T.G. Sheppard - All-Time Greatest Hits

T.G. Sheppard

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 1991)
• Original Release Date: March 12, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LNS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,850 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just some of his classic songs, April 17, 2004

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

T G started out as a singer in the sixties but abandoned that career to take a job as a record plugger. Some years later, he came across a song that he thought would be a hit but nobody was interested. He therefore recorded it himself. That song, Devil in a bottle (not included here), provided T G with the first of a long string of hits spread of several years. Despite his success, there have been very few CD releases.

My favorite song here is Do you wanna go to heaven, a song which cleverly plays on different meanings of the title, but I also particularly enjoy Last cheater's waltz, Smooth sailing, War is hell on the home front too, Slow burn and Somewhere down the line - but these are just a few of the great songs here. Also worth a mention is Faking love, a duet with Karen Brooks that was co-written by Matraca Berg - one of her earliest songwriting successes. To quote another of the song titles here, I loved them every one.

This album has since been re-issued with different packaging but identical music as Super hits. I live in hope that a more comprehensive collection may one day be released. In the meantime (and possibly out of frustration), T G has re-recorded 20 of his hits including most of those here - those re-recordings can be found on Very best of T G Sheppard. As you can see from the reviews of that collection (including mine), opinion is divided about the merits of that album. If you must have the original recordings, this (or Super hits) is the best available.

If you enjoy eighties pop-country music, give T G a listen. He was as good as anybody at this type of music.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ladies Man By The Numbers, January 25, 2001

By A Customer

In his skin-tight jeans and insinuating voice, Sheppard came on like a love god who could only be satisfied by the hottest angel in honky tonk heaven. Those who blame the likes of Shania Twain and Faith Hill for taking the country out of country music should get a load of these formulaic songs that topped the charts 20 years ago. Barely this side of Barry Manilow in their calculated appeal, these interchangeable tunes are a long pickup ride from Merle Haggard and George Jones or anything halfway authentic. Still, you can't help but love the rollicking piano work in "Party Time," the best song in the collection, or the ribald storytelling in "Do You Wanna Go To Heaven." Forgettable country pop done to perfection. Let's hope Sheppard cashed in--big--on his popularity before he faded into obscurity.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars They almost got it right., May 25, 2005

By	B. Percell (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This would be a good solid addition to anyone's collection who loves mid 70's to late 80's country music, but they missed in a couple of ways; first they left off one of (if not THE) very best song of his career "Devil In The Bottle". In my mind, they could have left off "Somewhere Down the Line" or "Finally" and put "Devil" on there and it would have rated five stars.