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Latest Greatest Straitest Hits CD music "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. "Come On Over" won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Country Song. "You've Got A Way" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Song Of The Year. "You're Still The One" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Performance and Best Country Song, and was nominated for Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year. COME ON OVER was nominated for a 1999 Grammy for Album Of The Year and Best Country Album. Following her smash hit THE WOMAN IN ME was no easy task for Shania Twain and husband/producer Mutt Lange. With COME ON OVER the sexy vixen of modern country has carved out a bigger niche for herself that is sure to please her growing throng of fans. With a huge helping of rock and roll added to her country trimmings, Twain proves her success has been no fluke. As a rule, she goes out of her way to break the traditional Nashville mold. Personnel: Shania Twain (vocals, background vocals); Brian White , Bryan White (vocals); Bill Watson (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Dann Huff (guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, wah-wah guitar, electric sitar, talk box); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Larry Byrom (slide guitar); Bruce Bouton (steel guitar, lap steel guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Eric Silver (mandolin); Larry Franklin, Rob Hajacos, Aubrey Haynie, Stuart Duncan, Joe Spivey (fiddle); David Hamilton , Carl Marsh (strings); Joey Miskulin (accordion); Arthur Stead (piano, organ, synthesizer); John Hobbs, John Jarvis (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Michael Omartian (piano); Joe Chemay (electric bass, fretless bass); Paul Leim (drums); James Somberg, Jay Alverez, Olle Romo (programming); Robert John "Mutt" Lange (background vocals). Editor: Olle Romo. Photographers: Gus Phillipas; George Holz. Unknown Contributor Role: Bjorn Thorsrud. Arrangers: David Hamilton ; Carl Marsh. Personnel: Shania Twain, Bryan White (vocals); Dann Huff (acoustic, electric & 12-string guitars, electric sitar, 6-string bass); Biff Watson (acoustic & electric guitars); Larry Byrom (slide guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Eric Silver (mandolin); Bruce Bouton (pedal steel & lap steel guitars); John Hughey, Paul Franklin (pedal steel guitar); Larry Franklin, Rob Hajacos, Stuart Duncan, Joe Spivey, Glen Duncan, Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); Joey Miskulin (accordion); John Hobbs (piano, organ, Wurlitzer); Arthur Stead (piano, organ, synthesizer); Michael O'Martian, John Jarvis (piano); Joe Chemay (electric & fretless basses); Paul Leim (drums); Olle Romo (programming); Robert John "Mutt" Lange (background vocals). Engineers include: Jeff Balding, Bob Bullock, Mike Carroll.

Latest Greatest Straitest Hits songs From the early 1980s onward, there's been no greater champion of traditional country-music values in the mainstream (and none more successful) than George Strait. Like a virtual Ramones of country, he's remained unshakeable in his devotion to a straightforward, no-frills aesthetic of which he's become the unquestioned standard-bearer. This populist stance has accordingly resounded with huge numbers of listeners; if you thought it was impressive when Alabama released a hits collection containing 40 Number One country hits, try Strait's 50 NUMBER ONES on for size. In keeping with Strait's singular approach, the passage of time is difficult to notice here. From the wistful 1982 lost-love tale "Fool Hearted Memory" to the one new song, 2004's "I Hate Everything," Strait's amiable mix of honky-tonk, Western Swing, and bar-room ballads is remarkably consistent, providing the perfect framework for each sentiment just as comfortably as his warm, inviting voice serves the songs. Unlike many artists' best-of collections, there's no chronological peak beyond which the hits stop coming; 50 NUMBER ONES contains just as many latter-day smashes as early chart-toppers, a testament to the remarkable staying power and clarity of vision that make George Strait a star. Liner Note Authors: George Strait; Michael McCall. Photographers: Jarrett Gaza; Mark Tucker .

