "Oh My Sweet Caroline". There is little dependence on the usual alt-country twang and a far more rounded sense of textures here (the multiple vocal tracks on "Amy", for example, sound Beatles-esque), with glockenspiel, organ and more signalling a sonic field of extensive depth. His spare guitar and stretched-thin vocal delivery alternate smartly with a bigger-shouldered guitar and throaty voice, never leaving behind a band conception straight out of Parsons's oeuvre. Adams signals occupancy of the post-alt country vanguard-if there is such a thing. -Andy Bartlett.
Tracks Upstate Songs
- Should Have Been Snow
- Come Comet or Dove
- Farewell, Seasick Suffering!
- Tristan and Isolde
- White Kite at Georgetown Green
- Plea for a Good Night's Rest
- You Aren't Really Here, It Isn't Really Light Out
- Last Summer's Lifeguard
- Country Sun
- My Baby Just Cares for Me
Release date: 2008-05-05
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.01
Review Upstate Songs / Devon Sproule:
Tracks 35 Biggest Hits
- Beer For My Horses - Keith, Toby & Willie Nelson
- As Good As I Once Was
- Honkytonk U
- Little Too Late
- Me Too
- Big Ol' Truck
- Should've Been A Cowboy
- Who's Your Daddy
- American Soldier
- I Love This Bar
- Courtesy Of The Red White And Blue (The Angry American)
- Woman's Touch
- You Ain't Much Fun
- I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying - Keith, Toby & Sting
- We Were In Love
- She's A Hottie
- My List
- Country Comes To Town
- He Ain't Worth Missing
- Get Drunk And Be Somebody
- Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You
- Wish I Didn't Know How
- Getcha Some
- I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
- Big Blue Note
- You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
- Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action
- Mockingbird
- Stays In Mexico
- Who's That Man
- How Do You Like Me Now
- Whiskey Girl
- Dream Walkin'
- I Wanna Talk About Me
- Upstairs Downtown
Release date: 2008-05-12
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.53
Review 35 Biggest Hits / Toby Keith:
Tracks Tonight at the Arizona
- T For Texas
- Roll On Arte
- Lady Day
- Rockefeller Druglaw Blues
- Going Going Gone
- Your Belly In My Arms
- Take This Hammer
- Mercy
- Ballad Of Lou The Welterweight
- Christmas Song
- Hey Hey Revolver
Release date: 2007-06-11
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.50
Review Tonight at the Arizona / Felice Brothers:
Tracks The Best Of
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- I Still Miss Someone
- Ballad Of Ira Hayes
- Tennessee Flat Top Box
- The Way Of A Woman In Love
- Blue Train
- The Night Hank Williams Came To Town - Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
- (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)
- Ballad Of A Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, The Everly Brothers
- Get Rhythm
- Guess Things Happen That Way
- Home Of The Blues
- Five Feet High And Rising
- I Got Stripes
- Family Bible
- Folsom Prison Blues
- I Walk The Line
- Long Black Veil
- Ring Of Fire
- Hey Porter
- Cry Cry Cry
- A Thing Called Love
Release date: 1998-04-06
Run time: 59 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98
Review The Best Of / Johnny Cash:Every home should have a Johnny Cash compilation. Cash is a genuine titan of popular music, whose finest work should be as venerated as anything by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, David Bowie or Brian Wilson, and this collection does as good a job of beginning to explain why as any. The virtue of Cash's music is its simplicity. His brutally reductive take on country, set to his distinctive boom-chicka-boom backbeat, directs all of the listener's attention to his supernaturally world-weary voice (even as a teenager, Cash sounded about a thousand years old). This collection is a judicious mix of covers (Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" among them) and original Cash standards. That the producers of this record have a genuine empathy with their subject is confirmed by their inclusion of a live version of the triumphantly nihilist "Folsom Prison Blues" (once identified by Ice-T, no less, as a progenitor of gangsta rap) taped at one of Cash's famous prison concerts. The cheers that greet the line "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" are the eeriest confirmation of credibility by an audience upon a performer ever recorded. -Andrew Mueller.
