Tracks Family
- Family
- When You Love Someone Like That - Rimes, LeAnn & Reba McEntire
- What I Cannot Change
- I Want You With Me
- Upper Hand
- Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore - Rimes, LeAnn & Bon Jovi
- Doesn't Everybody
- Pretty Things
- Fight
- Nothin' Better To Do
- Good Friends And A Glass Of Wine
- Something I Can Feel
- Nothing Wrong - Rimes, LeAnn & Marc Broussard
- One Day Too Long
Release date: 2007-10-08
RRP: £15.99
Price: £2.49
Review Family / LeAnn Rimes:Family sounds like a pivotal release for Rimes, who made her breakthrough as a childhood prodigy with an uncanny vocal resemblance to Patsy Cline, and then evolved into an eclectic diva who couldn't quite decide what she wanted to be when she grew up. She's all grown up now, as both the sensual "Upper Hand" and the spiritual "What I Cannot Change" attest. Rimes had a hand in writing all the material (except for the bonus-cut duets with Jon Bon Jovi and Reba McEntire), and themes of family-though not always her family-pervade the lyrics. Musically, this is grittier, harder-edged, and more propulsive than much of her previous fare, with the title cut and "Nothin' Better to Do" evoking the Southern country soul of Bobbie Gentry, her duet with Marc Broussard on "Nothing Wrong" riffing like the Rolling Stones, and "One Day Too Long" sounding like the female Otis Redding. She's lost none of her supple upper register, as the balladry of "Pretty Things" attests, but Leann Rimes in no longer just a pretty voice. -Don McLeese.
Tracks The Mystery
- Keep It Simple
- Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag
- Footprints
- Antonella's Birthday
- So It Goes
- Walls
- Diggers' Waltz
- Cantina Senese
- That's The Spirit
- Lewis And Clark
- Cowboy's Dream
- Mystery
Release date: 2006-09-25
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.11
Review The Mystery / Tommy Emmanuel:
Tracks The Best Of Brenda Lee
- Heart In Hand
- All Alone Am I
- Speak To Me Pretty
- As Usual
- Here Comes That Feeling
- That's All You Gotta Do
- Fool #1
- Let's Jump The Broomstick
- Sweet Nothin's
- Losing You
- My Whole World Is Falling Down
- Sweet Impossible You
- I'm Sorry
- My Coloring Book
- Dum Dum
- It Started All Over Again
- Dynamite
- Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
- Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
- You Can Depend On Me
Release date: 2000-08-07
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.72
Review The Best Of Brenda Lee / Brenda Lee:
Tracks Trio Vol.1
- Hobo's Meditation
- I've Had Enough
- Telling Me Lies
- Rose Wood Casket
- To Know Him Is To Love Him
- My Dear Companion
- Making Plans
- Pain Of Loving You
- Wildflowers
- Farther Along
- Those Memories Of You
Release date: 1999-10-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.27
Review Trio Vol.1 / Emmylou Harris:"Appalachia circa 1907" is the way they described it after release. It wasn't, of course, but it was as close as you could come in 1987 and still hope to sell the million copies that this ended up selling. The "Three Tenors" of country music juggle leads, complement each other to often haunting effect and subjugate their egos to a greater cause. The songs run the gamut from primordial country favourites like "Rosewood Casket" and "Hobo's Meditation", to 1950s pop (a rather anomalous "To Know Him Is To Love Him") and mainstream country. The instrumentation is restrained, the vocals are unfailingly lovely and the result is a trio that is more than the sum of its parts. -Colin Escott.
Tracks Greatest Hits
- Blessed
- Happy Girl
- Wild Angels
- Concrete Angel
- Strangers
- Wrong Again
- Safe In The Arms Of Love
- There You Are
- Where Would You Be
- Life #9
- Love's The Only House
- I Love You
- When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues
- When God Fearin' Women Get The Blues
- Whatever You Say
- Independence Day
- My Baby Loves Me
- Broken Wing
- Valentine
Release date: 2001-10-01
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.70
Review Greatest Hits / Martina McBride:In the abstract, there are two Martina McBrides heard in this ample Greatest Hits collection, which features 14 songs from the Kansas-born singer's studio albums, along with four inspired new cuts. At one extreme, there's the demure cover-girl-pretty warbler who serves up fervent and endearing love pledges such as "Wild Angels", "Safe in the Arms of Love" and "I Love You". Then, there's the mature, poised, socially conscious mother of two who grapples with darker topics such as poverty and inequality ("Love's the Only House") and child and spousal abuse (the wrathful "Independence Day" and the ineffably sad "Concrete Angel"). There are certainly impressive samples of both Martinas on this anthology. On other cuts-the bluesy, naughty new track "When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues" and the angry "Life #9", for instance-the forces of light and darkness, anger and felicity, commingle in a manner that's no less intriguing and provocative. -Bob Allen.
