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Greatest Hits: From The Beginning

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Following Waylon in the seventies and Hank Williams Junior in the eighties, along came Travis Tritt in the nineties. The musical lineage is obvious to anybody familiar with outlaw country music, but Travis maintains the quality set by his illustrious predecessors.

This compilation covers the early nineties, which were also the most successful years that Travis had. He sang two main types of songs - heart wrenching ballads and hard rocking songs, both of which are well represented here.

The rocking songs include Put some drive in your country, The whiskey ain't working (with Marty Stuart), Country club and Trouble, a cover of the Elvis Presley hit. Among the ballads here are Here's a quarter call someone who cares, Help me hold on, Tell me I was dreaming and a cover of the fifties classic Only you and you alone.

This is an excellent collection of Travis Tritt's finest songs. If you enjoy the music of Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Junior, you will enjoy this.

Greatest Hits-From The Beginning is a solid collection of hits from Travis Tritt. My personal favorite off this record is Travis' big hit from '91, "Here's A Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares". I think that's one of the best kiss-off songs that anybody has recorded. Travis rocks elsewhere on the record, too. There are plenty of good up-tempo songs here: Travis' debut song "Country Club"; the rocking songs "Put Some Drive In Your Country", "I'm Gonna Be Somebody", "Ten Feet Tall And Bulletproof", and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"(which in Travis' hands sounds better than it did when Elvis Presley originally recorded it, in my opinion); and the honky-tonker "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'", Travis' hit duet with his buddy Marty Stuart.

Travis, however, isn't just a Southern country rocker. He shows on this record that he can sing a great ballad. There are plenty of his best slow songs here, among them "Anymore", "Foolish Pride", "Tell Me I Was Dreaming", "Help Me Hold On", "Drift Off To Dream" and his previously unreleased hit single "Sometimes She Forgets". These are all powerful, well-done songs. The thing I especially like about this record is that Travis put together a pretty comprehensive collection of his greatest hits and didn't include a bunch of new songs while leaving out old ones(as did Clint Black, another artist who, like Travis, made his debut in '89). Those who are Travis Tritt fans, as well as those who just bought their first Travis Tritt record, will enjoy this one. This is a five-star record.

What more could you want than a compilation of everything from rockin country to beautiful ballads by Travis Tritt? This CD has something to make you want to dance, something to make you smile, something to make you teary...I've seen Travis in concert and have tickets to see him again next month in Bangor (Maine). How many artists bother to come to "the little towns?" Not too many! Travis Tritt is one of a kind...

This album is one of my favorites! A perfect mix of sweet love ballads and rowdy, good time songs. I would recommend this album to anyone.

This collection has all of the truly essential tracks, although there are a few very strong album tracks that I would've liked to see included. (There's hardly a throwaway on his first four albums.) This is a great assortment of country, honky tonk, southern rock & ballads, but it's just a sampling of what you'll find on the individual albums.

I think Travis is the best entertainer there ever was and ever will be. He is a one man show, all of his songs are from the heart you will really enjoy this video, he is amazing. He is so down to earth and so kind, his smile lights up his whole face. Thank you for listening to me

As a typical old time country fan, I ignored Travis Tritt. He was too young, he didn't record back in the 50's, and besides, he wore his hair too long. Then I stumbled across "Sometimes She Forgets," which prompted me to buy his greatest hits album. Okay, I was wrong. W R O N G ! There, I've said it. Travis Tritt is all country and one of the world's finest honky tonk singers. Do yourself a favor and add this CD to your collection. I promise, you will play it again and again.

Travis Tritt has been called "outlaw" country since he first hopped onto the scene with "Country Club." He warrants that distinction, but much like Waylon Jennings, Tritt can put out beautiful and heart-wrenching ballads when he wants to. This disc covers the earlier part of Tritt's career. Included is the aforementioned(and somewhat gimmicky)"Country Club," and another gimmicky tune in "Put Some Drive In Your Country." "Here's A Quarter," "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" and "Ten Feet Tall And Bulletproof" add to his "outlaw" label.

But I have to say that Tritt sounds best on his heart-tuggers like "Anymore," "Tell Me I Was Dreaming," and the wonderful "Foolish Pride." You'll also find "Help Me Hold On" and my personal favorite, "I'm Gonna Be Somebody."

Tritt's a definite star in the world of Country music. I don't think he'll be regarded as a legend like Jennings, but he'll make a great run of it.

Highly recommended.

Travis Tritt is one of the most unique (and stylistic) singers to arrive on the "modern" country music scene. While not nearly as traditional as Dwight, and not as gifted guitarist as his cohort, Marty, Travis Tritt is one of the most recognizable, original, and true-to-form artist in our genre; his voice, although original, beckons back to the glory days of early Hank Jr and Conway Twitty....and throw in a little Greg Allman while we're at it. Personally, I prefer the traditional country sound, but will admit to occasionally dabbling in southern rock; and Travis has taken over where Bocephus left off in the early '90's. This album has a combination of his more rolicking "southern-fried" boogie numbers as well as some true honky-tonk classics. Not many artists have the ability to include hard driving rock-induced numbers as "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" and "...Drive in Your Country" along with such traditional songs like "Help Me Hold On" and "Sometimes She Forgets (a song written by a much thinner and literate Steve Earle)". And of course, there are the standard '90's fare of: "Drift Off to Dream", "Anymore", and "Tell Me I Was Dreaming". And, if that wasn't enough, his duet with Marty "The Whiskey Aint Working" is also included. Overall, A good album.

Travis Tritt is without a doubt a talented artist, continuing the legacy of outlaw music throughout nineties-radio-fluff country. Songs such as "Here's a Quarter" and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" say what most songs in the nineties dared not. Those two are also powerful rockers; you can find others on here, such as "Put Some Drive In Your Country" and "Ten Feet Tall and Bullet Proof."

Alongside the rockers, though, you have some of the best country ballads ever written. No one sings a ballad like Tritt; try and not be moved by "Help Me Hold On", "Tell Me I Was Dreaming," and "Can I Trust You With My Heart." And you have still others--the stone cold country of "Foolish Pride" (a powerful song that packs a whallop), and the honky-tonkers "Country Club" (gee, I know some people...) and "The Whiskey Ain't Workin", written by and sung with the one and only Marty Stuart.

Tritt's songwriting is often overlooked. Writing or co-writig nine of these hits, he has proven himself to be one of contemporary country's best songwriters AND singers. Quite a feat, for a guy grounded in old-school country.

Travis Tritt's "Greatest Hits" is a country album that exemplifies the best of traditional country AND country/rock. You have to give this one a listen, whether you're a Tritt fan or not; if you are, you know what to expect; if you're not, then get ready to get hooked.