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Country Queen Lynn Anderson's Biggest and Best

"Tee" | LA | 09/21/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"She doesn't get much credit for it these days but for a decade or so, Lynn Anderson was one of country music's biggest stars and top 3 or 4 female vocalists. This 16 BIGGEST HITS collection is from those years 1966-1975 and includes 13 of her 18 Billboard top ten country songs. This album is roughly divided between her years on Chart Records (1966-1970) and Columbia Records (1970-1980); it's great to see the Chart songs in this collection but since she was a considerably bigger star during the Columbia era perhaps those tracks should have dominated the collection. Most of her biggest hits are here with the notable exception of LISTEN TO A COUNTRY SONG which I feel should have replaced the enjoyably risque FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE which just missed being a top ten record. RIDE RIDE RIDE, her first hit, also didn't go top ten but I feel it deserves it's slot being the song that introduced her to the country audience big time. During the Chart era, many of her songs were written by her talented singer-songwriter mother Liz Anderson including the brillant IF I KISS YOU (still one of Anderson's best performances ever), PROMISES PROMISES, and BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY, at Columbia her husband/record producer Glenn Sutton wrote much of her material including the #1's YOU'RE MY MAN, KEEP ME IN MIND, and WHAT A MAN MY MAN IS.



Lynn's two biggest hits were the Joe South songs ROSE GARDEN and HOW CAN I UNLOVE YOU, the former of course being an international smash and multi-million seller, earning Lynn every major award during the 1970-71 season for a country female singer. This is a terrific package of much of the best work of one of country music's best female vocalists.

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Absolutely essential

CucFan | USA | 05/29/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've been a fan of Lynn Anderson since the age of 5, and these songs are dear to my heart. The remastering of these original recordings has made them crackle with energy that has addicted me all over again. Listening to this on headphones, hearing all the instruments clearly, and hearing the songs the way they are supposed to sound... it's just amazing. I truly hope that more of her back catalog can be released in this way. Thank you so much."