Why Not Me

The Judds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002P3P
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #713,772 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Why Not Me

2. Mr. Pain

3. Drops of Water

4. Sleeping Heart

5. My Baby's Gone

6. Bye Bye Baby Blues

7. A Girls Night Out

8. Love Is Alive

9. Endless Sleep

10. Mama He's Crazy

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The classic breakthrough album, August 31, 2005

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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: Why Not Me (Audio CD)

Wynonna (daughter) and Naomi (mother) began their career with a six-track mini-album but this full-length follow-up (including one of the six earlier tracks, Mama he's crazy) was the one that gave them their breakthrough. It features four major country hits - Mama he's crazy, Why not me, Love is alive and Girls night out - together with six other excellent songs including a couple of covers - Endless sleep, My baby's gone - of songs from the fifties.

When I first bought this on vinyl, I played it a lot. Although the style is simple with few instruments, it was (and still remains) fresh and exciting, unmistakeable for anybody else's music. I later realized that one of the features that set this album apart was the prominent use of a dobro - an instrument that traditional country and bluegrass fans are reasonably familiar with, but which is not used as often as it might be. Of course, the excellent mother-and-daughter harmonies and the high quality songs also help to make this album a classic. Apart from a dobro, the only instruments used are buss, drums, piano, steel, harmonica and guitars.

With this album, the Judds became major country music stars. Subsequent albums were also of a high quality, but this remains my favorite original Judds album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Only the beginning!, July 28, 2001

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T. Silver (Roslyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Why Not Me (Audio CD)

This is the album that pretty much jump-started the Judds' career. Previously, they had released a mini-LP simply titled "The Judds," however "Why Not Me" is the Judds' first full-length recording.

This album includes some really great tracks...Especially the title track "Why Not Me" and the gorgeous "Love Is Alive." But the lesser known songs "Endless Sleep" and "Mr. Pain" are also great additions and like every Judds CD, ALL the songs are great..even the ones that weren't released as singles.

This album proved to be only the beginning for the Judds as it scored them their first #1 song "Mama He's Crazy."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The classic breakthrough album, February 6, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
(TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Why Not Me (Audio CD)

Wynonna (daughter) and Naomi (mother) began their career with a six-track mini-album but this full-length follow-up (including one of the six earlier tracks, Mama he's crazy) was the one that gave them their breakthrough. It features four major country hits - Mama he's crazy, Why not me, Love is alive and Girls night out - together with six other excellent songs including a couple of covers - Endless sleep, My baby's gone - of songs from the fifties.

When I first bought this on vinyl, I played it a lot. Although the style is simple with few instruments, it was (and still remains) fresh and exciting, unmistakeable for anybody else's music. I later realized that one of the features that set this album apart was the prominent use of a dobro - an instrument that traditional country and bluegrass fans are reasonably familiar with, but which is not used as often as it might be. Of course, the excellent mother-and-daughter harmonies and the high quality songs also help to make this album a classic. Apart from a dobro, the only instruments used are buss, drums, piano, steel, harmonica and guitars.

With this album, the Judds became major country music stars. Subsequent albums were also of a high quality, but this remains my favorite original Judds album.