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DISCID=090c0612
DTITLE=Jeannie C. Riley / The Very Best Of Jeannie C. Riley
DYEAR=2002
DGENRE=Country
TTITLE0=Harper Valley PTA
TTITLE1=The Girl Most Likely
TTITLE2=There Never Was A Time
TTITLE3=The Rib
TTITLE4=The Back Side Of Dallas
TTITLE5=Things Go Better With Love
TTITLE6=Country Girl
TTITLE7=Am I That Easy To Forget
TTITLE8=Duty Not Desire
TTITLE9=The Generation Gap
TTITLE10=Games People Play
TTITLE11=My Man
TTITLE12=Okie From Muskogee
TTITLE13=Oh, Singer
TTITLE14=If You Could Read My Mind
TTITLE15=Good Enough To Be Your Wife
TTITLE16=Help Me Make It Through The Night
TTITLE17=Roses And Thorns
EXTD=The Very Best Of Jeannie C. Riley\n2002 Varese Sarabande Records,
EXTD= Inc.\n\nOriginally Released May 21, 2002\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: V
EXTD=arese Sarabande's 18-track 2002 collection The Very Best of Jeann
EXTD=ie C. Riley replaces the company's previous 15-track 1996 compila
EXTD=tion, The Best of Jeannie C. Riley. All but two of the songs from
EXTD= the older collection carry over to this disc, and the two that a
EXTD=re left behind were '80s recordings that gave that CD a sour afte
EXTD=rtaste, so they're hardly missed. The five songs on Very Best tha
EXTD=t weren't on Best -- "Am I That Easy to Forget," "Games People Pl
EXTD=ay," "Okie From Muskogee," "If You Could Read My Mind," "Help Me 
EXTD=Make It Through the Night" -- are all from her 1968-1971 peak, so
EXTD= this is a better collection in every way, showcasing one of the 
EXTD=best, yet unheralded, country singers of her time.  -- Stephen Th
EXTD=omas Erlewine\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nDeep catalog behind 
EXTD=the well-known hit, June 14, 2002\nReviewer: redtunictroll (Earth
EXTD=, USA)\nIn the lexicon of the pop Top-40, Riley was a one-hit won
EXTD=der. Unusually, her #1 hit, "Harper Valley P.T.A." marked both th
EXTD=e beginning and end of her crossover success from the country cha
EXTD=rts. Though she'd only notch a few more hits on the lower rungs o
EXTD=f the pop charts, hence her one-hit wonderhood in the eyes of Old
EXTD=ies radio, her country music success was more pronounced and long
EXTD=-lasting.\nVarese's new collection replaces their 1996 "Best Of" 
EXTD=with an expanded track list, and a dedicated focus on Riley's hit
EXTD= years of 1968-71. Producer Shelby Singleton, Jr. turned up a fas
EXTD=cinating collection of surprisingly edgy songs, including the pro
EXTD=to-feminism of "The Rib" and cultural hypocrisy of "The Generatio
EXTD=n Gap." Riley's catalog balances the gritty lives of "The Back Si
EXTD=de of Town" and "The Girl Most Likely" with the flowery sentiment
EXTD= of "Things Go Better With Love," all delivered with equal convic
EXTD=tion.\n\nSingleton's bouncy productions and Riley's sassy vocals 
EXTD=are a perfect match for the material, hedging the outrage towards
EXTD= small-town minds with devilish hints of sauciness. Riley also ac
EXTD=quits herself nicely as a straight-ahead country singer on "There
EXTD= Never Was a Time," "Country Girl" and "Am I That Easy to Forget,
EXTD=" as well as the gospel-influenced "Duty Not Desire" and "Oh, Sin
EXTD=ger." Her covers of then-contemporary hits "Games People Play," "
EXTD=Okie From Muskogee," "If You Could Read My Mind," and "Help Me Ma
EXTD=ke It Through the Night," are good, but won't make you forget the
EXTD= originals.\n\nThose who grew up listening to Riley's country hit
EXTD=s will find many terrific memories here. Those who only know her 
EXTD=from the massive success of "Harper Valley P.T.A." will find some
EXTD= truly welcome surprises. The digital transfers are crisp (Single
EXTD=ton's production is stereo-tastic), and the newly penned liner no
EXTD=tes give a concise view of her rise to the top. The only thing re
EXTD=ally lacking is detail on the fabulous musicians who played on th
EXTD=ese sessions.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW (Collectables' CD Edi
EXTD=tion)\nMuch more than Harper Valley PTA, July 2, 2002\nReviewer: 
EXTD=P D Harris "Pete the music and horse racing fan" (Leicester Engla
EXTD=nd)\nJeannie couldn't handle fame and stardom, which is a pity. H
EXTD=ad she been able to, she might have had a much longer career. Thi
EXTD=s is the strongest available collection of her music.\n\nHarper V
EXTD=alley PTA is a classic story song of a type which used to be much
EXTD= more common in country music than it is now. It's writer, Tom T 
EXTD=Hall, made a career out of story songs (and every true country fa
EXTD=n should have some of his music). Jeannie didn't record anything 
EXTD=else quite like Harper Valley - the nearest she came was with The
