Southern Pacific - Greatest Hits

Southern Pacific | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 9, 1991)
• Original Release Date: July 9, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LP7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,113 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Any Way the Wind Blows

2. Reno Bound

3. New Shade of Blue

4. Thing About You

5. All Is Lost

6. A Girl Like Emmylou

7. Honey I Dare You

8. Midnight Highway

9. I Go to Pieces

10. Perfect Stranger

11. Time's Up

12. Trail of Tears

13. Pink Cadillac [Live]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Country group with ex-Doobie and Creedence musicians, March 21, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern Pacific - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This eighties group brought together various session musicians, some of whom had previously been members of famous rock groups. The members who recorded their first album (Southern Pacific) in 1985 were Tim Goodman (lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizer), John McFee, former member of the Doobie Brothers (lead and background vocals, electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, banjo, violin, dobro), Keith Knudsen, also a former member of the Doobie Brothers (background vocals, drums & percussion), Jerry Scheff (background vocals, bass), and Glenn D. Hardin (background vocals, piano and synthesizer).

Jerry Scheff and Glenn D Hardin left after the first album. New members for the second album (Killbilly hill) in 1986 were Stu Cook, formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revival (bass and vocals) and Kurt Howell (keyboards and some lead vocals).

Tim Goodman left after the second album. His replacement, David Jenkins, was with the group to record the third album (Zuma) in 1988 but quit before the final original album (County line) was recorded in 1990. He was not replaced. On the Zuma album, John McFee was lead singer on some songs, a role he continued in on County line.

This collection, released at about the time that the group disbanded, rounds up most of their country hits but there is at least one notable omission - Don't let go of my heart. Most of the songs here are originals, though there is a cover of Thing about you (Tom Petty) featuring Emmylou as duet singer, I go to pieces (Del Shannon) and a live version of Pink Cadillac (Bruce Springsteen). All the other songs were written by members of the group except Time's up, a duet with Carlene Carter recorded at a time when she was making the best music of her career. Other great songs include Any way the wind blows, Reno bound, New shade of blue and Perfect stranger - but I love all the songs here.

If you enjoy the rocking country music produced by such groups as Alabama, Exile and Sawyer Brown, you might enjoy this, especially if you also enjoy rock music by such acts as Tom Petty, the Doobie Brothers and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatist Hits/ Southern Pacific, February 26, 2001

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Fletch Sullivan (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern Pacific - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This too, is one of my all-time favorite bands. I have seen them perform with Asleep at the Wheel and others. From such deep roots as the Doobie Bros and CCR, spawned Southern Pacific in the mid 80's. Unfortunately this is the only SO-PAC album still in circulation. Other favorites were County Line and Killbilly Hill. After Keith Knudsen and Stu Cook are done with their respective projects, the world would love to hear such harmonies and rythmns again.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You HAVE heard of them!!!!!, September 10, 2003

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Cory L. Schwent (Bloomsdale, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern Pacific - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Yeah, you have heard this bands songs before.

I wouldn't say this is earthshaking stuff, but most of it is quite suprising. I'd say they were a step or two below the Desert Rost Band.

They went through a lot of changes, and it shows as you go through the songs and there are several different lead vocalists and styles.

You won't really be disapointed with this cd, loyal fans should go for the original albums.

But if you are serious about your collections, you do need something from this band in it, and this cd will do nicely.