Ol Waylon [Original recording remastered]

Waylon Jennings | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1977
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B0000ADXE1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,890 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Waylon Jennings wasn't always an outlaw; he had a string of Nashville hits in the 1960s. But he's best known for proving that a country singer could break away from the Music City establishment and still find success. Released in 1976, Ol' Waylon boasts the outlaw anthem "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" and the jukebox favorite "Lucille," which holds up as a sob-in-yer-suds sing-along. Though this album isn't the equal of Jennings's 1973 landmark Honky Tonk Heroes, songs like "If You See Me Getting Smaller" and "Till I Gain Control Again" are textbook examples of country music done the right way. --Anders Smith-Lindall

Product Description

This 1977 LP became Waylon's highest-charting solo album. The #1 smash Luchenback, Texas joins I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself; Lucille; Sweet Caroline; Belle of the Ball; Satin Sheets , and more. A certified country classic!

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece, September 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Ol Waylon (Audio CD)

This is truly a masterpiece by the man that is quite possibly the greatest country artist of all time. I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself is a laugh riot, Lucille offers a touching look at a wifes leaving, This is Getting Funny (But There Ain't Nobody Laughing) explores the awkwardness of breakups, and Belle of the Ball magnificently expresses a man's loving beyond his stature. Of course Luckenbach, Texas is here, too. But the standout track is If You See Me Getting Smaller, which almost seems like an elegy since his passing. If you can listen to that song and not feel at least a little sad that he's gone, you are a bigger man than me.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Country" music at its peak..., July 3, 2005

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A. Ort "aorto" (Youngstown, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ol Waylon (Audio CD)

This was the first album I ever owned. I still have the original LP and recently revisited it. Growing up around country music from birth, the stereotypes of the country sound - of drinking, pickup trucks, wives leaving and all the other things that came through the expression of country's raw roots - climaxed with this album. It became popular. Everything after this album became derivative and country slowly moved toward the "pop" sound it has achieved today.

By this time, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (couldn't say one without the other) had become not only famous, they had become icons, bringing "outlaws" to the mainstream. CBs, truckers, Smokey and the Bandit and the whole genre had gone mainstream. 'Luckenbach, Texas' became a huge hit (which is quite a paradox because the song speaks directly to the fatigue that Waylon, and many others, had experienced due to achieving stardom).

It would seem that an attempt was made at a big selling album as the songs "Lucille" and "Sweet Caroline" were popular in their own rights. But it worked. It is a great, great album.

The hidden gem on here is the second song "If You See Me Getting Smaller." It is highly personal and confessional and you can feel the emotions of a man coming to grips with the consequences of decisions made in his life.

"Willie, you're my constant companion
You know the light and shade
We have spent a million dollars
To find out what we've made

We have made the maidens marvel
At the things we do and say
Down, down and out brother
Up, up and away

If you see me getting smaller I'm leaving
Don't be grieving
Just got to get away today..."

It's only four stars because it is a super short LP, as are the songs. I was left hungry for more. But I have never tired of listening to it. A little comedy, a little bit of confession and even a little bit of religion makes this a gem for anyone's collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ol'waylon rules, August 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Ol' Waylon (Audio CD)

i have over 60 waylon albums and this is by far my favorite. on this album you get to hear what waylon can do and what he is all about. brand new goodbye song is a must hear for anyone who thinks they know what country is. ol'waylon is a must have for anyone who thinks garth made big changes in the industry because this album changed the industry when it didnt want to change