Clint Eastwood, Merle Haggard - 40 #1 Hits
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Artist: Clint Eastwood, Merle HaggardBrand: EMI
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-03-23
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Branded Man
- The Fugitive
- Mama Tried
- Sing Me Back Home
- The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
- Hungry Eyes
- Okie From Muskogee (Live)
- Workin' Man Blues
- The Fightin' Side Of Me
- Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
- Carolyn
- Grandma Harp
- It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
- Everybody's Had The Blues
- I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me
- If We Make It Through December
- Old Man From The Mountain
- Things Aren't Funny Anymore
- Always Wanting You
- It's All In The Movies
- Kentucky Gambler
- Movin' On
- Cherokee Maiden
- The Roots Of My Raising
- I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
- I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall
- If We're Not Back In Love By Monday
- Bar Room Buddies
- My Favorite Memory
- Big City
- Yesterday's Wine
- Going Where The Lonely Go
- Pancho And Lefty
- You Take Me For Granted
- Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room
- Someday When Things Are Good
- That's The Way Love Goes
- A Place To Fall Apart
- Natural High
- Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
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Music Review: Start your Merle Haggard collection here
Rating: 5 Stars
As I've explained in reviews of some older compilations of his music, it wasn't always easy to collect all Merle's classic songs that really mattered. The boxed set, Down every road, made that task very easy for those who could afford it. Now comes this double-CD containing forty of his most important songs. Some songs, now regarded as classics, were released only as B-sides, weren't released on singles at all, or didn't reach the top of the charts, so this set will not satisfy some diehard fans. Among the songs that do not qualify for inclusion here are Today I started loving you again, Silver wings, All my friends are gonna be strangers, Swinging doors, Bottle let me down and I take a lot of pride in what I am. Nevertheless, this is the strongest collection you're ever likely to find of Merle's music on a double-CD.
The set contains all 38 of his Billboard number one country hits, plus two that made number two. It may be that these two (If we're not back in love by Monday, I'm always on a mountain when I fall) made number one in some other chart - if not, the album title is inaccurate, but that doesn't affect the quality of the music, which covers his recordings for Capitol, MCA and Epic. Getting all three in one double-CD is a huge benefit to fans.
The tracks included here are the songs that established Merle's reputation and sustained it. Songs like Hungry eyes, Mama tried and Branded man tell of his troubled early life and coming to terms with it. Merle stood up for what he believed in with songs like Okie from Muskogee and Fighting side of me. He sang about overcoming hardship in Daddy Frank and If we make it through December. He sang of yearning in Always wanting you (apparently written about Dolly Parton), Big city and Sing me back home.
Merle sang some brilliant love songs including It's all in the movies, My favorite memory, That's the way love goes and A place to fall apart. He also recorded plenty of duets although only two of them qualified for this set, these being Yesterday's wine (with George Jones) and Pancho and Lefty (with Willie Nelson). Other classic songs feature here include Legend of Bonnie and Clyde, Working man blues, Old man from the mountain, Kentucky gambler, Moving on, Cherokee maiden and Roots of my raising.
This is the best introduction to Merle's music there is, unless you want to go for the boxed set. It contains nearly all the classic songs and the few it doesn't can be found easily if you want them.
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