Definitive Collection [Original recording remastered]

Kathy Mattea | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000GBEOK0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,845 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #46 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Country Folk
  • #72 in Music > Indie Music > Folk

Editorial Reviews

Contains almost all of Mattea s major hits from the six-year period 1986-1991, when she was one of the top hitmakers in country music. Format: Audio CD, 1 disc, original recording remastered Label: Island/Mercury ISBN: 602517031975 Tracks:1. Street Talk 2:43 2. Love at the Five and Dime 3:37 3. Walk the Way the Wind Blows 3:47 4. You re the Power 3:06 5. Train of Memories 2:52 6. Goin Gone 4:24 7. Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses 3:19 8. Untold Stories 3:01 9. Life as We Knew It 3:19 10. Come from the Heart 3:08 11. Burnin Old Memories 2:17 12. Where ve You Been 3:44 13. She Came from Fort Worth 3:31 14. The Battle Hymn of Love / Tim O Brien 2:53 15. Time Passes By 2:48 16. Lonesome Standard Time 2:50 17. Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst) 4:08 18. Walking Away a Winner 3:29 19. 455 Rocket 4:08 20. Mary, Did You Know? 3:12

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best compilation yet of Kathy's music, January 20, 2007

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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In the late eighties and early nineties, Kathy's music based on traditional country but with folk influences, was extremely popular. This album contains twenty of her finest and most successful songs. As such, it represents a vast improvement on her first hits collection, the American version of which only included ten tracks although the European version had thirteen, the extra tracks being She came from Fort Worth Texas, Come from the heart and Burning old memories. All tracks on that original hits album are included here with the solitary exception of A few good things remain.

Love at the five and dime was the song that provided Kathy with her breakthrough, becoming a top three country hit. It was followed by a series of other country hits including Walk the way the wind blows, Going gone, You're the power, Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses, Where've you been, She came from Fort Worth Texas, Come from the heart, Burning old memories and Time passes by. Kathy's success continued (though not as strongly) into the nineties with excellent songs such as Lonesome standard time, Standing in a river and Walking away a winner. The set is rounded off by 455 Rocket (the most recent recording here, albeit a few years old now) and Mary did you know (from Kathy's first Christmas album, Good news).

This is an outstanding collection of Kathy's music. The American version of the earlier hits collection is still available but this one is much superior.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect Kathy Mattea collection, April 8, 2007

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Invisiboy2001 "invisiboy2001" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

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You can give your old copy of Kathea Mattea's "A Collection of Hits" CD to a friend, because you need to buy this one. The sound quality is terrific. All the songs sound crisp, and Mattea's voice is allowed to shine throughout. I am a casual fan of Kathy Mattea, so this CD was a perfect choice: It contains all the hits I wanted (unlike Mattea's first hits CD, which left out lots of hits) and a few great songs I'd never heard. A great CD and a steal for the price!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "WHERE'VE YOU BEEN?", May 17, 2010

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Here in this 20 track C.D. are 19 of the best songs of Mattea's hits.
She was a constant hit maker from 1981 to 2000,
giving her 37 country charted singles.
"The Definitive Collection" is the perfect title for this c.d.
These 15 "top ten" hits, and 4 "top forty" hits
truely define the innate qualities of this talented singer.
The last song of this collection is "Mary did you know",
a track from her Christmas album.

Here some you may remember:
1. "Walk the way the wind blows", top ten 1986.
2. "Goin' gone", top ten 1987.
3. "Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses", top ten 1988.
4. "Untold stories", top ten 1988.
5. "Life as we know it", top ten 1988.
6. "Burnin' old memories", top ten 1989.
7. "Where've you been", top ten 1989.
8. "Walking away a winner", top ten 1994.
9. "455 Rocket", just missed the top 20, 1997.
Of the entire list of Mattea's hits only one "top ten" hit is not here.
"A few good things remain"- 1990, and nine top forty songs were overlooked.
The other eight songs range from #44 to #73, for the total of 37.

From Universal music company in 2006.
All original recordings and excellent sound!
A 16 page booklet includes 7 colored pictures of Mattea,
and quite alot of interesting information about her life and career.
Information also on the music, the years, and chart numbers.

Mattea's voice is one of the truely excellent, pure voices in country music.
Can any one ever forget that most heart warming and beautiful,
(but tear jerking) master piece, "Where've you been".
The lyrics, the Mattea delivery, THAT was genius!