Kings Record Shop

Rosanne Cash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: August 3, 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026BA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,717 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another fantastic album from Rosanne Cash., December 6, 1999

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Matt Coker (Davis, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kings Record Shop (Audio CD)

KING'S RECORD SHOP is outstanding. Not many albums can boast four marvelous #1 singles. Her version of "The Way We Make A Broken Heart" is magical. "If You Change Your Mind" is fantastic, once again Rosanne Cash shows she's an excellent writer. "Runaway Train" is my favorite, the song is pure dynamite. "Tenesse Flat Top Box" is another great song with some marvelous instrumental playing. The other songs on the record are just as good. The opening song "Rosie Strike Back" has magnificent arrangements. "The Real Me" continues the fantastic line of Rosanne Cash ballads, she sings sad songs like no one else can. "Somewhere Sometime" is a great uptempo rock flavored song. Rodney Crowell's "I Don't Have To Crawl" is done sensationally. "Green Yellow, And Red" is a neat number. "Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone" ends the album with a relaxing feel. Unfortunately, KINGS RECORD SHOP is the only original Rosanne Cash album available from this classic period. While RIGHT OR WRONG and RHYTHM AND ROMANCE are outstanding albums with great songs, they've been pulled from print. Even though SEVEN YEAR ACHE is a classic Country album, it too is unavailable. Rosanne Cash's catalog is too rich to make her a singles artist, as 2 of her 3 hits collections concentrate on this period. Columbia Records would make a good decision if they would re-release RIGHT OR WRONG, SEVEN YEAR ACHE, SOMEWHERE IN THE STARS, RHYTHM AND ROMANCE, and not pull anything else from print in her catalog.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenominal CD By A Phenominal Artist, June 7, 2003

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Batmanbrb "batmansbrb" (Seymour, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kings Record Shop (Audio CD)

What a gem!! Rosie tackles everything from spousal abuse "Rosie Strike Back" to the slowly-growing and best cut "Runaway Train" which is a correlation of a reckless relationship to a runaway train. She handles her father's song "Tennessee Flat Top Box" which grace and dignity and shows the strength of a woman in "I Don't Have To Crawl". My favorites on here are: "Runaway Train", "The Way We Make A Broken Heart", "Green, Yellow, and Red", and "Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone". If anyone has ever thought about having an affair, there is no way that you could do it after listening to "Way We Make A Broken Heart". "Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone" is one of my favorite songs to listen to when I'm alone - I sit in the dark and crank this song up. This is one of Rosanne's best, although I have NEVER known her to make a terrible CD. She's an artist, so her songwriting grows with time and her music changes from disc to disc, but she's still Rosanne - a strong, confident woman with a vulnerable and sensitive side as well. One of the best female artists in country or pop or rock or folk... you get the idea!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shows varied sides of a multi-talented artist., October 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Kings Record Shop (Audio CD)

I'm not a huge fan of country music, but I have always been drawn to the way Rosanne Cash interprets the dynamics of lyrics. I bought King's Record Shop, because I loved the single "Runaway Train," but after listening to it, I found other tracks that are as good, if not, even more imressive. As always, Cash doesn't shy away from controversial topics. In "Rosie Strike Back," she tackled the problem of domestic violence. I had to wonder, though, if the song is at all autobigraphical, due to its title. The track also features a couple of artist you might not associate with country music: Steve Wynwood and Patti Smythe. A good addition to any collection.