George Strait - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection [Original recording remastered]

George Strait | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Mca Nashville
• ASIN: B000063BP8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,851 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #75 in Music > Country > Western Swing

Editorial Reviews

The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Oh come on! Is this the best they could do?, May 1, 2002

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Jason W. Smith (Texas - United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: George Strait - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

Oh man am I disappointed. I bought the album because I have everything George Strait has ever produced, and for no other reason. I almost winced signing the credit card receipt.

George Strait is the greatest country singer of his generation (and probably all time, if you ask me). He deserves far better than this. If you want to see what a real "Millenium Collection" should look like, buy "The Essential Earl Thomas Conley." THAT is how you do it! Not this.

All of the songs on here are great. The problem is, they left so many others off. I sure would love for someone to explain to me why "Chill of an Early Fall" has never had any releases appear on a Greatest Hits Album. The Millenium Collection really dropped the ball by not including songs from that album, the best one George has ever done. Considering the quality of his work that is saying something.

If you don't happen to have many of his albums then this CD will do well for you. However, you would be better served buying the Greatest Hits Albums produced by MCA, "Chill of an Early Fall," "Pure Country," "Easy Come, Easy Go," and everything from 1994 on. The Millenium Collection is a great disservice to a performer who revolutionized Country & Western music.

Vote with your wallet and stick with George's MCA albums.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars He had so many more hits than this, April 13, 2002

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This review is from: George Strait - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

Do not get me wrong the music that actually made it on to this cd is really good and that is not the problem. But like another reviewer said how can a George Strait collection like this be missing one of his best songs ever Amarillo by Morning! I think most George Strait fans have these songs already I have these on Strait out of the box, the original albums, and on greatest hit packages. 20th Century Masters sure left out alot of good songs like Ocean Front Property and so many more and what about after 1993 it seems on this collection that's the year George Strait stopped singing because nothing later than 1993 is on this cd. If own everything by George you do not need this because you just wasting your money.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Old Strait, July 14, 2005

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William D. Shingleton "Wishful Thinking Is No... (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: George Strait - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

I actually heard this album for the first time when it was featured on a long flight and I bought it as soon as I landed. Like other CDs in the Millenium Collection, this is essentially a sampling of George Strait's body of work through about the mid-1990s. As a result, it contains many of the songs that made him country music's biggest name (if you follow country music, that is) such as Ace in the Hole, Love Without End Amen, and All My Exes Live in Texas.

This is basically country music in as raw a form as you can get it - if you range towards the Shania Twain/Tim McGraw end of the country music spectrum there's a good chance you may not like this CD. If you are someone who is a total Strait addict and you own every major recording he's ever done, this CD will be a disappointment. But if you really like his new stuff (which was compiles in Latest Greatest Straitest Hits) and you want to get a feel for why he became famous, this is the CD for you.