Latest Greatest Straitest Hits album for sale Faith Hill won the 2000 CMA Award for Female Vocalist Of The Year. BREATHE won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Country Album. "Breathe" won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. "Let's Make Love" won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. "Breathe" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award in the categories of Best Country Song and Song Of The Year. "The Way You Love Me" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Country Song. With her third album, FAITH, Faith Hill tasted pop crossover success--and she evidently liked the taste. BREATHE, Hill's fourth release, takes the pop/country stylings of FAITH to the next level. It's an appealing collection of pop, gospel, R&B, rock, and ballads, with just a bit of country thrown in. The production, featuring Hill's big voice surrounded by booming drums and screaming guitars, is so slick you could skate on it. Love is the subject of nearly every song, from the exuberant "I Got My Baby," to the soulful "Love Is a Sweet Thing," to the cutesy "The Way You Love Me," with its Beatlesque backing vocals. But while Hill can obviously handle a wide range of material, she sounds best on the quieter, country-flavored numbers, like the title track, the lovely "It Will Be Me," and a haunting, vaguely Latin-flavored reworking of Bruce Springsteen's "If I Should Fall Behind." The most emotional track is "Let's Make Love," a full-fledged duet with Hill's husband Tim McGraw. Because McGraw's voice is unmistakably country, Hill adopts a similar sound to match him. And because you know they've lived the lyrics, the song--about reconnecting emotionally and physically with your mate--comes across as undeniably real. Principally recorded at Ocean Way, Nashville, Tennessee. Personnel: Faith Hill (vocals); Julian King (recorder). Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; J.R. Rodriguez; Bryan McConkey; Mike Shipley. Recording information: Emerald ENtertainment, Nashville, TN; Essential Sound, Nashville, TN; LOUD Recording; Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN; Sony Music Studios, Los Angeles, CA; The Sound Kitchen, Franklin, TN. Personnel includes: Faith Hill, Tim McGraw (vocals); B. James Lowry (acoustic & electric guitars); Larry Byrom (acoustic guitar); Dann Huff, Gordon Kennedy, John Willis, Michael Landau (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Gary Smith (piano, organ); Aubrey Haynie, Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Steve Nathan, Tim Akers (keyboards); Glenn A. Worf, Mike Brignardello (bass); Lonnie Wilson, Steve Brewster (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Bekka Bramlett, Chris Rodriguez, Gene Miller, Kim Parent, Lisa Bevill, Stephanie Bentley (backgound vocals); The Nashville String Machine. Producers: Byron Gallimore, Dann Huff, Faith Hill. Award Winner

Latest Greatest Straitest Hits buy CD music A greatest hits collection is almost a redundancy for this chart-topping contemporary country duo, since nearly everything they touch turns to gold (if not platinum). Nevertheless, this compilation condenses the band's catalog, including three brand new tracks, into 19 sparkling gems of country-pop, bound to please both longtime fans and curious first-timers. They're all here, from the band's stellar cover of the pop hit "My Maria" to beer-swiggin' jukebox faves like "Boot Scootin' Boogie" and "Honky Tonk Truth." What comes across most strongly on this album is the consistency of Brooks and Dunn's work, as it moves from house-rockin' uptempo numbers to sentimental ballads without losing a step. Every track features top-notch performances from great Nashville studio musicians, state-of-the-art production, and of course, the lilting harmonies of Brooks and Dunn. What more could a fan ask? THE GREATEST HITS COLLECTION contains 3 new songs. Recorded at SoundShop Recording Studios and Tree Studio, Nashville, Tennesee. Brooks & Dunn: Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn (vocals) Producers: Don Cook, Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Scott Hendricks. Personnel: Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Steve Gibson (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Bruce Bouton (steel guitar, lap steel guitar); Rob Hajacos (fiddle); Dennis Burnside, John Barlow Jarvis (piano, keyboards); Dennis Dunside (piano); Lonnie Wilson (drums, percussion); Scott Hendricks (cowbells); Tom Roady (percussion); Arista Tabernacle Choir, Harry Stinson, John Wesley Ryles, Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Terry McBride, Wes Hightower, Bill LaBounty, Liana Manis, Dennis Wilson (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Mike Bradley; Scott Hendricks . Audio Remasterer: Hank Williams . Recording information: Buffalo Trax, Nashville, TN; Midtown Tone Recording Studio; SoundShop Recording Studios A & B, Nashville, TN; The Castle Recording Studios, Franklin, TN; Tree Studio, Nashville, TN; Volume Recording Studio. Photographer: Russ Harrington. Additional personnel: Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Steve Gibson (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Bruce C. Bouton (lap steel, steel, slide & pedal steel guitars); Rob Hajacos (fiddle); Dennis Burnside (piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ); John Barlow Jarvis (piano, organ, keyboards); Glenn Worf, David Hungate, Mike Chapman, Michael Rhodes (bass); Lonnie Wilson (drums, percussion); Tom Roady (percussion); Scott Hendricks (cowbell); Dennis Wilson, John Wesley Ryles, Wes Hightower, Terry McBride, Liana Manis, Harry Stinson, Bill LaBounty, Arista Tabernacle Choir (background vocals).

