Ultimate Collection

Joe Diffie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B002NPUCIU
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,614 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

When Hank Thompson recorded one of his songs, Joe decided he had a shot at success and moved to Nashville. Right he was; here are the big hits he scored in the '90s: Home; If You Want Me To; If the Devil Danced; Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox; New Way; Ships That Don't Come In; John Deere Green; Third Rock from the Sun; Pickup Man; Bigger Than the Beatles 20 in all!

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Deception, December 4, 2009

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luckyoldsun (New York New York) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ultimate Collection (Audio CD)

The sound's not bad, but the sneaky bastards don't tell you--until you open the package--that these are recent rerecordings that are intended to sound exactly like the original hits.

This would easily be the best Diffie collection available if it used the original recordings.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Old hits, new versions, June 13, 2010

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Collection (Audio CD)

Joe Diffie
"The Ultimate Collection"
(Rounder, 2009)
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Re-recorded versions of a bunch of Diffie's old hits... It's pretty common for country artists to re-record old hits, which irks some fans who feel that this is cheating, but which puts more money in the artist's pockets than do best-of collections on the old major labels... The main issue is if the labels let you know whether these are "original hit versions" or new recordings -- as long as it's clearly labeled, I don't think it's such a big deal. Indeed, I often find it interesting to hear what an artist sounds like, later in life, which can often be quite high-quality musicmaking. It used to be that labels let established artists record for years on end -- think about Louis Armstrong, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash, Sinatra -- but pop and country have become such intensely flavor-of-the-month businesses most artists are washed-up after a year or two. So, we're getting a lot more indie releases from former stars, which often yield some surprisingly rich results.

Besides, if you want to hear Diffie's original recordings, there are several collections available, such as "The Essential Joe Diffie" and "16 Biggest Hits", which both came out in 2003. (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To Country Music)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the hits in oe spot!, January 14, 2010

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S. Rich "skrichay" (N. Carolina) - See all my reviews
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I was VERY pleased with this cd. I really think it hit the nail on the head when it comes to Joe Diffie's #1's. "Bigger than the Beatles","Prop me up by the jukebox", and "john deere green" are all from different album periods and made it onto this album, along with many of his other biggie's. Country owes a lot to this mans music and I am so happy I didn't have to spend a fortune to find a lot of my favorites in one place!