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Don Williams

Anthology

 
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Label: Hip-O Records
Rating: 4.5
 
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Description: In his heyday, fans went to Don Williams concerts like they went to church--quietly, reverently. They might approach this set, with its 16 No. 1 hits, with similar devotion. The skeletal, small-band country-folk sound frames his guileless baritone so delicately that one could make a case for Williams as one of the fathers of New Age music. But these singles, no matter how soft and simple, refuse to recede into the background. That's partly because of the sing-along melodies, but mostly because he conveys these lyrics--which could be artsy ("Good Ole Boys Like Me") or brazenly direct even by Nashville standards ("You're My Best Friend")--with irresistible warmth, intimacy, and empathy. Forty songs may add up to more time than you care to spend in church in one sitting, but if you have this, you'll never need another Williams CD. --John Morthland
 
 

 
Tracklist of Anthology

Disc 1
1 Come Early Morning  3:09 no lyrics yet - submit it
2 Amanda  3:12 no lyrics yet - submit it
3 Atta Way to Go  2:50 no lyrics yet - submit it
4 Shelter of Your Eyes  2:58 no lyrics yet - submit it
5 We Should Be Together  3:04 no lyrics yet - submit it
6 I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Want Me  2:60 no lyrics yet - submit it
7 Ties That Bind  2:37 no lyrics yet - submit it
8 You're My Best Friend  2:49 no lyrics yet - submit it
9 (Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight   no lyrics yet - submit it
10 Til the Rivers All Run Dry  3:25 no lyrics yet - submit it
11 Say It Again  2:59 no lyrics yet - submit it
12 She Never Knew Me  2:50 no lyrics yet - submit it
13 Some Broken Hearts Never Mend  2:49 view lyrics
14 I'm Just a Country Boy  3:07 no lyrics yet - submit it
15 I've Got a Winner in You  2:38 no lyrics yet - submit it
16 Rake and Ramblin' Man  2:54 no lyrics yet - submit it
17 Tulsa Time  3:14 no lyrics yet - submit it
18 Lay Down Beside Me  3:15 no lyrics yet - submit it
19 It Must Be Love  2:28 no lyrics yet - submit it
20 Love Me Over Again  2:58 no lyrics yet - submit it
21 Good Ole Boys Like Me  4:13 no lyrics yet - submit it
22 I Believe in You  4:07 view lyrics
23 Falling Again  2:51 no lyrics yet - submit it
24 Miracles  2:60 no lyrics yet - submit it
25 Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good  4:09 no lyrics yet - submit it
26 If I Needed You - Emmylou Harris   no lyrics yet - submit it
27 Listen to the Radio  3:12 view lyrics
28 If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey, I Still Do)  3:12 no lyrics yet - submit it
29 Love Is on a Roll  3:40 no lyrics yet - submit it
30 Nobody But You  2:41 no lyrics yet - submit it
31 That's the Thing About Love  3:42 no lyrics yet - submit it
32 Maggie's Dream  4:10 no lyrics yet - submit it
33 Walkin' a Broken Heart  3:05 no lyrics yet - submit it
34 We've Got a Good Fire Going   no lyrics yet - submit it
35 Heartbeat in the Darkness  3:51 no lyrics yet - submit it
36 Then It's Love   no lyrics yet - submit it
37 I've Been Loved by the Best   no lyrics yet - submit it
38 Back in My Younger Days  3:16 no lyrics yet - submit it
39 True Love  2:53 no lyrics yet - submit it
40 Just as Long as I Have You  3:21 no lyrics yet - submit it

Reviews:

A must have CD

This is a true collection of what Don stands for,"good country music".I grew up listening to Don's music back in Nigeria and as kid would sing along with my dad while the LP played(back then there were no cds).This cd brings together 40 of almost more than a hundred hits of Don Williams.if only it included "it only rains on me".Nonetheless,a truely great cd for any don williams fan.

Southern ballads at their best

I think that this compilation of songs is great. Will you? It depends on what you're looking for.

The songs on this CD showcase Don Williams as a ballad singer with a Southern accent. Some of them have a light touch, such as "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" with the lyrics "I'm not a righteous man but ...". Some are more wistful, even longing such as "Maggie's Dream" -- about a waitress in a truck stop in Asheville who's never seen the other side of the mountains.

You may or may not find a particular favorite, but you might. The songs have themes, as the songs above illustrate. My personal favorite is "Good Ole Boys Like Me" which made me homesick when I first heard it years ago. It's hard not to remember lyrics like "I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees" and there's a great whimsical note to "Those Williams boys, they still mean a lot to me, Hank and Tennessee."

In addition to outstanding lyrics, Don Williams has a great voice and the outstanding duet with Emmylou Harris is a bonus.

Strong compilation of gentle giant's music

This is the strongest compilation of Don's music yet released, containing all his important country hits except Stay young, though it's absence does not really matter. I recall a gypsy woman (a top 20 pop hit in the UK) is missing, but it was never released as a single in America, so never gets included on American compilations. You can find it on any number of British compilations.

So, what you get here are forty wonderful songs which show what the gentle giant (as Don is known) could really do. Some of my favorites here include You're my best friend, Till the rivers all run dry, Some broken hearts never mend, Tulsa time, Lay down beside me and If I needed you, but there are so many others I could name.

Start your Don Williams collection here. If there are other songs you particularly like, you can buy more of his music later - Don had so many great songs that they couldn't all fit on two CD's.