Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound: Original Classic Hits, Vol. 4

Hank Williams Jr.

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1979
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Curb Special Markets
• ASIN: B000000DAU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,360 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hank at his best, May 4, 1999

By A Customer

Whiskey Bent and Hellbound is one country's greatest songs and albums though having it cranked when cruising does draw strange looks. Shame how "new" and "young" country stations wouldn't touch real songs like Hanks' with a stick.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of hanks best, May 18, 2001

By	Vernon Clark Mayo "Fastest gun, comic god" (Allen Texas) - See all my reviews

Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound is stone cold country at it's best . i have the CD and the casstte of it and i play it a lot and i never seem to get tired of it. and O.D.'D in Denver is one of my all time favorite hank songs with that southern rock sound to it .. buy this and you will love it and at the great price you can't go wrong..

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Hank from 1979, March 31, 2004

By	Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

While Kenny Rogers (of whom I am also a huge fan) was dominating the commercial aspect of country music with songs such as The Gambler and She believes in me, Hank was doing things his way, just as he always has done since he left MGM, with his unique blend of country, rock and blues. Of course, plenty of others have blended these three, including Elvis in the fifties, but Hank's blend is very much his own.

On this album, the my favorite tracks (but not by much) are the title track, Women I've never had and a brilliant duet with Waylon Jennings, The conversation, about Hank's father. There's also a great revival of White lightning, which was written by the Big Bopper but provided George Jones with a top ten American pop hit. Hank's cover is very different from George's but I love them both. Hank also does an excellent cover of Gregg Allman's Come and go blues.

Considering that Hank never did things the Nashville way, it is perhaps surprising that he had as much success as he did - but the quality of his albums, including this one, ensure that he deserved all the success that he had.