All the Good 'uns

Ian Tyson

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000ENU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,901 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No flies on Tyson..., July 6, 2002

By	"amazonbob47" - See all my reviews

Ian Tyson is still a great singer and song writer. After forty years his voice has lost some range--I guess he found no foun-
tain of youth--but his control is great and his writing is at least good as ever. Some of the songs on the CD don't appeal to me much, but its obvious Tyson takes the emotions serious-
ly. Nothing ever seems false.
As a singer, he's become quite matter-of-fact when dealing with subjects which are, for many of his story-telling personae, matters of great personal loss or nostalgia. "Old Double Dia-mond", "MC Horses" and "Fifty Years Ago" are songs with legitimately sad subjects, but Tyson's characters never cry in their beer--at least not while he's singing.
Musically the CD seems like it's from another era--one when sidemen didn't have to show off every chance they got. Don't get me wrong, because there are some real examples of instru- mental prowess--the solo guitar break in "Old Double Diamomd" is absolutely perfect the same way the solo guitar break in the studio version of "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Stones is perfect. Properly, the music supports the songs.
It's funny, but a lot of current country artistes would cer-
tainly benefit from the kind of control Ian Tyson obviously brings to the studio. I'm betting he learned how to do it the old-fashioned way. He probably earned it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read the title again, November 12, 2002

By	A Reader (La Jolla, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Thought I should clue folks into the fact that this is a CD of "all the good 'uns" - a "best of" compilation. Naturally I could quibble, because I think anything Ian does is really good. (And, unfortunately, really different - I wish other artists had his integrity; I wish other plain folks, walking the talk, had his musicality. We need more songs, more voices like his in our lives.)

If you're wanting to give someone thoughtful a thoughtful gift, something that might challenge their overly civilized sensibilities but not leave their ears twanging, then this is a great introduction to great lyrics and good, memorable music, celebrating really good lives.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tyson should receive the airplay that he deserves., January 24, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Hereford, Arizona USA) - See all my reviews

Tyson is a true artist. One of a few real poet/songwriters left. He can paint a beautiful straight forward no b.s. word picture and put the picture to a unique and memorable melody that has a great beat and that makes you want to sing along with him and "the boys". Its evident that he really loves the western culture that once was here in the western United States. His voice carries his messages with clarity and honesty. He should receive the air play that his talent deserves here in the USA. He is not as well know here as he deserves to be.