Hits From The Heart (Vinyl LP) 1965 Stereo Recording

Hank Cochran (Author) | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl
• Label: RCA Victor
• ASIN: B001VF1KVQ

Editorial Reviews

Hank Cochran "Hits From The Heart" (RCA Victor, 1965) (Produced by Bob Ferguson) Although he'd been kicking around Nashville since the start of the decade, Cochran didn't record his first album until '65, when he was already established as a major songwriter. This disc didn't make a dent in the charts, but it does contain his own versions of several of his big early hits, which are often quite illuminating. The album opens on a weak note, with Cochran overreaching vocally on "I'd Fight The World," but quickly settles into a more soulful, resonant feel with vintage tearjerkers "Just For The Record," "Same Old Hurt" and "Make The World Go Away." His interpretation of "Little Bitty Tear" is an eye-opener: where the Burl Ives hit took it as a novelty, Cochran spins it into pure pathos, a sad vignette of masculine emotional constriction. Also illuminating are his versions of songs that Patsy Cline made hits -- "He's Got You," "Why Can't She Be You" and a particularly tremulous "I Fall To Pieces" -- where the emotions of these architypically "female" standards are transposed into the masculine voice. There are also glimmers of Cochran trying to develop a "sound," with "Funny Way Of Laughin' " and "Tears Broke Out On Me" lifting the theme and the melody, respectively, of "Little Bitty Tear." All in all, this is a fine country album, though, with songs -- and vocals -- that reach into the heart. Worth tracking down!