Tracks Guitar Town
- Guitar Town
- Goodbye's All We've Got Left
- My Old Friend The Blues
- Little Rock 'N' Roller
- State Trooper
- Fearless Heart
- Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough)
- Hillbilly Highway
- Someday
- Think It Over
- Down The Road
Release date: 2002-02-11
Run time: 39 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.74
Review Guitar Town / Steve Earle:
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Tracks Home [New Version]
- More Love
- A Home
- Tortured, Tangled Hearts
- Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)
- White Trash Wedding
- Top Of The World
- I Believe In Love
- Truth No. 2
- Travelin' Soldier
- Lil' Jack Slade
- Long Time Gone
- Landslide (The Sheryl Crow Remix)
- Landslide
Release date: 2003-03-03
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.57
Review Home [New Version] / Dixie Chicks:On Home-which they coproduced with Lloyd Maines, the father of lead singer Natalie-the Dixie Chicks strip off the star-making gloss of Nashville and get down to the meat of the matter, turning out an acoustic record that gives a big Texas howdy to bluegrass. But that's only the framework they use to salute all their influences, from the raggedy rock of Little Feat (on Darrell Scott's irresistible "Long Time Gone") to the pained ballads of Stevie Nicks (covering her melancholy "Landslide") to the confessional Texas singer-songwriters who straddle the country-folk line (Patty Griffin, Bruce Robison). Maines's raw, irrepressible soprano remains a thing of wonder, as do the threesome's exquisite harmonies, which seem tighter and more organic than ever before. Still, the jaw-dropping thrills come from the passionate and masterful picking of Emily Robison on banjo, bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton and Adam Steffey, whose fluid mandolin does Bill Monroe proud. Home, the Chicks' first release on their own record label, puts the front porch back into mainstream music, whatever the genre. And not a minute too soon. -Alanna Nash.
Tracks Sweetheart of the Rodeo: Remastered
- You're Still On My Mind
- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- Life In Prison
- You Don't Miss Your Water
- You're Still On My Mind (2)
- Reputation
- Life In Prison (2)
- Christian Life (2)
- Nothing Was Delivered
- One Hundred Years From Now
- Pretty Polly
- One Hundred Years From Now (2)
- Christian Life
- I Am A Pilgrim
- Hickory Wind
- All I Have Is Memories
- Blue Canadian Rockies
- Lazy Days
Release date: 1997-03-24
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.33
Review Sweetheart of the Rodeo: Remastered / The Byrds:After Chris Hillman dragged new friend Gram Parsons into the Byrds, they made an album as close to a country masterpiece as a rock act could ever make. In fact, the only tunes better than the definitive covers here of songs by Bob Dylan ("You Ain't Going Nowhere"), Guthrie ("Pretty Boy Floyd") and the Louvin Brothers ("The Christian Life") are Parsons's originals, especially the incomparable "Hickory Wind". Sweetheart wasn't the first country-rock album, but with its gorgeous three-way harmonies and sweet pedal steel, it remains the best. -David Cantwell.
Tracks A Celebration In Song
- Sunburned Country (with Keith Urban)
- Beautiful Thing (with Belinda Emmett)
- Never Far Away (with Richard Marx)
- Find A Little Faith (with Cliff Richard)
- Angel In The Wings (with Jann Arden)
- The Water Is Wide (with Amy Sky and Ryandan)
- Right Here With You (with Delta Goodrum)
- Everything Love Is (with Jimmy Barnes)
- Courageous (with Melinda Schneider)
- Reckless (with John Farrar)
- Isn't It Amazing (with Sun Ho)
- The Heart Knows (with Barry Gibb)
Release date: 2008-08-18
RRP: £14.99
Price: £5.70
Review A Celebration In Song / Olivia Newton-John & Friends:
Tracks Lonely Runs Both Ways
- Crazy As Me
- Wouldn't Be So Bad
- If I Didn't Know Any Better
- Restless
- Goodbye Is All We Have
- Living Prayer
- I Don't Have To Live This Way
- Gravity
- This Sad Song
- My Poor Old Heart
- Rain Please Go Away
- Unionhouse Branch
- Doesn't Have To Be This Way
- Pastures Of Plenty
- Borderline
Release date: 2004-11-15
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.35
Review Lonely Runs Both Ways / Alison Krauss:Nobody makes sombre sound more exquisite than Alison Krauss. She's come an awfully long way from her days as a teenage fiddle prodigy, as her glamour gown on this CD's cover suggests and the bittersweet maturity of the music confirms. Krauss exchanges her bluegrass fiddle for the chamber strains of viola on much of the material, including four songs by Robert Lee Castleman (whose "The Lucky One," "Let Me Touch You for Awhile," and "Forget About It" were previously popularized by Krauss). Castleman's compositions showcase the emotional intimacy and interpretive subtlety of her breathy trill. The yearning harmonies on "Wouldn't Be So Bad" (written by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings) and "Borderline" (written by Sidney and Suzanne Cox) reinforce the album's restless spirit of quiet desperation. Change-of-pace contributions by Krauss's bandmates are more deeply rooted in the bluegrass/folk tradition, with Dan Tyminski renewing Del McCoury's "Rain Please Go Away" and Woody Guthrie's populist anthem "Pastures of Plenty"; Dobro master Jerry Douglas leads the charge on his instrumental "Unionhouse Branch. " Few bands in bluegrass can match the virtuosity of Union Station's interplay, but the artistry of Alison Krauss transcends genre. -Don McLeese.