Tracks Meat Puppets II
- Oh Me
- Aurora Borealis
- Climbing
- I'm A Mindless Idiot
- We're Here
- Whistling Song
- Aurora Borealis (2)
- Lost
- What To Do
- Lost (2)
- Lake Of Fire
- New Gods
- Magic Toy Missing
- I'm Not Here
- 100% Of Nothing
- Plateau
- New Gods (2)
- Split Myself In Two
- Teenager(S)
- New Gods (3)
Release date: 2002-04-01
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.85
Review Meat Puppets II / Meat Puppets:
Tracks The Dirty South
- Danko/Manuel
- Carl Perkins Cadillac
- Sands Of Iwo Jima
- Boys From Alabama
- Tornadoes
- Buford Stick
- Daddy's Cup
- Never Gonna Change
- Lookout Mountain
- Puttin' People On The Moon
- Cottonseed
- Where The Devils Don't Stay
- Day John Henry Died
- Goddamn Lonely Love
Release date: 2004-08-30
RRP: £9.99
Price: £5.90
Review The Dirty South / Drive By Truckers:
Tracks Around the Bend
- Faith In You
- Don't Think Twice It's Alright
- You Didn't Have A Good Time
- 'Til I'm Dead And Gone
- From Your Knees
- Turn It Around
- Love Is A Gamble
- Around The Bend
- Every Head Bowed
- Dig Two Graves
- Everything That I Own (Has Got A Dent)
Release date: 2008-08-18
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.19
Review Around the Bend / Randy Travis:
Tracks Speechless/Gagged But Not Bound
- Walkin\x{2019} After Midnight
- Flowers Of Edinburgh
- Erin
- Oklahoma Stroke
- Don\x{2019}t Let Go
- Country Gentleman
- Bullish Boogie
- Cannonball
- Midnight Special
- Forty Miles Of Bad Road
- Seventeenth Summer
- Monte Nido
- T-Bird To Vegas
- Fun Ranch Boogie
- Tiger Rag
- Romany Rye
- Schön Rosmarin
- Salt Creek
- Arkansas Traveller
Release date: 2008-09-29
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.56
Review Speechless/Gagged But Not Bound / Albert Lee:
Tracks The Best Country Album... Ever
- Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
- The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- The Flying Burrito Brothers - Six Days On The Road
- Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
- Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin'
- Alan Jackson And Jimmy Buffett - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
- Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
- Tammy Wynette - I Don't Wanna Play House
- Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
- Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By
- Tim McGraw - I Like It, I Love It
- Roy Orbison - Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- Lonestar - Amazed
- Pat Green - Wave On Wave
- The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away
- Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
- Joe South- Walk A Mile In My Shoes
- Asleep At The Wheel - Lay Down Sally
- Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
- Roger Miller - King Of The Road
- Faron Young - It's Four In The Morning
- Willie Nelson - Funny How Time Slips Away
- Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
- LeAnn Rimes - Blue
- Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
- Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
- The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia
- Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
- Ricky Nelson - Garden Party
- Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life
- Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance
- Nanci Griffith - From A Distance
- The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- Marvin Rainwater - Whole Lotta Woman
- Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles
- Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
- C W McCall - Convoy
- Jim Reeves - I Love You Because
- Patsy Cline - Crazy
- Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
- Billie Jo Spears - Sing Me An Old Fashioned Song
- Don Williams - I Recall A Gypsy Woman
- Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
- Mac Davis - It's Hard To Be Humble
- Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
- Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
- Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
- Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night
Release date: 2006-11-06
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.67
Review The Best Country Album... Ever / Various Artists:
Tracks Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- Ice Cream
- Wait
- Good Enough
- Elsewhere
- Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- Fear
- Ice
- Possession
- Hold On
- Circle
- Plenty
- Mary
Release date: 2001-03-31
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.73
Review Fumbling Towards Ecstasy / Sarah McLachlan:On the other side of the Atlantic, pre-Lilith Fair, McLachlan had critical acclaim and a cult following but was otherwise just another hard-working female singer/songwriter-one who wasn't blasting down doors with overt sexuality or popping along in front of a male Svengali. Similar in their emotional urgency to her more recent work but delightfully less polished, these folk-rock songs are surprising gems. If not for McLachlan's poignant vocals, lyrics like "Your love is better than ice cream" (on "Ice Cream") would sound childishly absurd (especially alongside deeper material like "Hold On"), but here they're given just as much respect as the weightier issues she explores. A great album to accompany your moments of introspection. -Rebecca Wallwork.
