The Essential Patsy Cline [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Patsy Cline

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (February 11, 1997)
• Original Release Date: February 11, 1997
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002X0Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,410,420 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Walkin' After Midnight

2. Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye

3. Lovesick Blues

4. Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray

5. Walking Dream

6. That Wonderful Someone

7. Never No More

8. Stop the World (And Let Me Off)

9. Fingerprints

10. Just a Closer Walk With Thee

11. Love, Love, Love Me, Honey Do

12. I Can't Forget

13. I Don't Wanta

14. Yes, I Understand

15. How Can I Face Tomorrow

16. Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul

17. Life's Railway to Heaven

18. Hidin' Out

19. Hungry for Love

20. Then You'll Know

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Some good songs but definitely not ALL the "essentials", July 21, 2005

By	Greg Brady "columbusboy" (Capital City) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Essential Patsy Cline (Audio CD)

Anything that bills itself as "essential" should surely include Patsy's best country chart singles but this misses the mark by quite a bit. M.I.A. are "I Fall to Pieces" (#1 country,#12 pop, one of Patsy's most well-known numbers!),"Crazy"(#2 country,#9 pop,Patsy's SIGNATURE song), "She's Got You" (#1 country,#14 pop),"When I Get Through with You"(#10 country,#53 pop),"Leavin' on your Mind" (#8 country,#83 pop chart),"Sweet Dreams" (#5 country,#44 pop), and "Faded Love" (#7 country,#96 pop).

That's 7 solid country chart hits that aren't here! Even if you argue that a singer's "best" material isn't necessarily the hits, it's hard to say that their hits are NEVER their best stuff...which seems to be the case this CD would like to make.

BOTTOM LINE:
If you don't have "Crazy" and "I Fall to Pieces", you're missing out on 2 of her MOST essential cuts. You might be able to argue for or against the other selections but those 2 are huge commercial AND artistic successes. They simply can't be excluded.

Get the remastered "DEFINITIVE PATSY CLINE (ASIN B0002B163W) instead. It has all her country hits except "Yes I Understand" and "Anytime" (two of her lower charters) and 1981 studio duet "Have you Ever Been Lonely?" with Jim Reeves (hit #5 country). You also get two songs that charted pop but not country in "Strange" and "Heartaches".