All-Time Greatest Hits

Robbins, Marty

Genre: music4me > Country

Format: CD Album

Released: Tue 4 Feb 1992

Catalogue Number: SNY31361.2

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Description:
2 LPs on 1 CD and cassette.
A concise and well-selected overview, Marty Robbins's ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS packs 20 songs by this eclectic singer onto one disc. Though categorized as a country artist, Robbins defied pigeonholing with his forays into styles as diverse as gospel, mariachi music, and sentimental ballads, yet he always managed to infuse each song with his own distinctive style. Robbins is probably best known for Western-themed story-songs, which usually involve romance, gunfights, and dusty Southwestern settings. The two prime examples, the nearly epic tale recounted in "El Paso" and the lugubrious "Streets of Laredo," lead off this collection, though the surging, minor-key "Big Iron" ranks alongside the two better-known tunes.
Robbins's straightforward singing style bears the stamp of pop crooners more than the twang of Nashville. In fact, Robbins recalls the smooth vocalizing of early Sun Studios artists (particularly Roy Orbison and Charlie Rich) on "Maria (If I Could)" and "Devil Woman." If Robbins throws out a few curveballs, such as the fuzzed-out guitar solo on the otherwise honky-tonk-flavored "Don't Worry" or the light, folk feel of "Ribbon of Darkness," it is all to his credit. This generous compilation is a perfect place to sample Robbins's genre-melding talents.

Details:

Discs: 1

Track Listing:

1.	El Paso
2.	Street of Laredo
3.	Ribbon of Darkness
4.	Love Is Blue
5.	Big Iron
6.	Devil Woman
7.	Dont Worry
8.	Tonight Carmen
9.	You Gave Me a Mountain
10.	Kaw-Liga
11.	My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
12.	Padre
13.	Hanging Tree, The
14.	Red River Valley
15.	Joli Girl
16.	Girl with Gardenias in Her Hair, The
17.	Its a Sin
18.	Maria (If I Could)
19.	I Walk Alone
20.	Aloha Oe (Farwell to Thee)

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