Tracks The Mighty Ship
- Worried Mind
- Shape You
- Other Side
- Hide From You
- Red Alert
- Way You Stay
- Joining Another
- For Design
- Mighty Ship
- Sure Enough
Release date: 2008-09-15
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.49
Review The Mighty Ship / Angela Desveaux:
Tracks Backwoods Barbie
- The Lonesomes
- Only Dreamin'
- Shinola
- Cologne
- I Will Forever Hate Roses
- Backwoods Barbie
- The Tracks Of My Tears
- Somebody's Everything
- Made Of Stone
- Drives Me Crazy
- Better Get To Livin'
- Jesus & Gravity
Release date: 2008-06-09
Run time: 48 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £5.45
Review Backwoods Barbie / Dolly Parton:
Tracks Still Crooked
- Absentee
- Wading Deep Waters
- Theme From "The Absentee"
- Did You Sleep Well
- Low Down and Dirty
- Poor Ellen Smith
- Tell Her To Come Back Home
- Undone In Sorrow
- Oh Agamemnon
- Florence
- Pharoah
- Baby What's Wrong With You
- Captain Captain
Release date: 2008-07-07
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.85
Review Still Crooked / Crooked Still:
Tracks The Best of John Denver
- In A Faraway Land
- Take Me Home Country Roads
- Flower That Shattered The Stone
- Rocky Mountain Suite
- Two Different Directions
- Windsong
- Annie's Song
- American Child
- Alaska And Me
- Calypso
- Country Girl In Paris
- Potter's Wheel
- To The Wild Country
- Rocky Mountain High
- Higher Ground
- Children Of The Universe
- Ancient Rhymes
- Sunshine On My Shoulders
Release date: 2005-07-18
RRP: £4.99
Price: £1.14
Review The Best of John Denver / John Denver:
Tracks Guitar Man
- 500 Miles Away From Home
- Patches
- When You're Hot You're Hot
- Devil Went Down To Georgia
- Down On The Corner
- Tupelo Mississippi Flash
- Amos Moses
- Honkin'
- Promises
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Thing Called Love
- Muleskinner Blues
- Guitar Man
- Struttin'
- Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home
- US Male
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
- Sweet Memories
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown
- Sixteen Tons
- Wabash Cannonball
Release date: 1996-09-28
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.20
Review Guitar Man / Jerry Reed:
Tracks The Sacred Shakers
- Banks of the River
- Twelve Gates to the City
- Green Pastures
- Ready to Go Home
- John the Revelator
- Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel
- Are You Walking & A' Talking with the Lord
- Travelin' Shoes
- I'm Gonna Do My Best
- Gospel Plow
- Straighten 'Em
- Taggin' Along with Jesus
- Titanic
- Prayer Bells of Heaven
Release date: 2008-08-18
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.32
Review The Sacred Shakers / Sacred Shakers & Eileen Jewel:
Tracks Trampoline
- Save A Prayer
- I Don't Even Know Your Name
- Dream River
- Melbourne Mambo
- Fool #1
- La Mucara
- All I Get
- I Should Know
- Dance The Night Away
- I've Got This Feeling
- I Hope You Want Me Too
- Dolores
- Tell Me Why
- Someone Should Tell Her
- To Be With You
Release date: 1999-06-18
Run time: 63 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.19
Review Trampoline / The Mavericks:
Tracks Warmth and Beauty
- She Ain't No You
- Breaking Of A Day
- Why Go?
- What's The Use
- Warmth & Beauty
- Taking The View
- My Favorite Memory
- I'd Rather Have You
- Are You Still Missing Me?
- Some Tears
- I Was So Lonesome
Release date: 2003-09-22
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.10
Review Warmth and Beauty / Thad Cockrell:
Tracks Demolition
- Chin Up, Cheer Up
- Cry On Demand
- Desire
- You Will Always Be The Same
- Starting To Hurt
- Hallelujah
- Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby)
- Tomorrow
- Tennessee Sucks
- Gimme A Sign
- Dear Chicago
- She Wants To Play Hearts
- Nuclear
Release date: 2003-05-26
Run time: 45 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.60
Review Demolition / Ryan Adams:Demolition is a sort of "best of" compilation comprising 13 previously unreleased demos by Ryan Adams. Recorded at four different studio sessions in Nashville, Los Angeles and Stockholm, with a cast of musicians that includes his road band the Pinkhearts, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Ethan Johns, Chris Stills, Bucky Baxter and Greg Leisz, Demolition proves that Adams is still a work-in-progress: brilliant one moment, sloppy the next. When he's good, he's very good: the rousing country-rocker "Hallelujah", the brooding acoustic ballads "Dear Chicago" and "Tomorrow", and the jangly power-pop number "Gimme a Sign" are as fine as anything on Gold. But Adams sometimes lapses into mimicry, as he does on "Nuclear" and "Starting to Hurt", both of which could be outtakes from a U2 album. "Tennessee Sucks", a chronicle of a boredom-filled summer day in Nashville, sounds half-baked, while the closing track, "Jesus (Don't Touch My Baby)", which finds Adams (on synthesizer, guitars, bass and drum machine) droning on like Leonard Cohen, falls in the "failed experiment" category. Despite its bright spots, Demolition ultimately comes off as a mixed bag. -David Hill.
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