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The original hits!

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 08/29/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Hey, given how bad and synthesizer-heavy the Country charts were back in the 1980s, this really ain't that bad. Sheppard was basically following in Conway Twitty's footsteps, doing the same rugged/sensitive lady's man routine... and his arrangements were hardly as poppy as many of his contemporaries; in fact some of these songs are downright fun.NOTES ON THIS EDITION: this CD contains the **original** versions of these songs (unlike several subsequent albums of re-recorded versions...) Also note that this disc and the 1991 release, "All Time Greatest Hits" are identical, except for the artwork.."

Just some of his classic songs

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 07/25/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"T G started out as a singer in the sixties but abandoned that career to take a job as a record plugger. Some years later, he came across a song that he thought would be a hit but nobody was interested. He therefore recorded it himself. That song, Devil in a bottle (not included here), provided T G with the first of a long string of hits spread of several years. Despite his success, there have been very few CD releases.



My favorite song here is Do you wanna go to heaven, a song which cleverly plays on different meanings of the title, but I also particularly enjoy Last cheater's waltz, Smooth sailing, War is hell on the home front too, Slow burn and Somewhere down the line - but these are just a few of the great songs here. Also worth a mention is Faking love, a duet with Karen Brooks that was co-written by Matraca Berg - one of her earliest songwriting successes. To quote another of the song titles here, I loved them every one.



This album is a re-issue with different packaging but identical music to All-time greatest hits. I live in hope that a more comprehensive collection may one day be released. In the meantime (and possibly out of frustration), T G has re-recorded 20 of his hits including most of those here - those re-recordings can be found on Very best of T G Sheppard. As you can see from the reviews of that collection (including mine), opinion is divided about the merits of that album. If you must have the original recordings, this (or All-time greatest hits) is the best available.



If you enjoy eighties pop-country music, give T G a listen. He was as good as anybody at this type of music."