Tracks There You'll Be: The Best of Faith Hill
- If My Heart Had Wings
- There Will Come a Day
- Love Will Always Win
- Piece of My Heart
- This Kiss
- Somewhere Down the Road
- Let Me Let Go
- You Give Me Love
- Way You Love Me [Love to Infinity Remix]
- Over the Rainbow
- My Wild Frontier
- Way You Love Me
- Breathe
- Breathe [Tin Tin Out Radio Mix]
- There You'll Be
Release date: 2007-05-22
RRP: £13.99
Price: £5.58
Review There You'll Be: The Best of Faith Hill / Faith Hill:
Tracks Come On Over
- Honey, I'm Home
- Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
- If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!
- That Don't Impress Me Much
- I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save My Life)
- You've Got A Way
- Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)
- Come On Over
- Rock This Country!
- When
- I Won't Leave You Lonely
- Love Gets Me Every Time
- Black Eyes, Blue Tears
- From This Moment On
- Whatever You Do! Don't!
- You're Still The One
Release date: 2003-08-25
Run time: 61 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £2.98
Review Come On Over / Shania Twain:The come-from-nowhere success of Shania Twain's previous album, The Woman In Me, proved that the world was ready for a combination of traditional instruments, girl-power themes and dance-pop dynamics. Whether Twain is a modern-day Dolly Parton or a country music Spice Girl is a matter of perspective; with her third album, she accentuates the sing-along choruses and simple dance rhythms while downplaying the country elements. As a pop move, it works wonderfully for her, earning Twain a valued spot on MTV, VH-1 and pop radio. The emphasis is on fun rather than depth, of course, but no one can accuse her of being stingy: She and her Svengali-like producer/husband, slick-rock king Robert "Mutt" Lange (Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, AC/DC) load down the album with 16 songs, all of them quite radio-friendly. -Michael McCall.
Tracks The Very Best of Kris Kristofferson
- Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
- Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends - Kristofferson, Kris & Rita Coolidge
- Stranger
- Breakdown (A Long Way From Home)
- Once More With Feeling
- Kiss The World Goodbye
- Pligrim Chapter 33
- Hello In There
- Somebody Nobody Knows
- Come Sundown
- Jody And The Kid
- I'd Rather Be Sorry
- Nobody Wins
- Put It Off Until Tomorrow
- From The Bottle To The Bottom
- Why Me
- Me And Bobby McGee
- Taker
- For The Good Times
- Help Me Make It Through The Night
- We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds
- Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
- Help Me
Release date: 1999-05-31
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.97
Review The Very Best of Kris Kristofferson / Kris Kristofferson:
Tracks 21 Number Ones
- Every Time Two Fools Collide - Rogers, Kenny & Dottie West
- Share Your Love With Me
- Lucille
- She Believes In Me
- I Don't Need You
- Crazy
- We've Got Tonight - Rogers, Kenny & Sheena Easton
- Lady
- Islands In The Stream - Rogers, Kenny & Dolly Parton
- Love Or Something Like It
- All I Ever Need Is You - Rogers, Kenny & Dottie West
- You Decorated My Life
- Morning Desire
- Coward Of The County
- Buy Me A Rose - Rogers, Kenny & Alison Krauss
- Make No Mistake She's Mine - Rogers, Kenny & Ronnie Milsap
- What Are We Doing In Love - Rogers, Kenny & Dottie West
- Through The Years
- Gambler
- Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer - Rogers, Kenny & Kim Carnes
- Daytime Friends
- Love Will Turn You Around
Release date: 2006-01-23
RRP: £13.99
Price: £4.40
Review 21 Number Ones / Kenny Rogers:
Tracks Carryin' on With Johnny Cash and June Carter
- Fast Boat To Sydney
- Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man
- From Sea To Shining Sea
- Wind Changes
- What'd I Say
- Oh What A Good Thing We Had
- Pack Up Your Sorrows
- It Ain't Me Babe
- Jackson
- Shantytown
- I Got A Woman
- No No No
- You'll Be All Right
Release date: 2002-03-25
RRP: £8.99
Price: £2.96
Review Carryin' on With Johnny Cash and June Carter / Johnny Cash:
Tracks Mercy Now
- Empty Spaces
- Wheel Inside The Wheel
- Your Sister Cried
- Falling Out Of Love
- Prayer Without Words
- Mercy Now
- Drop In A Bucket
- I Drink
- It Ain't The Wind, It's The Rain
- Just Say She's A Rhymer
Release date: 2005-02-14
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.98
Review Mercy Now / Mary Gauthier:
Tracks Good Time
- Right Where I Want You
- Good Time
- If You Wanna Make Me Happy
- Never Loved Before - Jackson, Alan & Martina McBride
- Laid Back 'n' Low Key (Cay)
- Country Boy
- I Still Like Bologna
- Listen To Your Senses
- Long Long Way
- Nothing Left To Do
- Sissy's Song
- I Wish I Could Back Up
- This Time
- When The Love Factor's High
- If Jesus Walked The World Today
