"You may not like Country music, you may not like Reggea music, you may not even like Dance music, but if you like good music you'll love this album. Jimmy Nail's voice is hauntingly beautiful, at times it reminds the listener of the late, great Roy Orbison. His songs are sometimes raunchy, sometimes irreverent, often sad, but always intelligent and meaningful. This album, his greatest hits, is full of poetic, romantic, beautiful music. Blue Roses must be one of the most beautiful love songs ever written and worth the price of the album alone, and here you get fifteen other songs! How can anyone go wrong."
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geotune | 07/05/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Jimmy Nail sure knows how to pick a good tune. Like Blue Roses, Cowboy Dreams, I'm a Troubled Man and Dragons by Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon."
Ahhhh....best collection ever!
Snorbusen (snorbusen@spray.se) | Sweden | 06/22/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Buy this if you like country music, it absolutely GREAT!"
The world should know Jimmy Nail better
D. Smith | Baton Rouge, LA United States | 11/02/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you're not known in America - who are you? Well, as many have proven, there is a world of talent and 'stardom' outside American markets. The sad thing is that there's some wonderful music that rarely or never gets heard outside of American markets. American radio is terribly limited and over-categorized. Not so in Europe and Britain (as well as other parts of the world)! Jimmy Nail is a BIG name in Britain and the hits here show why quite well. Not only a hitmaking singer/songwriter, but a wonderfully entertaining actor of film (Still Crazy, Evita) and television (Crocodile Shoes, Auf Weidersehn Pet). You'll ask yourself on first listen - 'why haven't I heard of this guy before?' There's plenty of great stuff here - very varied - but the album is important for including Jimmy's 80 hit "No Good For Me" and his "Big River" with Mark Knofler. A great piece of work."