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THIS IS A WOW!!! These 48 hits cross five labels.
Here is 150 minutes of HIT music that includes 40 top tens,
6 top twentys, 1 top forty hit, and a Tucker classic from 1972.
This is an incredible amassing of Tucker's hits
spanning her 25 years on the country chart.
Tanya Tucker's career started in 1972 at the age of 13,
when her first release "Delta dawn" landed at #6.
She continued with major hits over the next twenty-five years,
from 1972 through 1997 Tucker had 65 songs make the country chart.
Since this set contains so many major hits,
it's difficult to say what stands out.
So I'll just mention the songs that went to #1:
1. "What's your Mama's name".
2. "Blood red and goin' down".
3. "Would you lay with me (in a feild of stone)".
4. "Lizzie and the rain man".
5. "San Antonio stroll".
6. "Here's some love".
7. "Just another love".
8. "I won't take less than your love"
9. "If it don't come easy".
10. "Strong enough to bend".
Having said that, it's relevant to mention that some of her best
toe tapping songs were not #1 hits, but are perhaps just as well loved.
Here's a reminder of a few of them.
1. "Texas (when I die)".
2. "Pecos promenade".
3. "Can I see you tonight".
4. "I'll come back as another woman".
5. "Love me like you used to".
6. "Call on me".
7. "Down to my last teardrop".
8. "Some kind of trouble".
9. "It's a little too late".
10. "Hangin' in".
One last song to mention, though it never had a chart number
it has nontheless become a Tanya Tucker classic.
Included here, is to my mind one of Tuckers best, from 1972, "The Jamestown Ferry".
Raven label from Australia has done a wonderful job producing this 2002 compilation.
The extensive sixteen page liner booklet conveys well the Tanya Tucker story.
Presented completely in color the booklet includes
several nice pictures of Tucker over her career.
The track listing also gives the chart position number.
The c.d.'s themselves are blue and white.
Disc one has a nice pose of Tucker eariler in her career, sitting on the ground.
Disc two shows her sitting in the snow holding a polar bear.
The sound quality is excelent.
This double c.d. set is definitely the one to get!
Footnote: Among the 17 charted songs that were not included in this collection,
eight entered the top forty.
Those songs are -- "I beleive the South is gonna rise again" 1975 -
"Spring" 1975 - "Greener than the grass we laid on" 1975 -
"You are so beautiful" 1977 - "Love knows we tried" 1981 - "Daddy and home" 1989 -
"Between the two of them" 1995 - "Find out what's happenin'" 1995.
The other 9 songs charted bewteen #41 to #86.
Even the 58 track box set, with 4 c.d.'s is missing 29 of Tucker's charted songs,
although it is a great set with some VERY good albums tracks.
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Brings back fond memories of Tanya as a teen!
I couldn't make up my mind between DEFINITIVE HITS and this CD, but because this one had both of Tanya Tucker's original hits, DELTA DAWN and THE JAMESTOWN FERRY, I chose this one. Besides it has her hits all the way back to 1972 when I first met her.I was fortunate enough to interview Tanya for The Gilroy News Herald which I edited in the early 70s. The interview was at a friend's ranch in nearby San Martin and was a memorable day. Since Tanya was only fourteen (or was it fifteen?) at the time, my children were invited too. Being still young and natural, Tanya was an easy interview, so I got a nice scoop. And the kids enjoyed getting to know her a little.The meeting/interview was held at the time that Tanya's debut hit, DELTA DAWN, was climbing the charts and THE JAMESTOWN FERRY was just taking off. As was traditional in those days, Tanya gave me and the kids autographed studio photos as mementos. I framed mine for the newspaper office, naturally, and later hung it on my "Brag Wall" in my home office.Sorry to digress, but I enjoy "living in the past" from time to time. LOL.As a country-western fan I enjoy all the songs on this album, but the two mentioned above are my all-time faves by Tanya ... for sentimental reasons.No matter how much Tanya Tucker changed in later years, she remained a major talent. I recommend all her music very highly ... and her "reality show" is fun to watch, also. It's a treat for me to see her in later years and get to know a little about her children. Keep rockin', Tanya!Reviewed by: Betty Dravis, 2008The Toonies Invade Silicon Valley
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