Love in the Hot Afternoon & Paper Rosie 2 on 1

Gene Watson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 2, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Hux Records
• ASIN: B0000799I2
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,227 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love In The Hot Afternoon

2. Through The Eyes Of Love

3. Bad Water

4. Long Enough To Care

5. Harvest Time

6. Where Love Begins

7. This Just Aint No Good Day For Leavin

8. For The First Time

9. You Could Know As Much About A Stranger

10. This Is My Year For Mexico

11. Paper Rosie

12. You Gave Me A Mountain

13. If The Shoe Fits Wear It

14. Tennessee Sunshine

15. Desperation

16. Till You Can Make It On Your Own

17. Most Of All Why

18. Just At Dawn

19. Dont Look At Me (In That Tone Of Voice)

20. Id Settle For Just Crossing Her Mind

Editorial Reviews

Full Title - Love In The Hot Afternoon & Paper Rosie. The two albums on this CD, drawn from the most commercially successful period of his career, certainly capture Watson in his prime. Love In The Hot Afternoon (1975), his debut on US Capitol, followed hot on the heels of his first national hits, while Paper Rosie (1977) was another early classic and the album that introduced him to British audiences. Both of these albums are digitally remastered and appear together on CD for the first time. Hux. 2002.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Early Gene Watson, November 29, 2005

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Paul W. Dennis (Winter Springs, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love in the Hot Afternoon & Paper Rosie 2 on 1 (Audio CD)

I have no idea who Hux is but if they continue issuing compilations such as this one, I will become a big fan of theirs. While Gene Watson continues to be an excellent performer and recording artist,for my money his best recordings and most interesting songs were recorded for Capitol in the mid 1970s. This two-fer features Gene's first album LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON and his 3rd album PAPER ROSIE.

LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON features the title cut (originally a Resco single, which was deemed too risque by a few radio stations plus one of my favorite Gene Watson singles "You Could Know As Much About a Stranger" and his first chart entry "Bad Water". The covers selected, particularly "This Is My Week For Mexico" (an album cut for Charley Pride) are also effective.

PAPER ROSIE isn't quite as strong but it too is worth five stars. "Paper Rosie is a story song with a feel and sound similar to another of his singles "The Old Man and His Horn", although not quite as compelling a story. Actually I love all the tracks on this CD except for his cover of "You Gave Me a Mountain, an overly melodratic song (written by Marty Robbins and a hit the writer and a bigger hit for Frankie Laine)that I've always hated. You can never really go wrong buying a Gene Watson collection, and his Capitol recordings are all 5 star endeavors

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love In The Hot Afternoon/Paper Rosie, December 28, 2002

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Carole Rayson (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love in the Hot Afternoon & Paper Rosie 2 on 1 (Audio CD)

I have both of these in album form and they are both excellent Gene Watson material that are a must for all Gene Watson fans or even just fans of great traditional country music. Gene is labelled a Singer's Singer but I consider him to be THE BEST VOICE IN COUNTRY MUSIC.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IN THE HOT AFTERNOON/PAPER ROSIE, December 8, 2002

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JUDY BOONE (LANCASTER, S.C. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love in the Hot Afternoon & Paper Rosie 2 on 1 (Audio CD)

THIS IS FOR HARDCORE GENE WATSON COUNTRY MUSIC FANS THAT LOVES HIS EARLY MUSIC,THAT MAYBE YOU'VE NOT LISTENED TO IN YEARS BECAUSE THE SONGS ARE RECORDED OFF OLD LP'S. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS DOUBLE CD COMPILATION.WONDERFUL MUSIC!!WONDERFUL ARTIST!!!!