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Patsy Cline | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca Nashville
• ASIN: B000002NW2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,576 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost a Greatest Hits Album All By Itself, November 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Showcase (Audio CD)

This was the album that served as Patsy Cline's "comeback" and brought her stardom. "I Fall to Pieces", "Crazy", and a (then) new version of "Walkin' After Midnight". This is a portrait of an artist truly coming into her own. It's all the more tragic that it came such a short time before her death. I really do wonder what a Patsy Cline record of the 1970s, 80s, or 90s would have sounded like.

Buy it. You will not be disappointed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars South of The Border, December 12, 2000

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R. J Metz (Blacksburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Showcase (Audio CD)

Of all the millions of records that Patsy made during her tragically few thirty years, this is one of only three to be published during her lifetime. I'd have to say that it is my favorite as well. South of the Border is such a wonderful song. I sometimes pull this CD out of my shelf, just to listen to South of the Border. I submitted this song on tape with the sheet music to my high school's Latino Band, that plays spanish songs. If you could have only one Patsy Cline album, I'd chose this one. Buy it at once.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So Good it'll Make You Cry, March 3, 2010

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Ken Douglas (Landlocked in Reno) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Showcase (Audio CD)

When I heard the opening song, "I Fall to Pieces," at a friend's house, I knew I would be in love with Patsy Cline forever. That I would be buying her records forever. However, forever would only be two short years, because in 1963 she was killed in a plane crash in Tennessee. In the two years before her death I'd worn out a couple copies of this record, since her death, before I got a decent turntable, I'd probably gone through a couple more. Fortunately my dad was in the music business, both wholesale and retail, and I didn't have to pay for my records. If I had to do that, I'd've been one broke kid.

My favorite song on this record is Patsy's cover of Gogi Grant's hit, "The Wayward Wind." Rarely do I like covers better than the original, but Patsy adds something special to this song. Gogi made number 1 with it and Patsy didn't make the charts, but still, I like her version best. Patsy's recording of Willie Nelson's "Crazy" alone would make this one of the ten best records of 1961, but there's much more to this LP, like "San Antonio Rose" which is a perfect vehicle for Patsy's perfect voice, even though the song is a bit corny. "True Love" is a sentimental ballad that is perfectly placed before "Walking After Midnight," which though not my favorite song on the record, is probably the best and certainly one of the songs everybody thinks of when they think of Patsy Cline. It's a beautiful song on a beautiful record.