EXTD= girl most likely, but she recorded many excellent songs.\n\nThis
EXTD= compilation contains all her important country and pop hits, plu
EXTD=s many other excellent songs, nearly all originals, but with nice
EXTD= covers of Before the next teardrop falls and Help me make it thr
EXTD=ough the night. The Varese compilation, which has fewer tracks, a
EXTD=ctually has more covers.\n\nIf you only buy one compilation of Je
EXTD=annie's, this is the one to buy. Jeannie was, briefly, the hottes
EXTD=t name in country music - this collection shows why, and what mig
EXTD=ht have been.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW (Collectables' CD Edi
EXTD=tion)\nThe Country Music Kitten With A Whip, May 15, 2006\nReview
EXTD=er: Gary F. Taylor "GFT" (Biloxi, MS USA)\nBy all accounts Jeanni
EXTD=e C. Riley greatly disliked "The Harper Valley P.T.A." and was mi
EXTD=ghtily annoyed when her managers flatly insisted that she record 
EXTD=it. When she at last agreed, she did the song in a single take--a
EXTD=nd was then even more vexed when told to do it one more time. Her
EXTD= anger rang through her voice, and as she approached the end of t
EXTD=he take she did something she thought would spoil the take: she c
EXTD=hanged a lyric, using the then-popular but very un-country-music 
EXTD=expression "socked it to." \n\nFrom Riley's point of view she had
EXTD= done what they asked and that was that and it was over. But "The
EXTD= Harper Valley P.T.A." proved a monster hit and made her the firs
EXTD=t female country artist to hit number one on both country and pop
EXTD= charts. The marketing men moved in and Riley suddenly found hers
EXTD=elf in a miniskirt and go-go boots and belting out tough-gal song
EXTD=s with a sexy edge. \n\nIt was not exactly what Riley had in mind
EXTD= when she began her career, and throughout the late 1960s and ear
EXTD=ly 1970s she also recorded a great many more songs that had a mor
EXTD=e traditional sound--songs like "Oh Singer," "Country Girl," and 
EXTD="Duty Not Desire." Very often these too were hits, but they seldo
EXTD=m hit as big as songs that catered to the "country kitten with a 
EXTD=whip" persona that "Harper Valley P.T.A." created. Increasingly d
EXTD=isenchanted with both the industry and her public image and incre
EXTD=asingly prone to depression, she walked away. She would eventuall
EXTD=y re-emerge as an equally fine gospel singer. \n\nLike most vocal
EXTD=ists of her era, Riley's albums were essentially collections of s
EXTD=ongs rather than cohesive packages, so you are not missing much b
EXTD=y going with a "best of" collection--and this twenty-four track c
EXTD=ollection covers all the high points and then some. Then as now, 
EXTD="the" Jeannie C. Riley track remains "The Harper Valley P.T.A.," 
EXTD=a wickedly clever take on small-town hypocrisy penned by Tom T. H
EXTD=all; similar songs include "The Girl Most Likely" and "The Genera
EXTD=tion Gap," both remarkable for their acid sarcasm. \n\nRiley may 
EXTD=not have fancied herself in this mode, but there's no denying tha
EXTD=t she has what it takes to make the pieces work: her voice posses
EXTD=ses an incisive snap that puts them well over the top, and it's i
EXTD=mpossible to imagine any other country singer who could get away 
EXTD=such material; even Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynett, both of whom d
EXTD=id plenty of "tough gal" material, sound tame by comparison. \n\n
EXTD=Riley also had a way with pure honky-tonk material like "The Back
EXTD=side of Dallas," and she makes the most of songs like "Good Enoug
EXTD=h To Be Your Wife"--but although they were hits at the time, the 
EXTD=sharp edge of her voice has a way of undercutting her more tradit
EXTD=ional efforts. Even so, songs like "Country Girl" and "O, Singer"
EXTD= have tremendous charm, and when all is said and done it is very 
EXTD=easy to understand why she was such a greatly popular vocalist in
EXTD= her heyday. \n\nAll the songs could stand a remaster, but if you
EXTD= want 1960s and 1970s country music with a social edge and plenty
EXTD= of attitude, Jeannie C. Riley is the gal for you--and I would co
EXTD=nsider this particular collection the best of the several availab
EXTD=le. \n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nPersonnel includes: Jeannie C. Rile
EXTD=y (vocals).\nProducer: Shelby Singleton, Jr.\nCompilation produce
EXTD=rs: Cary E. Mansfield, Michael Balzer.\nRecorded between 1968 & 1
EXTD=971. \nIncludes liner notes by Michael Balzer, Bruce Kotzky.\nAll
EXTD= tracks have been digitally remastered.
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