Highwaymen 2

Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026TY
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,644 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Four great singers equals one heck of a CD., June 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Highwaymen 2 (Audio CD)

It's amazing how each song highlights each one of the foursome's strong points. This CD really made me stand up and listen. The CD opens with "Silver Stallion" and one cannot help but think of bygone cowboy days. Waylon Jennings transforms "Angels Love Bad Men" into one of his trademark wicked songs. Reminds you of the "Waylon and Willie days" when everybody wanted to be an outlaw. This album would get five stars if it had included their version of "Help Me Make it Through the Night" (a danceable form of the famous Kristoferson tune). And, it's nice to know that Johnny Cash sounds as good as ever.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a gem, September 28, 2004

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Bob States (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Highwaymen 2 (Audio CD)

This is a great disc from the first track 'til the last. It's got just the right mix of great production BIG sounding tunes (which fit the mythic status of the performers and the subjects of some of the songs) and 'raw' and 'smaller' more personal songs (which allow the singers to shine). Some think that makes this one sound rushed. I don't agree. It's a great way to make an album with these four artists and it's a gem.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Recording/Very Overlooked, May 5, 2004

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Cory L. Schwent (Bloomsdale, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Highwaymen 2 (Audio CD)

When this cd came out, all the critics wrote it off saying, "It seems very rushed." Well I can kind of agree with that assumption. A few songs here sound like they were basically chosen out of pure desparation.

But on the other hand, this cd features some of the best, if not the best vocals Waylon Jennings has ever put on record. Johnny Cash does one of the best performances of his post Columbia Records days on "Anthem '84 and Living Legend." There is the towering Peformance on "Born And Raised in Black and White" that should have gotten them the "Vocal Event" award at the 1991 CMA awards (and was played as their nomination was announced).

This is a very solid release, although a bit rushed. But only these men could rush and make something so good. These men at their worst are 100 times better than most "artists" at their best.