Anthology

Lacy J. Dalton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 16, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Renaissance
• ASIN: B00004TCHR
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,394 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Crazy Blue Eyes

2. Tennessee Waltz

3. Losing Kind of Love

4. Hard Times

5. Hillbilly Girl With the Blues

6. Whisper

7. Takin' It Easy

8. Everybody Makes Mistakes

9. Slow Down

10. 16th Avenue

11. It's a Dirty Job

12. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)

13. If That Ain't Love

14. You Can't Run Away From Your Heart

15. Size Seven Round (Made of Gold)

16. Working Class Man

17. This Ol' Town

18. The Heart

19. Hard Luck Ace

20. Medley

Editorial Reviews

Lacy came to fame in the late 70's early 80's with her freshpowerful singing and songwriting, being compared to bothDylan and Joplin. 21 tracks including chart toppers '16thAvenue' and 'Black Coffee'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best from her peak years, April 8, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)

Lacy's voice is reminiscent of Tanya Tucker's, but richer. It may be significant that Lacy's most successful years coincided with Tanya's period in the wilderness, but both of them are magnificent singers whose music has given me a lot of pleasure.

This collection includes all her important hits from her period with Columbia from 1980 to 1986, plus three of her Universal / Capitol tracks from 1989. Among those hits is her debut, Crazy blue eyes, her signature song, 16th avenue and excellent covers of Tennessee waltz and Dream baby. There are a couple of duets here - It's a dirty job (with Bobby Bare) and Size seven round (with George Jones). Slow moving outlaw, a duet with Willie Nelson, is missing but can be found on some of his compilations. Hillbilly girl with the blues is a song that Lacy wrote about herself. Hard times, though not written by Lacy, is clearly something that she understands through bitter experience.

This is by far the strongest compilation yet released of Lacy's music, but there are still plenty of gems that have yet to appear on CD.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hillbilly Girl knows The Blues, June 10, 2000

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paul s. polapink (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)

Those Crazy Blue Eyes, those mavericks that don't settle down. That Hillbillly Girl With the Blues. She's been beating those Hard Times with that voice that ranges from a sexy whiskey voice to a Whisper that tingles your spine.

Lacy can bounce you around and get your foot stomping or she can share a broken heart with you. She is raucus and she is mellow. She can growl or purr like a kitten.

Anthology puts her best together. Crazy Blue Eyes has to be the best of the lot but how do you pass up Tennesee Waltz, Hard Times, Whisper and my second favorite Hillbilly Girl with the Blues.

Lacy is a true queen of country.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect !, June 20, 2010

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majormusiclover - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology (Audio CD)

This is a very desirable set of Dalton's music to own.
If you love the intrigue and warmth in her earthy, whiskey voice,
and her ease of drawing you into the stories she sings,
this is a must have 20 track "Anthology"!
Twenty one songs are here, although, "The heart" and "Hard luck ace" are together.

This is a great collection of her career.
Lacy J. Dalton had a string of hits make the country chart from 1979 to 1990.
Here are 21 of her 24 charted singles.

This anthology starts with her first single, "Crazy blue eyes" in 1979,
& continues with 7 top 10 hits, 10 top 20 hits, and ends with her last hit in 1990, "Black coffee".

FOOTNOTE: If your a Dalton fan and interested in all her singles,
here's a list of Dalton's other 5 charted singles that weren't included in this set.
1. "Windin' down" 1983.
2. "The night has a heart of it's own" 1985.
3. "I'm a survivor" 1989.
4. the complete version of "The heart" 1989.
5. the complete version of "Hard luck ace" 1989.

One other noteable song is "Wild turkey", the b-side of "Everybody makes mistakes" in 1981,
THAT is a great Dalton song!

It seems you can't get very many of her hits together any place else.
All of this c.d. is charted single releases.
All original recordings and excellent sound.
This is a great compilation!.