Hank Williams - 20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
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Artist: Hank WilliamsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-17
Music Label: Mercury Nashville
Soundtracks:
- Your Cheatin' Heart
- Move It On Over
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Ramblin' Man
- My Heart Would Know
- Kaw-Liga
- Cold, Cold Heart
- Lovesick Blues
- Honky Tonk Blues
- Honky Tonkin'
- There'll Be No Tear Drops Tonight
- Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
- Hey Good Lookin'
- Window Shopping
- I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
- Half As Much
- Why nDon't You Love Me
- You Win Again
- Baby, We're Really In Love
- Take These Chains From My Heart
Free Music Notes for 20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
Free Music Review: For A Guy That's Been Dead More Than 50 Years,
Hit: 5 Stars
For a guy that's been dead more than 50 years, Hank Williams Sr. sure sells plenty of product. "20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits," is somewhere at the top of the pack, and it's not hard to see why, although, in the move from earlier media, Mercury dropped four songs. Nevertheless, there's still a lot of great songs left. Of course, Hank wrote most of his own songs, and few have written better; several have become not just country standards, but popular music standards.
Oddly enough, the recent death of Italian opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti has brought forth a lot of criticism from professional classical music critics. They say that he was unreliable in his appearances. He was, and so was Williams. That he didn't actually know enough technically about music, nor try to "stretch" himself artistically. True enough, and true also of Williams. But the critics completely miss the point, I think: music is a mechanism for delivering feeling, and both men excelled at that. They are open and accessible in their work; in addition, Williams worked not in esoteric opera, but with the music, and the concerns of ordinary people.
Williams recorded but 66 songs in his brief career. Of that number, several of his great standards are here. The mournful "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry,"and "Your Cold, Cold Heart," all written by him. Also, the rollicking, good time "Honky Tonk Blues," "Honky Tonkin'","Jambalaya (On the Bayou),""Move It On Over," and "Hey Good Lookin'--" Williams wrote a lot of sad songs, but he didn't write only sad songs. There's also another song he wrote that's become a country standard, "Ramblin' Man:" those boys sure do love the road. You'll also find on this album a couple of songs written by others: like "Lovesick Blues," and "Take These Chains From My Heart." They received their definitive treatment from Williams, and will always be associated with his work. 20 songs, or 24-- the album's worth having.
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