Something To Be Proud Of: The Best Of 1999-2005

Montgomery Gentry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000CD0P82
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,474 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hillbilly Shoes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars CD contains DRM software that opens your system to viruses, November 15, 2005

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Phillip Roncoroni "goodcowfilms.com" (Manhattan, New York) - See all my reviews
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As many people may know by now, Sony was recently caught with egg on their face when a security specialist found out that a recently purchased CD (Van Zant: Get Right With The Man) from Sony music not only installed DRM software (digital rights management, to limit and outright prevent copying music to certain devices), but it did so in such a sneaky way that it hid itself entirely from Windows, and opened the system up to security issues such as viruses.

This CD has the same copyright protection, called XCP. When installed, Sony hijacks your computer and installs custom software which:

1) Hides itself entirely from Windows by installing as a rootkit

2) Hides itself in such a manner that any files begining with $sys$ are also hidden. For example, if you install the XCP copy protection software on your machine, and rename "document.doc" to "$sys$document.doc" it then becomes invivisble to you forever.

3) Installs its own custom CD-Rom drivers to hijack your system. It also sneakily names these drivers "Plug and Play Device Manager" to seem as if it's a part of Windows. Trying to delete these drivers manually will disable your CD-Rom drive entirely.

4) Offers no uninstall option until you manually contact Sony

As of my writing this review, Sony has "apologized" for this incident, and claims they will "re-evaluate" this copyright protection software on their CDs in the future.

In the meantime, a virus is currently running wild, which names itself begining with $sys$ in an attempt to hide from the user and virus scanners.

Several class action lawsuits are also pending against Sony right now.

In summary, as you can tell from above, Sony's actions here are absolutely horrible. This is your music. You purchased it, and they should not have any right to dictate how you can use it, let alone install software which compromises your system security.

This is one of the CDs with Sony's XCP copyright protection software on it, and as a result, you should not buy it to send a message to Sony that this will NOT be tolerated in the future.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not complete, but great country/rock nonetheless, January 2, 2006

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DanD - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something To Be Proud Of: The Best Of 1999-2005 (Audio CD)

I'm leaving off a star here not because of lack of talent--Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry are two of the hardest-working, most talented guys in the music business today--but because this compilation leaves something to be desired; namely, some of the earlier, low-key songs. Also, it seems a bit soon for a "greatest hits" release from these guys...but they do deserve it.

I'm going to make an obligatory note about the singles this album doesn't cover (I don't know why they aren't featured, because they were some great tunes). Starting from the first album and working our way up: "All Night Long" (with Charlie Daniels); "Self Made Man;" "Cold One Comin' On;" and "You Do Your Thing." I don't think I missed any. Fortunately, two rarities (the honest and gut-wrenching "Didn't I" and Robert Earl Keene's hilarious "Merry Christmas From the Family") are included.

Montgomery Gentry have managed to meld enough southern rock into their country to make themselves unique. In fact, it's safe to say they've brought about a resurgence of interest in southern butt-kicking attitude and values. Their songs, ranging from the souther-pride of "Hillbilly Shoes" to the romantic devotion of "She Don't Tell Me To" (first hit to most recent, in other words), remain tried-and-true country, and yet scoff the traditionalism that, when they first emerged in the late nineties, was running rampant (nothing against traditional country music, of course, but it was being packaged and commercialized at the time). Independent, hard-core, rock-steady, superbly talented...that's Montgomery Gentry. Certainly, the music they have crafted is worth taking pride in. Here's to many more "greatest hits" packages from one of country's most talented and unique artists.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Band and Great Music, but Copy Protected CD, November 2, 2005

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S. Kandel "Scotch 'N Soda" - See all my reviews
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Montgomery Gentry is one of my favorite country bands. Their latest CD, "Something To Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005" is a great CD. It's only missing one of their more popular songs, "Cold One Coming On". The content of this CD is 5 stars.

One downfall to this release is that it contains copy protected content. You will NOT be able to play OR rip this CD without using Windows Media Player. None of my other programs such as MusicMatch or Winamp recognize there is a CD in the drive. You have to install software to play the CD on your computer! This is why I gave this CD only 3 stars.