i have not heard it, but then i dont listen to the radio much any more ----- Original Message ----- From: "jack scrimshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 2:55 AM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: Top 10 Country Albums of 2006
> > Hi del this is marvillous what u have here. If i may make a couple > comments > regarding some of thse albums. I've heard willie's album on radio and > while > i must say i did'nt rush out to buy it i did think it was a good one for > all > us willie nelson fans and country purests. As for the cash album there's > no > bigger johnny cash fan than me well all right perhaps lr there hahaha but > only just. This album if you don't think johnny should have recorded after > his stroke don't buy it. He sounds very ill and in one song particular i > don't know how he made it but if your just a damn big johnny fan its worth > it because its a reminder there'll never be another like him. Cheers jack. > jack scrimshaw u k cowboy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "delma bliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 2:14 AM > Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Top 10 Country Albums of 2006 > > >> >> >> Top 10 Country Albums of 2006 >> By: CMT.com staff >> Monday, December 18, 2006 >> Reflecting on the stack of CDs released in 2006, three members of >> CMT.com's >> editorial team unanimously agreed that it doesn't get any better than a >> Country >> Music Hall of Fame member singing classic songs written by another >> Country >> Music Hall of Fame member. >> CMT editorial director Chet Flippo, writer-producer Craig Shelburne and >> managing editor Calvin Gilbert were in accord for the choices -- if not >> the >> actual >> rankings -- of the Top 10 albums of 2006. Granted, a there were a few >> disagreements, but those tended to be gentle debates. No injuries -- >> physical or >> emotional -- resulted. >> 1. Willie Nelson, You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker (Lost >> Highway) >> This collection may be better than anything Willie has cut since Stardust >> almost 30 years ago. Age has weathered his voice, but it's also given it >> a >> graceful >> gravitas and a worn patina that suit these sepia-toned song chestnuts >> very >> well. A good song doesn't know its age and exists in a timeless place >> where >> it can live forever. All 13 songs, such as "Bubbles in My Beer" and "Not >> That I Care" and "Dusty Skies" are highlights. -- Flippo >> 2. Alan Jackson, Like Red on a Rose (Arista Nashville) >> The first listen is tough because the subtlety is so unexpected. The >> second >> time is easier. And three months later? Can't stop listening. Exemplary >> songs, >> singing and production. -- Shelburne >> 3. The Wreckers, Stand Still, Look Pretty (Maverick/Warner Bros.) >> With the Dixie Chicks still in exile from mainstream country radio, the >> Wreckers helped fill the void when it came to upbeat energy and >> pop-oriented >> musical >> hooks. Some scoffed at the notion of pop hitmaker Michelle Branch teaming >> with singer-songwriter Jessica Harp for a country album, but there's an >> undeniable >> quality to their crisp harmonies and well-constructed songs. -- Gilbert >> 4. Dierks Bentley, Long Trip Alone (Capitol Nashville) >> This album is all about moving forward -- both lyrically and career-wise. >> If >> the cinematic, powerful title track lands in the right movie, this >> troubadour >> can expect big returns. -- Shelburne >> 5. Julie Roberts, Men & Mascara (Mercury Nashville) >> Others can sing louder, but few can sing as convincingly. She nails the >> heartbreak songs but she may be one up-tempo hit away from making it, >> finally. We're >> still rooting for her. -- Shelburne >> 6. Solomon Burke, Nashville (Shout! Factory) >> Burke first recorded country in the 1960s with such songs as "Just Out of >> Reach" and "Down in the Valley" -- and he gets it. Nashville is the very >> essence >> of soul country. On duets with Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Patty >> Griffin >> and Gillian Welch, Burke sounds fully energized -- as any man should be >> by >> that >> lineup of female partners. He is in wonderfully good voice, and the man >> takes control of these songs. Solomon Burke sounds fully at home in >> Nashville. >> -- Flippo >> 7. Johnny Cash, American V: A Hundred Highways (American Recordings/Lost >> Highway) >> Though he never sounder weaker in voice, in many ways the new work is the >> most emotionally effective and affecting thing he has ever done. Though >> weak >> in >> voice and almost completely blind by then, his spirit was never stronger, >> and that spirit shines through strongly on these intense performances. >> They >> are >> not musically pretty, but they will grab and hold your attention through >> sheer will. -- Flippo >> 8. Jim Lauderdale, Country Super Hits, Vol. 1 (Yep Rock) >> Jim Lauderdale's 2006 bluegrass CD was great, but it's a particularly >> tricky >> proposition to capture the essence of classic country without turning it >> into >> something resembling a cartoon caricature. Despite the tongue-in-cheek >> title, the project includes some super songs, among them "Honky Tonk Mood >> Again" >> and "I Met Jesus in a Bar." If you've ever complained, "They don't make >> music like that anymore," rest assured that Lauderdale managed to do so >> this >> time >> around. -- Gilbert >> 9. Rosanne Cash, Black Cadillac (Capitol) >> Written in part to her reaction to losing three parents in a short time, >> this is one of the most meaningful and musically significant works of her >> career. >> And it goes beyond the lyrics, as key as they are. Rosanne Cash has >> become >> increasingly musically proficient over the years, and her songs and >> arrangements >> more and more encompass musical influences ranging from country to >> classical >> to trance to gypsy to folk. -- Flippo >> 10. Vince Gill, These Days (MCA Nashville) >> Easily the most ambitious release of the year, Vince Gill visited >> everything >> from traditional country, gospel and bluegrass to jazz and blues to in >> this >> four-CD package. Not all of the 43 original songs will be remembered as >> classics, but it's hard to name another country artist who could come >> this >> close >> to hitting such a lofty goal. It's an impressive achievement from a true >> artist who's obviously not afraid to take some major chances. -- Gilbert >> Other noteworthy albums, in alphabetical order by artist, include: >> Mark Chesnutt, Heard it in a Love Song (CBuJ Entertainment) >> Guy Clark, Workbench Songs (Dualtone) >> Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way (Open Wide/Columbia) >> Alan Jackson, Precious Memories (ACR/Arista Nashville) >> George Jones and Merle Haggard, Kickin' Out the Footlights ... Again >> (Bandit) >> Kris Kristofferson, This Old Road (New West) >> The Little Willies, The Little Willies (Milking Bull) >> Van Morrison, Pay the Devil (Lost Highway) >> Kenny Rogers, Water & Bridges (Capitol Nashville) >> Mindy Smith, Long Island Shores (Vanguard) >> Josh Turner, Your Man (MCA Nashville) >> Various Artists, She Was Country When Country Wasn't sCool: A Tribute to >> Barbara Mandrell (BNA) >> >> Delma >> >> >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: > 12/18/2006 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
