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All rights reserved.The Greatest Hits Collection - Jackson, Alan (CD 1995)
A powerful collection from a class actReview created: 12/11/00
by: RJursik -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
An album you can play beginning to end and never be tired
An album you can play beginning to end and never be tired
Cons:
Jackson's too-modest and somber liner notes
Jackson's too-modest and somber liner notes
There is danger in purchasing Alan Jackson's Greatest Hits album. Danger first in its near-immediate obsolescence. Jackson is one of country music's most consistent home-run hitters, a perennial chart-topper whose singles could fill greatest hits albums every four months. To purchase this collection, the listener must be prepared to watch sadly as Jackson outdoes its content again and again.
There is also danger for listeners who purchase this album believing that they have no need to own his others. While the greatest hits compilation usually catalogs an artist's commercial success, it neglects to display his growth as a writer, stylist, and thinker. Jackson's other work, his previous albums, feature those songs which did not get the radio airplay and audience adulation found among his greatest hits. Everyone knows "Chattahoochee." Everyone SHOULD know "Blue Blooded Woman." Jackson's previous albums are worth owning for no other reason than to see his complete image as a singer and not just the most profitable glimpses.
At any rate, the "Greatest Hits" album is almost superfluous. For Jackson, what ISN'T a hit? "Dallas?" "Tall Tall Trees?" "Wanted?" Those were the third or fourth singles from his earlier albums. "Here In The Real World," "Mercury Blues," and "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" are all givens, of course, but what about "Who Says You Can't Have It All?" or "I'll Try." The "Greatest Hits" album was released in 1995 with 20 tracks, a strong chunk of material considering industry standards, and a positive gold mine for an artist with only six years of stardom under his white hat. All of this would be commendable enough as it is, but for Jackson's country style - slow, relaxed, and fiercely, independently traditional - any commercial success at all in these dark days is a miracle. Understanding that fact makes this "Greatest Hits" album nothing short of one of the seminal works of the last decade.
Check your watch. His next "Greatest Hits" album should be out any minute now.
There is also danger for listeners who purchase this album believing that they have no need to own his others. While the greatest hits compilation usually catalogs an artist's commercial success, it neglects to display his growth as a writer, stylist, and thinker. Jackson's other work, his previous albums, feature those songs which did not get the radio airplay and audience adulation found among his greatest hits. Everyone knows "Chattahoochee." Everyone SHOULD know "Blue Blooded Woman." Jackson's previous albums are worth owning for no other reason than to see his complete image as a singer and not just the most profitable glimpses.
At any rate, the "Greatest Hits" album is almost superfluous. For Jackson, what ISN'T a hit? "Dallas?" "Tall Tall Trees?" "Wanted?" Those were the third or fourth singles from his earlier albums. "Here In The Real World," "Mercury Blues," and "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" are all givens, of course, but what about "Who Says You Can't Have It All?" or "I'll Try." The "Greatest Hits" album was released in 1995 with 20 tracks, a strong chunk of material considering industry standards, and a positive gold mine for an artist with only six years of stardom under his white hat. All of this would be commendable enough as it is, but for Jackson's country style - slow, relaxed, and fiercely, independently traditional - any commercial success at all in these dark days is a miracle. Understanding that fact makes this "Greatest Hits" album nothing short of one of the seminal works of the last decade.
Check your watch. His next "Greatest Hits" album should be out any minute now.
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