Jeannie C Riley - Harper Valley Pta
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Free Music Review: Harper Valley PTA
Hit: 5 Stars
I was delighted with the prodcut and the delivery. It's great to find the oldies in CD'sFree Music Review: There's More To That Little Peyton Place
Hit: 4 Stars
That's right, I bought this album and I don't care what you think. For your information I've even done this ditty on karaoke. The cool thing (yes cool) about this album is Harper Valley PTA isn't a compilation album; this is the actual album that was released in 1968 right after the single hit #1 on country and pop.
I have been looking for this song for ages, I love the whole hypocrites telling someone they should change storyline and the fact the woman gets even with them all is the real clincher, I imagine particularly in conservative middle America circa 1968.
The album's highlight is of course the single, but what's interesting is there are four other songs on here where characters from the title track show up - it's almost a concept albums of sorts.
"Widow Jones" is the first to show up and we get to find out about her life including how all the boys and men in town know about a woman's anatomy because of her nightly shows; later "Sippin' Shirley Thompson" is around to let us know why she's always taking sips of that gin, "Mr. Harper" also shows up for some fun.
But the other songs are just as interesting in that countrified story song way I like so much. The one other killer track and I mean it literally is "Ballad Of Louise" where Jeanne cries about her cheating man and Louise, it goes exactly where you expect it to when we find her behind bars and "tomorrow they'll bury Louise." I love this kind of thing.
To think it all began with the little title track which was written by Tom T. Hall who was apparently something of a great genius in the late 60s/early 70s though I always confuse him with that mushroomed face, oh what's the name, oh yeah Tillis, Mel Tillis that's who I confuse with Tom T. Hall but then I confuse Mel Tillis with Porter Waggoner; perhaps I need to rent me some Hee Haw and get my facts straight.
Free Music Review: Jeannie C. Riley's Harper Valley P.T.A. album
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm glad that someone decided to release the Harper Valley P.T.A. album entirely instead of just selected best songs. Getting the best of songs is probably what a person should do first. For this album doesn't include such classics as The Rib and The Generation Gap, but once a person already gets introduced to her this is definitely a must. While the best of albums try to include mostly ordinary songs of her and some story ones, this album is classic for all of the songs, except Shed me no Tears, are story ones which is what Jeannie C. Riley was best at. The album includes some tunes from the songwriter Tom T. Hall. (It's admirable that Riley stuck with the same songwriters throughout her short career.) So there are other memorable catchy songs on this cd like Sippin' Shirley Thompson, Mr. Harper and The Little Town Square.Free Music Review: Where's the rest?
Hit: 4 Stars
I was hoping this was a complete reissue, but 3 tracks seem to be missing from the original album. "The Cotton Patch", "The Little Town Square", and "Satan Place". Still, an enjoyable campy country classicFree Music Review: Good music
Hit: 3 Stars
My folks had this record when I was a kid. Brings back memories. I don't like all the songs, but this is a classic.
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