- Small Town Southern Man
- 1976
Release date: 2008-03-10
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.00
Review Good Time / Alan Jackson:
Tracks the best of
- Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
- It's Gotta Be Magic
- Your Sweet Love
- 'Till The Rivers All Run Dry
- You're My Best Friend
- Love Me Over Again
- It Must Be Love
- I Recall A Gypsy Woman
- I Believe In You
- Shelter Of Your Eyes
- Love Is On A Roll
- Amanda
- Tulsa Time
- Listen To The Radio
- I'm Just A Country Boy
- Stay Young
- That's The Thing About Love
- Say It Again
- All I'm Missing Is You
- She's In Love With A Rodeo Man
Release date: 2001-09-10
Run time: 62 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.89
Review the best of / Don Williams:
Tracks World Without Tears
- Overtime
- Minneapolis
- Those Three Days
- People Talkin'
- Fruits Of My Labor
- Righteously
- Words Fell
- American Dream
- Real Live Bleeding Fingers And Broken Guitar Strings
- Sweet Side
- Ventura
- World Without Tears
- Atonement
Release date: 2003-04-07
Run time: 60 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.67
Review World Without Tears / Lucinda Williams:Most artists who appeal to adult listeners tend to settle into a comfortable niche, but Lucinda Williams refuses to play it safe on World Without Tears. Instead her music stings like an open wound as she continues to strip away the protective layers from her art's emotional core. Though Williams has long been prized for the naked honesty of her music, this album is even more raw than its predecessors. From the down-and-dirty bar-band blues of "Atonement" to the Rolling Stones styled swagger of "Bleeding Fingers" to the tricky balance of debasement and transcendence in "Ventura", Williams leaves the nerve endings of her music exposed. With the band opting for first-take immediacy rather than polish, some of the most powerful material is also the neediest, as the singer addresses lovers who have disrespected her ("Righteously") or abandoned her ("Those Three Days", "Minneapolis"). Although her attempts at rap on "Sweet Side" and "American Dream" might cause diehard fans to wince, her willingness to take creative chances reaffirms her position at the vanguard of a rootsy progressivism that transcends musical category. Simply put, there's more Patti Smith in her than there is Patsy Cline. -Don McLeese.
Tracks The Guilded Palace Of Sin & Burritos Deluxe
- Farther Along
- Wheels
- Hot Burrito # 2
- Man In The Fog
- Wild Horses
- Sin City
- Do You Know How It Feels
- God's Own Singer
- Lazy Days
- Dark End Of The Street
- Hot Burrito # 1
- My Uncle
- Image Of Me
- Christine's Tune
- Do Right Woman
- Hippie Boy
- High Fashion Queen
- Older Guys
- Juanita
- Cody, Cody
- Down In The Churchyard
- If You Gotta Go
Release date: 1997-03-24
Run time: 69 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.74
Review The Guilded Palace Of Sin & Burritos Deluxe / The Flying Burrito Brothers:Having helped invent modern country rock with his contribution to the Byrds' Sweetheart Of The Rodeo, Gram Parsons left the Byrds in protest at their decision to tour South Africa and formed the Flying Burrito Brothers with fellow ex-Byrd Chris Hillman. Gilded Palace Of Sin and Burrito Deluxe are the only two Burritos' albums to feature the restless Parsons. The first is one of the best half dozen albums ever made, a dazzling synthesis of country traditions and hippie irreverence-Parsons' self-described "Cosmic American Music". The second is merely a work of thundering genius. Gilded Palace Of Sin brought out the best in Parsons, both as a writer ("Hot Burrito #1", better known as "I'm Your Toy", is now a standard) and a singer (his mournful version of "Dark End Of The Street" is worth the price on its own). His collaborations here with Chris Hillman ("Wheels" and "Juanita") would not have disgraced any Hank Williams record (like Williams, Parsons was never accepted by the Nashville country establishment). Burrito Deluxe, though somewhat erratic by comparison, contains at least one more Hillman/Parsons classic ("Cody Cody") and several typically impassioned covers, not the least of which is Parsons' tilt at the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses"-a song variously rumoured to have been written for or about Parsons. -Andrew Mueller.
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Heartbreaker, Upstate Songs, 35 Biggest Hits, Tonight at the Arizona, The Best Of, Guitar Town, Home [New Version], Sweetheart of the Rodeo: Remastered, A Celebration In Song, Lonely Runs Both Ways, There You'll Be: The Best of Faith Hill, Come On Over, The Very Best of Kris Kristofferson, 21 Number Ones, Carryin' on With Johnny Cash and June Carter, Mercy Now, Good Time, the best of, World Without Tears, The Guilded Palace Of Sin & Burritos Deluxe |
