Country, My Way [Original recording reissued][Original recording remastered]

Nancy Sinatra

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1967
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B000003GYL
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #216,188 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Sundazed shook the reissue world by snagging one of the snarfiest catalogs ever to meet the Master Remasterers: the Nancy Sinatra treasure trove. All on CD for the first time in history, and each stuffed with original album tracks plus non-LP singles, these are essential additions to your 60's charm bracelet

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Country your way? Bring it on, Nance--I'll listen!, July 6, 2002

By	Daniel J. Hamlow (Narita, Japan) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

There have been many pop artists who have done country to make a genre album (q.v. the Byrds' Sweethearts Of The Rodeo), or recording a song in that style (e.g. the Rolling Stones' "Faraway Eyes," Rod Stewart's "You're In My Heart," and Lionel Richie's "Deep River Woman," but they did nothing to advance the artist/group's career. One artist who did a tasteful country album was Nancy Sinatra.

The steel guitar and sound are there, but done without the cheesy twang, instrumentally and vocally. I don't remember Hee-Haw signing her up as a regular, so there's proof right there. Nancy's able to tackle ballads like "Walk Through This World With Me," Hank Cochran's "When It's Over," and heel-kickers such as the rollicking "Get While The Getting's Good" and the anti-loneliness anthem "Lay Some Happiness On Me." Nothing rough and loud like Hank Williams Jr. or about pickup trucks, barbecues, spouse abuse, or divorces here. Well, okay, there is "By The Way (I Still Love You)," about a ex-couple meeting up again and catching up.

There is the usual balance between happiness and loneliness. Right after "Lay Some Happiness," there follows "Lonely Again." Later on, her duet with Lee Hazlewood, "Oh Lonesome Me" is countered by "Help Stamp Out Loneliness."

I've heard "Jackson" so many times, maybe because it's on three different NS albums--Hit Years, this one, and Movin' With Nancy, plus I've heard the Pansy Division's punk/homosexual version of it. Anyway, Nancy and Lee belt this number out. The lyrics ridiculing a man's macho image work to a tee. "Go play your hand you big talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself." and "When I breeze into that city, people are gonna stoop and bow. All them woman gonna make me, teach them what they don't know how." Frankly, as I don't embody that stereotypical macho male image, I tend to side with the woman's lyrics.

The other big cover song is the forlorn "End Of The World," which I believe was originally done by Bill Frisell (someone let me know if I'm wrong).

Way back when, I wasn't able to handle country music but Nancy Sinatra's pop/country hybrid paved the way for me to like Sherrie Austin, Faith Hill, and Shania Twain.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 60's Country by a Non-Country Artist, July 14, 2000

By A Customer

What a great album! As a kid growing up in the 60's, I was a fan of country music (which my dad liked), pop (which my mom liked), and rock (which my older brothers liked). Nancy Sinatra was one of those artists that could do pretty much any of it, and in this album she brings only a smidge of her pop/rock flavor to a very solid country music album. The collection reflects efforts of some of the biggest Nashville composers of the time (Carl Belew, Hank Cochran, Bill Anderson, Don Gibson) and covers of some of the biggest artists (George Jones, Skeeter Davis, Johnny Cash & June Carter). Somebody, either Nancy or Lee Hazelwood, did their homework and put out a very credible country album. I listened to it hundreds of times on vinyl and the CD version is that much better, although the bonus tracks don't really fit the original tunestack. If you liked Nancy or love classic country from that era, you'll like/love this album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hotter than a pepper sprout., June 25, 2006

By	Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

For Nancy Sinatra's fifth album, Nancy and her producer Lee Hazlewood decided to make a country record. Instead of just covering some popular country hits, like Ray Charles did on his country albums, they commissioned some top country songwriters to write new songs for Nancy. Then, they went into a Nashville recording studio and taped the songs with some of the top Nashville session musicians. What they ended up with is a pretty fair approximation of a mid-'60s country album. True, Nancy doesn't sound "Southern", but the musicians sound authentic, complete with fiddle and steel guitar. The hit song was Nancy & Lee's cover version of Johnny Cash & June Carter's "Jackson", but the rest of the songs are enjoyable, too. The CD adds three bonus tracks from 1970, after Nancy stopped having hits. Not bad, though.