Alone & Together

David Frizzell, Frizzell/West | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 1994)
• Original Release Date: May 11, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K-Tel
• ASIN: B000000RNK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,481 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You're The reason God Made Oaklahoma

2. Flight 309 To Tennesee

3. I'm Gonna Hire A Wind To Decorate Our Home

4. Another Motel Memory

5. A Texas State Of Mind

6. I Just Came Here To Dance

7. Lost My Baby Blues

8. Jose Cuervo

9. Where Are You Spending The Nights These Days

10. Another Honky-Tonk Night On Broadway

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old time workin mans music, November 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Alone & Together (Audio CD)

What country music used to be-country! This is a truckers delight, an oilfield dream. Worth the money just to hear "I'm going to hire a wino"

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars David and Shelly - what a team !, August 18, 2002

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This review is from: Alone & Together (Audio CD)

Bob Allen doesn't like them, but I love them. Yes, their debut duet album was imperfect, but it's curious that each successive album they recorded together was less successful than the one before, yet their music just got better and better. They recorded four duet albums and they also recorded at least two (maybe three) solo albums each around that time.

It would therefore not be difficult to provide a full length CD of their music from this period, but all the essentials can be found on this collection. The standout tracks are the duet You're the reason God made Oklahoma, Shelly's Jose Cuervo and David's I'm gonna hire a wino to decorate our home. All three were #1 country hits, deservedly so.

Yet, there are other great moments here too. While their biggest solo successes were with fun songs about drinking and having a good time, they could do other songs too, as their other solo tracks here show, particularly Shelly's Flight 309 to Tennessee. Equally, their biggest duet was a romantic love song, but Another honky tonk night on Broadway is a fun song.

Overall, this album could be described as lightweight country, but music is meant to be enjoyed and I sometimes wonder if professional critics remember that. If you've spent a lot of time listening to serious music (like, say, Allison Moorer, who's music I also enjoy, but in a very different way), you need something more fun to provide a contrast.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the true sound of country, June 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Alone & Together (Audio CD)

This is the type of music that I was brought up on. It is has a beat that makes one want to get up and dance. There are also a few heart touching ballads. It is this mix that makes this CD worth the purchase. I love both of the artist tracks both together and by themselves.