Latest Greatest Straitest Hits songs Track Listing of songs: DISC 1: I Just Can't Go on Dying Like This; ; I Don't Want to Talk It over Anymore; Unwound; Blame It on Mexico; Her Goodbye Hit Me in the Heart; If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger; Any Old Love Won't Do; Fool Hearted Memory; Marina del Rey; I Can't See Texas from Here; Heartbroke; What Would Your Memories Do; Amarillo by Morning; I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name; Fire I Can't Put Out; You Look So Good in Love; 80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper; DISC 2: Right or Wrong; Let's Fall to Pieces Together; Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind; Cowboy Rides Away, The; Fireman, The; Chair; You're Something Special to Me; Haven't You Heard; In Too Deep; Lefty's Gone; Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her; It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You; Ocean Front Property; Rhythm of the Road; Six Pack to Go; All My Ex's Live in Texas; Am I Blue; Famous Last Words of a Fool; DISC 3: Baby Blue; If You Ain't Lovin'; Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye; Bigger Man Than Me; Hollywood Squares; What's Going on in Your World; Ace in the Hole; Love Without End, Amen; Drinking Champagne; I've Come to Expect It from You; If I Know Me; You Know Me Better Than That; Chill of an Early Fall, The; Lovesick Blues; Milk Cow Blues; Gone as a Girl Can Get; So Much Like My Dad; Trains Make Me Lonesome; DISC 4: Wonderland of Love; I Cross My Heart; Heartland; When Did You Stop Loving Me; Overnight Male; King of Broken Hearts, The; Where the Sidewalk Ends; Easy Come, Easy Go; I'd Like to Have That One Back; Lovebug; Man in Love With You, The; Just Look at Me; Stay Out of My Arms; Big Ball's in Cowtown; Big One; Fly Me to the Moon; Check Yes or No; I Know She Still Loves Me;

Latest Greatest Straitest Hits album for sale All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. BLUE CLEAR SKY won the 1996 Country Music Association Award for Album Of The Year, and George Strait won the C.M.A. award for Male Vocalist Of The Year. George Strait, one of the most widely admired and emulated singers in modern country, opens up emotionally on BLUE CLEAR SKY. It's a rangy album that touches on several different tempos and styles, from the classically weepy "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" to the playfully swingy "I Ain't Never Seen No One Like You." With his stately voice buttressed by a versatile band of backing musicians, Strait shows he can still whip out classic country sounds like the frisky "Do The Right Thing" and the introspective "King Of The Mountain." But he closes with the refreshing "Need I Say More," a piano-based lounge number that seems to have been inspired by his duet with Frank Sinatra on 1995's STRAIT OUT OF THE BOX. As Strait croons "let me show you what true love's all about," one can picture him clad in a tuxedo underneath his trademark 10-gallon chapeau. It's a fitting image for one of Nashville's classier acts. Country's most consistent traditionalist, George Strait, scores again with Blue Clear Sky, one of the best albums of his 15-year career. Blue Clear Sky shows off Strait's range with a well-chosen sweep of material. "Rockin' in the Arms of Your Memory" and "I'd Just as Soon Go" prove that well-written, mainstream adult ballads can carry an insinuating strength when performed with the subtle grace of a master. On "Need I Say More," Strait reveals again that he's also a wonderful jazz-tinged crooner. "I Ain't Never Seen No One Like You" swings with the joyful ease of a youngster on a backyard set, and "Do the Right Thing" gives Strait the chance to show casually that he can navigate an eccentric meter, masking how difficult the inventive arrangement might have been for a lesser vocalist. Strait, an experienced calf-roping competitor, also includes "I Can Still Make Cheyenne." Instead of creating a deadly, dramatic situation or joking about the macho manner of the lifestyle, the song uses a telephone call between a struggling rider and his lover to convey the dreams, the fears, the financial hardships, and the difficulties of life on the road that surround the sport. Just like the singer, the song relies on quietly reserved emotion to convey enormously important sentiments. ~ Michael McCall Recorded at Emerald Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Personnel: George Strait (vocals); Steve Gibson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar); Biff Watson (acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer organ); Brent Mason (electric guitar, gut-string guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Matt Rollings (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Farrell Morris (vibraphone); Eddie Bayers (drums); Curtis Young, Linda Manis (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Chuck Ainlay. Recording information: Emerald Studios, Nashville, TN. Photographer: Mark Tucker . Unknown Contributor Role: Graham Lewis. Personnel: George Strait (vocals); Biff Watson (acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer); Steve Gibson, Brent Mason (acoustic & electric guitars); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Matt Rollings (piano, Wurlitzer); Farrell Morris (vibraphone); Glenn Worf (bass); Eddie Bayers (drums); Curtis Young, Liana Manis (background vocals).