Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Kentucky Means Paradise - (CD only, with The Green River Boys, featuring Glen Campbell)
2. Gentle on My Mind
3. Burning Bridges - (CD only)
4. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
5. I Wanna Live
6. Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
7. Wichita Lineman
8. Let It Be Me - (with Bobbie Gentry)
9. Galveston
10. Where's the Playground Susie
11. True Grit - (from the movie "True Grit")
12. Try a Little Kindness
13. Honey, Come Back
14. All I Have to Do Is Dream - (with Bobbie Gentry)
15. Oh Happy Day - (CD only)
16. Everything a Man Could Ever Need - (from the movie "Norwood")
17. It's Only Make Believe
18. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
19. Last Time I Saw Her, The - (CD only)
20. William Tell Overture, The - (CD only, featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
DISC 2:
1. Bonaparte's Retreat
2. I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) - (CD only)
3. Houston (I'm Comin' to See You)
4. Manhattan Kansas
5. Rhinestone Cowboy
6. Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)
7. Don't Pull Your Love / Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
8. See You on Sunday
9. Southern Nights
10. Sunflower
11. Can You Fool - (CD only)
12. Any Which Way You Can - (CD only, from the movie "Any Which Way You Can")
13. I'm Gonna Love You - (CD only)
14. Bloodline - (CD only)
15. Faithless Love
16. Lady Like You, A
17. Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The - (with Steve Wariner)
18. Still Within the Sound of My Voice
19. I Have You
20. She's Gone, Gone, Gone
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Bobbie Gentry, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Steve Wariner | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Mixed | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Green River Boys includes: Glen Campbell (vocals, guitar).
Additional personnel includes: Bobbie Gentry, Steve Wariner, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Producers include: Nik Venet, Al Delory, Kelly Gordon, Neely Plumb, Gary Klein.
Compilation producer: Mike Ragogna.
Recorded between 1962 and 1989. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.
An absolutely definitive anthology of Campbell's pop and country hits (ignoring his more recent work as a gospel singer), this two-CD best-of displays a consistency remarkable in such a long career. With a few exceptions, everything here sounds like it was recorded in a single marathon recording session.
The Jimmy Webb songs are probably the most memorable; "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Wichita Lineman," for example, combine the emotional directness of the best country music with a harmonic complexity worthy of Burt Bacharach. But there's much more to admire here, including a crazy (in a good way) instrumental version of "The William Tell Overture" (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, no less), a sensational version of the folky and venerable "Bonaparte's Retreat," two beautiful duet remakes of Everly Brothers hits with Bobby Gentry, the infectious R&B-tinged "Southern Nights," and the funny and perhaps still relevant "I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)".
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