Product Details

• Actors: Martina McBride
• Format: Best of, Color, NTSC
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: RCA
• VHS Release Date: September 18, 2001
• Run Time: 44 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005NP1E
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,174 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

"Independence Day," a stirring tale of spousal abuse and retribution, is the heart of Martina McBride's Greatest Hits Video Collection. Shot in stark black and white, it's a perfect marriage of her powerful voice and social consciousness and was the 1994 Country Music Association Video of the Year. Other highlights on this first-rate collection include the similarly themed "A Broken Wing," her breakthrough Top 10 hit "My Baby Loves Me" (which reinforces the theme of unconditional love by featuring real-life couples), "Love's the Only House" with Cirque du Soleil, and the 2001 hit "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues." At 11 tracks and 44 minutes, this is quite a bit shorter than the 19-song companion CD, but you do get two songs not on the CD, "The Time Has Come" and "Cheap Whiskey." Plus, you'll probably find that getting to look into McBride's bluer than blue eyes is a pretty good tradeoff. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good music; well-produced videos; run-time is too short, March 3, 2002

By	J. Lizzi (Costa Mesa, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Martina McBride - Greatest Hits Video Collection (DVD)

For a compilation of Martina McBride's greatest hits, it seems odd to me that six albums worth of music could only produce the eleven videos found on this DVD (two are even listed as "bonus" tracks). Everything on this disc is enjoyable, but I wish there were more songs . . .

As with most music DVDs, I purchased this not only as a collector's item, but also to learn more about the artist and what went into creating the music videos. I give a solid A-rating to the songs and the quality of the videos, with special note to the outstanding imagery and story-telling in "Independence Day," "Wild Angels," "A Broken Wing," "Love's the Only House," and "Cheap Whiskey." I wasn't a big Martina McBride fan before I bought this DVD, but I'm more of one now.

Aside from the too-small sampling of videos, a couple other minor disappointments keep me from giving a 5-star rating. I looked around for any information about who directed the videos, and where and when they were filmed. All I found (even in the liner notes) was "various original producers" and "various video directors." I really thought many of the videos were brilliant; I can't believe there were no credits for them. Also, the "Greatest Hits" CD has many more songs besides those included on the DVD. I'm not sure what the reasoning was in leaving so many "hits" off of the video collection, but I expected that the listed songs would be the same. Did the missing songs not have videos?

The option of watching the tracks with or without the commentary between them is a good feature. The CMT interview footage with Martina is okay, but some "behind the scenes" footage would have added another great dimension that is lacking here.

Overall, this is a good DVD that I would recommend to just about anyone, especially fans of Martina.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The DVD and the CD do not contain the same songs, January 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Martina McBride - Greatest Hits Video Collection (DVD)

Don't be fooled thinking that the CD and DVD (which both use the same cover picture) contain the same songs. There are eight songs on the Greatest Hits CD that are not on the DVD. The songs that are not on the DVD are:
Strangers
Valentine
Happy Girl
I Love You
There You Are
Where Would You Be
Concrete Angel
Blessed

Additionaly, there are two videos on the DVD that are not on the CD. They are, "The Time Has Come" and "Cheap Whiskey".

I am not pleased that both the CD and DVD do not have the same song list, as I bought the DVD for one video that was not on it. However, Martina is still a great singer and the DVD, despite not having all of the videos is still a must have for Martina fans.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for any Martina McBride Fan, September 18, 2001

By	"gpc66" (Woodstock, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Martina McBride - Greatest Hits Video Collection (DVD)

This DVD contains just about all of Martina Mcbride's videos, covering all her albums. The DVD has great video and great sound. The special features includes the ability to hear Martina talk about the video before each video and a Discography with links to play the videos for the songs on the albums (if one of the 11 videos on the DVD)

The videos are
My baby loves me
Life #9
Independance Day
Safe in the arms of love
Wild Angels
A broken wing
Whatever you say
Love's the only house

When God-Fearin women get the blues
The Time has come
Cheap Whiskey

There are a few tracks from her greatest hit album that do not have video and are therefore not on the DVD.