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Best compilation so far

Zub | Forks Twp., PA | 08/04/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This compilation of the multi-media artist Mac Davis is the best to appear so far. While often thought of as a country artist, much of his material was more pop-oriented. Many of his recordings charted higher pop than country. This collection of twenty tracks contains most of his hits but is limited to his Columbia recordings and contains none of his output from his Casablanca years such as 1980's "It's Hard To Be Humble". Sound quality is very good with all tracks in true stereo. Includes an eight-page booklet with a brief musical history, track details and a few pics. Not comprehensive but the best compilation so far."

And The Autumn Leaves Reminded Him Another Summers Come And

My Opinion | U S | 11/05/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When it comes to music; (whether it was one year ago or fourty or more years ago) I always remember a remarkable talent and Mac Davis is one of those artists with a remarkable talent and most of the musical talent that I am familiar with and enjoy as a fan;( whether it is Mac Davis, Keith Urban, etc ) there is one particular song by that artist that is a favorite of mine and sometimes that favorite song can be very hard to find; especially when it charted in 1970. When it comes to Mac Davis; that song just happens to be the beautiful, Whoever Finds This; I Love You. Some time ago I purchased Mac's, A Golden Classics Edition, CD and that ballad is on it HOWEVER it did not sound like the version I remember so I kept searching and the search stopped right here. This, The Best Of Mac Davis, CD has the beautiful instrumental version of, Whoever Finds This; I Love You, I was looking for. I also noticed that Mac's inspirational, Stop And Smell The Roses, versions are different on these two CDs with this version also being the one I remember and prefer. I love both Disc's but this is the one I listen to mostly.

This CD also has the landmark classics, Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me, One Hell Of A Woman, and, Rock N Roll ( I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life ), on it also and I can relate to that last song somewhat; even though I am just a fan.

Mac's talent also shines here as he sings the gorgeaus ballads, Forever Lovers, I'll Paint You A Song, and the very uplifting and inspirational, ( If You Add ) All The Love In The World. Mac has a Children's Chorus backing him up on that one.....Fantastic.

Also being an extremely talented songwriter; Mac also wrote classic tunes for other artists including Elvis Presley. Three of them he wrote for Elvis are the timeless classics, In The Ghetto, Memories, and, Don't Cry Daddy, and Mac sings his own version of, In The Ghetto, on this CD. He is one of the great ones and my advise to you is if you want the instrumental version of, Whoever Finds This; I Love You, and the better version of, Stop And Smell The Roses, (at least it is to me) purchase this one or do like I did and purchase both this one and the, Golden Classics Edition, because there are very few duplicates between both and like I stated above; two of the duplicates are different versions anyway. I purchased this Disc from Amazon on March 4th of 2005 and it definitely doesn't accumalate any dust. It is that great !

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First Love-still going strong

M. Craig | Deep East Texas,USA | 04/13/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Brilliant song writer, excellent singer, and not a bad actor!! He was my first crush at 7 yrs old and I still adore him. From his writing success of "In the Ghetto" for Elvis (the original rock God) to his current success as an actor on the series "Rodney"--(by the way, he's not dead by choking on a ham sandwich, I believe that was the Mama Cass "rumor"). I would love to hear a new releases CD, even though the greatest hits is great. Maybe he could title the new release, "Ballads from Beyond the Grave"!!"