Lacy J. Dalton - Greatest Hits

Lacy J. Dalton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: July 7, 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000025WA
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,688 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Takin' It Easy

2. Slow Down

3. Crazy Blue Eyes

4. Hard Times

5. Everybody Makes Mistakes

6. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)

7. Whisper

8. Losing Kind of Love

9. Tennessee Waltz

10. 16th Avenue

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the all-time great voices., November 29, 1999

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Joseph Harder - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lacy J. Dalton - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This is my third review of a Lacy J. Dalton album for Amazon.Com. at the risk of repetition, I will reiterate what Ive said before. Lacy j. is the most underatted, the most shamefully overlooked, and the least appreciated singer I know of.Lacy's voice just aches with tenderness, honesty and soul. Just listen to her beautiful reinterpretation of that old chestnut, The Tennesee Waltz. Lacy J. once claimed , in all seriousness, that she covered that song on orders from God. Listening to her, I believe it. Lacy J. turns it into a great blues song, a meditation on the pain and loss endemic to our human, mortal, condition, and our desperate longing for salvation:in short, a masterpiece by a near-genius. One only prays that somebody, somewhere will see fit to give this great lady the compilation album-or the record deal- she so richly deserves. All of her fans are crying out for it. I know I am. P.S..A message to the earler reviewer who was looking for "where the trade winds blow me". That is , in a fact, not a song title, but the opening lines to one of the songs on this album, the unforgettable, Taking It Easy.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great example of modern Texas-style country, October 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Lacy J. Dalton - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Lacy J. Dalton has been writing and singing terrific country music for many years. This album reminds me of the Texas hill country and of small clubs in Austin, Santa Fe, or Tucson. Excellent ballads. 16th Avenue is one of her best songs ever with a good melody and really great lyrics. Crazy Blue Eyes and Whisper are two other excellent cuts and she does a terrific job on the old standard, Tennessee Waltz. All in all this is a great album for an evening in front of the fire.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars God bless Lacy, February 13, 2004

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Juggernut (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lacy J. Dalton - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

In the mid-eighties me and my friends were penniless nobodies in a forgotten corner of the country. But when we scraped together enough for a 6-pack and a dime we didn't need Casey Kasem or someone telling us to listen to "Joy Division" or "Culture Club" or some stupid California hair rock band. We listened to music that really lifted our spirits like Lacy J. Dalton's "16th Avenue". Where am I now? Mostly dimeless but no longer penniless, its still great to crack a 6-pack and listen to Lacy's greatest hits. God bless you Lacy.