Ultimate Ronnie Milsap [Original recording remastered]

Ronnie Milsap | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 2, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B0001AU70M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,704 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #51 in Music > Country > Cowboy

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Single Disc Available of Milsap's best, March 4, 2004

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James E. Bagley "Jim Bagley" (Sanatoga, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Ronnie Milsap (Audio CD)

In the past couple of years, there have been some good single disc Ronnie Milsap retrospectives released, including 1995's 20-track Essential Ronnie Milsap and 2001's 16-track RCA Country Legends. This 23-track chronologically arranged set surpasses both, to become the best single disc available on one of country music's all-time greatest artists.

The set contains hits Milsap recorded for RCA between 1974 and 1989. During that 15-year period, no one else hit the top of the charts as often (40 times) - or even came close. It's a testament to the diversity of Milsap's vocal and song-selecting talents.

Those diverse classics include pure pop ("Pure Love," "Smokey Mountain Rain"), polished honkytonkers ("Daydreams About Night Things," "I'm A Stand By My Woman Man,"), stone country weepers ("Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends," "Am I Losing You"), bluesy scorchers ("Stranger In My House"), and adult contemporary fare ("It Was Almost Like A Song"). Toward the end of his hit-making tenure, Milsap also dwelled on nostalgia, with the vintage sounding "Lost In The Fifties Tonight."

The double-disc Forty # 1 Hits (2000) remains by far the strongest summation of Milsap's glory days. Among the great recordings found there but omitted here are "Let's Take The Long Way Around The World," "Why Don't You Spend The Night," "She Keeps The Home Fires Burning," and "Since I Don't Have You." But if you are on a strict budget and can only afford a single disc, this Ultimate Ronnie Milsap is the set to get. This collection's lineup is as follows:

1. Pure Love
2. Legend In My Time, (I'd Be) A
3. Please Don't Tell Me How This Story Ends
4. Daydreams About Night Things
5. What Goes On When The Sun Goes Down
6. Stand By My Woman Man, (I'm A)
7. Let My Love Be Your Pillow
8. It Was Almost Like A Song
9. Only One Love In My Life
10. My Heart
11. Smoky Mountain Rain
12. Am I Losing You
13. No Getting Over Me, (There's)
14. I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World
15. Any Day Now
16. He Got You
17. Don't You Know How Much I Love You
18. Stranger In My House
19. Still Losing You
20. Lost In The Fifties Tonight
21. In Love
22. Make No Mistake, She's Mine - (with Kenny Rogers)
23. Woman In Love, A

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grand Disc, November 19, 2005

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K. Fontenot "Prairie Cajun Lives!" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Ronnie Milsap (Audio CD)

This is an excellent disc for anyone wanting the bulk of Ronnie Milsap's hits. Granted, many songs are left off, but what is contained here is a great collection for folks just starting to listen to Milsap and for longtime fans who want something to throw on that plays consistent hit after hit. Milsap was an honest crossover country and AC star who didn't compromise his sound in the hopes to make more money like most contemporary country stars do these days (Faith Hill, Mr. Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, etc.). Instead, Milsap managed to craft together songs that were at times hardcore honky-tonk and at other times pure love songs. Also, throw in the fact that Milsap was blind and probably the best piano player of his day and you have to give him credit for his accomplishments.

This set includes the wonderful "Pure Love," "Daydreams About Night Things," and "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World." My personal favorites are "Stranger In My House" and "Smoky Mountain Rain." Other grand hits included are "My Heart" and "He Got You."

While there are other, more complete collections of Milsap's work out there, this compilation is perfect for folks on a budget or casual fans unwilling to unload big money on a collection of songs. Highly recommended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the Best Ballads You'll Ever Here!!, November 16, 2005

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M. A. Ball (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultimate Ronnie Milsap (Audio CD)

Ronnie Milsap has so many great songs that you can't fit them all on one disc, but RCA actually did a really good job on choosing which ones to put on here. I miss "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" and "All Is Fair In Love and War" not being on here, but with 22 songs, I can't complain. Every single song is heartfelt and enjoyable, and there are even a few that are sad enough to bring tears to your eyes. The only other two people that can do ballads as good as Ronnie Milsap are Lionel Richie and John Lennon. If you're debating between getting this one or the Essential disc, get this one. Essential leaves off his earlier classics, so songs like "Smokey Mountain Rain," "It Was Almost Like A Song," "Am I Losing You," and "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends," aren't included on it. ...Oh, and it doesn't sound like a homemade copy like that one reviewer said. The sound quality is excellent. I highly recommend getting this compilation if you can't get a good deal on his 40 #1 hits.