Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies [Import]

Bobby Bare | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1992)
• Original Release Date: 1973
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B0000282UN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,190 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lullabys, Legends and Lies

2. Paul

3. Marie Laveau

4. Daddy What If

5. The Wonderful Soup Stone

6. The Winner

7. In the Hills of Shiloh

8. She's My Ever Lovin' Machine

9. The Mermaid

10. Rest Awhile

11. Bottomless Well

12. True Story

13. Sure Hit Songwriters Pen

14. Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe

Editorial Reviews

Soon after Bobby returned to RCA in 1972, he recorded an entire LP of songs by the legendary songwriter, cartoonist and humorist Shel Silverstein. The album yielded three hits, Daddy What If, Marie Laveau (Bobby's first ever #1 hit) and The Winner. Ten other songs feature Silverstein's weird and often ironic twist on the country song. This is regarded by many as Bobby's best-ever album!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Collaboration Still Surprises, April 15, 2000

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Lunatic Muse "southwestreview" (El Paso, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sings Lullabys Legends & Lies (Audio CD)

Bobby Bare's "Lullaby's Legends and Lies" has often been called the first recorded "concept album"; while this tightly-knit genre has its progenitors in rock and roll, Bare's release does have the distinction of being the first country record centered around a unifying theme. Bare and his partner-in-crime, songwriter/author Shel Silverstein, both share a unique perspective on American music (before this collaboration, Silverstein had written "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash) and his lyrical content perfectly compliments Bare's spirited delivery. It's rare to find smart, incisive music written about mermaids, Paul Bunyan and Marie Laveau, but this recording makes such an allliance seem adult without sounding childish. "Lullaby's, Legends and Lies" also holds the distinction of being one of Bare's more successful releases; several of his standards can be found here, including "Marie Laveau", "The Winner", "Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe" and a duet with his very young son, "Daddy, What If". Considering some of the slick product being passed off for country music today, this particular album is absolutely essential to any record or CD collection. Personal Favorites: the frighteningly funny "Marie Laveau" and the dark, brooding ambiance of "Bottomless Well". Representative Lyrics: "Then one day she swam away and I sang to the clams and whales/ How I missed her eyes and her seaweed hair and the silvery shine of her scales/ Just then her sister, she swam by and set my heart a-whirl/ 'Cause her upper part was an ugly fish, but the bottom part was a girl!" ("The Mermaid"); "I got arthuritic elbows, boy, I got dislocated knees/ From pickin' fights with thunderstorms and chargin' into trees/ And my nose been broke so often, I might lose it if I sneeze/ And son, you say you still wanna be a winner?" ("The Winner")

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bobby Bare hits a homer!, October 16, 2002

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Mark Sutherland (Spotsylvania, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies (Audio CD)

This was the first album I ever bought, at the age of 12, with some money I had saved by mowning lawns. I listened to it for years until I wore the vinyl record out. "The Winner" and "Marie Leveaux" could be heard on the radio at the time but the real beauty of the album, I think, is the seldom-heard "Roaslie's Good Eats Cafe" and "In the Hills of Shiloh." Today, my wife uses "Rosalie's" to teach her 12th grade English students about descriptive writing. My two boys and I giggle at the "Mermaid", "Paul", "Sure Hit Songwriters Pen", and all the other great ones. Thanks Bobby & Shel for this artistic collaboration -- and for thirty years (and counting) of enjoyment.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Concept album ever!, October 14, 2000

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Dr.Lee (Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sings Lullabys Legends & Lies (Audio CD)

I first heard of Bobby Bare when his song "Detroit City" was enjoying very frequent airplay way back in 1960. I bought the album "500 Miles Away From Home" and practically wore it out playing it and have become a fan of Bobby Bare since. Bobby Bare has kept up with the times and his style of music changes somewhat as years go by. However, he still maintains his original to the heart laid back style of singing. Even though he has enjoyed many chart successes including the Best Country Song Grammy award for his "Detroit City", none of his songs has ever reached the number one spot until 1972 when he released this very successful album "Lullabys Legends and Lies". One of the songs from the album namely "Marie Laveau" went to the number one spot in the country chart and was his only song to do so. "Lullabys, Legends and Lies" was Bare's most successful album and I feel it deserves a much more detailed review for the potential buyers. It was also his most successful concept album. Bobby Bare is the first artist to come up with a concept album. His very first was a concept album about reminiscing the past..... a 1967 album called "A Bird named Yesterday" with songs mainly written by Jack Clement. It is my all time favourite LP of Bobby Bare which I hope will be available on CD soon. . Those who love "Lullabys Legend & Lies" will surely love this album. As a fan of Bobby Bare for 40years, I do agree that this is one of Bare's best concept albums with excellent to the heart interpretation of Shel Silvestein's lyrics. The very talented Shel was an excellent song writer having written numerous hits including "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash, "One's On The Way" for Loretta Lynn, "Sylvia's Mother" for Dr. Hook and 'The Unicorn" for Irish Rover. This album consists of 14 "lullabys, legends and lies". It was very successfully done with an added hysterical atmosphere with Bobby Bare telling his lullabys, legends and lies to a bunch of very appreciative live audience which included cerebrities and friends of Bobby Bare such as Waylon Jennings. You can actually hear the response from the audience and appreciate just how much they are enjoying themselves. "Marie Laveau", "Winners", "Daddy What If" and the tittle song were chart successes. "Marie Laveau" tells an interesting tale of a witch. This song not only became the number one chart hit but also Bobby Bare's most requested song during his concert performances. The audience just love the witch yell! "Daddy What If" became a top 5 hits after RCA made a successful promotion to the DJs. The song was a duet with the then very young Bobby Bare Jr. It is a cute family song and very difficult not to like. I love the song "Wonderful Soup Stone" with it's up tempo beat and a very melodic chorus. "The Winner", another chart hit with a typical Bare's tongue in cheek humour, tells a very interesting and funny story of how a smaller man picked a fight with another twice his size, who instead of beating him up decided to tell him just how it is to be a winner! You will love the rather poetic and funny lyrics. ".....these bright white smilin' teeth, you know, they ain't my own. Mine rolled away like Chiclets on the streets of San Antoine" and how his nose being broken so often that "I might loose it when I sneeze!" The song is full of such humour. The accompanying fast tempo music and the very effective change of music key add to the success of this song. "She's My Ever Loving Machine" and the "Mermaid" are two other novelty songs in this collection. "In the Hills of Shiloh" and "Paul", "Stay Awhile" and "Rosalie's Good Eats Café" are nice ballads sung in the familiar Bare's laid back style. After this album's success, Bobby Bare brought out some other good concept albums with the help of his now very close buddy, the late Shel. "Hard Times Hungry" is now available on CDs. Another very successful concept album is the one called "Singing in the Kitchen" which he did with his whole family. Shel again wrote most of the songs and I have received so many E-mails all over the world asking me where to get this other album!