All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. From the mid-80's to the early nineties, Restless Heart was the only country group around that could give Alabama a run for their money when it came to chart hits. And like ...

Digitally remastered by Jim Phillips (Universal Mastering Studios-West). Steve Wariner's Ultimate Collection gathers some of the best sides he recorded for RCA, MCA Nashville, and Arista Nashville, including number one country hits like "All Roads Lead to You," "Some Fools Never ...

Hank Williams III and Curb Records had a contentious relationship through most of the 14 years he was signed to the label, and Curb hasn't exactly been going out of its way to get in his good graces since he's ...

Listeners acquainted with the John Denver of "Rocky Mountain High" and "Sunshine on My Shoulders" may be surprised to discover a slightly more gritty folkster in some of these album cuts. Kris Kristofferson's "Casey's Last Ride" is delivered as a ...

Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York). Country singer Marty Robbins recorded many different kinds of music in his career, from rock & roll to Hawaiian love songs, but it's with this collection (particularly with ...

Emotional Traffic is more than likely Tim McGraw's final album with Curb Records. It was actually delivered to the label in the fall of 2010, but has remained unreleased until now while the label cleared the decks with yet another ...

The title -- The Harrow & the Harvest, Gillian Welch's first album of new material in eight years -- reflects a creative drought: she and David Rawlings simply weren't writing songs they liked. The music is steeped in the early ...

Originally released on Columbia (44076). Includes reissue liner notes by Rodney Crowell. Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York). After years spent enhancing the work of others as guitarist, songwriter, and producer, Rodney Crowell finally made his ...

Recording information: Aimeeland Studios; Ocean Way Nashville; Sound Stage Studios. Photographer: Mark Anthony Jeffries. Personnel: Jake Owen (acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg, Tom Bukovac (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Ilya Toshinsky (acoustic guitar, dobro, banjo); Jerry McPherson, Adam Shoenfeld, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Glen ...

Although they've enjoyed commercial success with fine country singles like "Toes," "Whatever It Is," and the infectious, laid-back classic anthem "Chicken Fried," the Zac Brown Band are really all about their live shows, and this three-disc set (two discs of ...

Recorded between 1974 & 1989. Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle. There has been no shortage of Ronnie Milsap compilations over the years, and there have been two excellent collections released since the turn of the century alone, so it's easy ...

It wouldn't be out of line to call Brantley Gilbert a country rocker or an outlaw country artist, but don't let those terms conjure nostalgic images of Willie and Waylon in your head, because they mean something different when applied ...

Starting with 1991's STICKS AND STONES, Texan Tracy Lawrence has taken up the mantle of honky tonk for a new generation of country artists. As Nashville has moved further towards pop and rock influences, Lawrence's fierce traditionalism has caused him ...

CAROLINA , the follow-up to Eric Church's debut, SINNERS LIKE ME, is half contemporary Nashville country, half old-fashioned 1970s-style country rock in the style of the Eagles. Highlights like first single "Love Your Love The Most" and the delicate ballad ...

All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology. True to its title, this 1999 Legacy compilation presents country performer Ricky Van Shelton's most popular songs. Beginning with Shelton's late-80s smash, the wistful "Somebody Lied," and closing with his final '90s ...

Liner Note Author: Alan Cackett. Photographer: Anthony Baker. Ultimate Collection: Complete MCA Singles 1990-2000 gathers 30 tracks recorded by Mark Chesnutt during his tenure with the label, including the hits "Brother Jukebox," "Bubba Shot the Jukebox," and "I'll Think of Something." Recommended ...

Collector's Seres is a reasonably thorough overview of Floyd Cramer's career, offering nearly every one of his hits ("Last Date," "Tennessee Waltz," "For the Good Times") in its original version. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Digitally remastered by Randy Kling (Disc Mastering ...

Like most of the entries in Hip-O's excellent Ultimate Collection, Barbara Mandrell's volume of Ultimate Collection pretty much fulfills the promise of the title, offering 23 tracks, including nearly all of her biggest hits. A few cuts are indeed missing, ...

While Miranda Lambert's first two albums spun tales of kerosene fires, bar fights, and firearmed vengeance, REVOLUTION finds the Texan taking some degree of comfort in her relationship with Blake Shelton, whose influence helps govern the album's mellow moments. Lambert ...

This Columbia reissue brings together two of Ray Price's country-pop albums from the early '70s. The 22 string-laden tracks on For the Good Times/I Won't Mention It Again make up a hit-and-miss program of ballads and country covers. The best ...

This double-CD best-of displays the Texas singer Ray Price at his early best. By the mid-1960s, Price had radically altered his approach, adopting a countrypolitan ballad style of singing, and leaving behind his honky-tonk roots, including his nasal, Hank Williams-influenced ...

HEARTACHES & HIGHWAYS is partly a single-disc distillation of ANTHOLOGY, a two-CD collection of Emmylou Harris's Warner Brothers recordings. While it contains many tracks found on ANTHOLOGY, HEARTACHES ventures further to include material from Harris's later work on Elektra, thus providing a more ...

Eddie Rabbitt's vision of country music in the 1970s and early '80s was well in line with where country ended up in the first decade of the 21st century, a sleek and defined hybrid of pop, rock, and country that ...

It was the kind of back-story that country music loves: a young girl who never got past the eighth grade, grew up in trailer parks, waitressed and bartended in bars and clubs to get by, and sang on the side ...

Not to be confused with THE DEFINITIVE HITS COLLECTION, a 2001 two-disc set, this similarly titled '06 compilation presents 25 classics by honky-tonk pioneer Ernest Tubb. Drawing material from the 1940s, '50s, and early '60s, the disc serves as a ...