Hank Williams - 20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
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Free Music Notes for 20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
Free Music Review: Honky Tonk Blues
Hit: 5 Stars
No one sings the country blues like Hank Williams. One of the very few country artists I enjoy. A great artist of his time. Great in any time.
20 of his hits.
Free Music Review: Great old country music
Hit: 5 Stars
I knew of Hank Williams Sr. I didn't realize how much of his songs I was familar with until I saw a show of his life. Oh, and he was way before my time. I'm 28, but I love his twang. Great old-fashioned country from the king of country music. Free Music Review: Introducing Mr. Hank Williams!
Hit: 5 Stars
It may be missing some classics ("I Saw The Light," anyone?), but this is still one of the greatest collections of country music ever assembled. Hank Williams' uncanny knack for songwriting and performance is on full display here- he was an artist in the truest sense of the word, a single-minded visionary whose best work transcended genre- indeed, this disc has the potential to convert country haters the world over- if the boozy swing of "Move It On Over" doesn't get your toes tapping, and if the stark desolation of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" doesn't take a grab at your soul, then you're just plain not listening hard enough. Open up to this music, though, and you'll find a lifetime's worth of treasures. The Hank Williams songbook is packed with spine-tingling poetry ("Ramblin' Man"), gin-joint atmospherics ("Your Cheatin' Heart") and emotionally ravaged balladry ("My Heart Would Know"). And that's just the first five songs! Anyway, this is truly brilliant music from one of the great artists of 20th century America, and one of the finest best-of collections ever built. There's more to Hank Williams than what's here, but it's a great start.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.
Free Music Review: Hank made a lot of great music!
Hit: 4 Stars
Listening to this CD brought back a lot of memories of some great songs. I had forgotten how many songs Hank wrote. The quality of the recording is pretty decent, considering that some of the music was originally recorded a long time ago. There's quite a number of songs that have been recorded by others later, but Hank was the guy who wrote them...