Y'all Come Back Saloon
Artist: The Oak Ridge Boys

"You're the One" and the title cut are the featured selections on Y'All Come Back Saloon. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Read More

The Essential Ronnie Milsap
Artist: Ronnie Milsap

RCA's 20-track, single-disc 1995 collection The Essential Ronnie Milsap doesn't live up to the billing of its title, largely because it bypasses a huge portion of his career -- namely, the '70s. This doesn't dent the number of hits on the collection, since Milsap was one of country's most successful hitmakers of all time, charting toward the top... Read More

The Best of Barbara Mandrell - LIBERTY/MCA
Artist: Barbara Mandrell

The Best of Barbara Mandrell collects her biggest hits from the late '70s, including "After the Lovin'," "Married But Not to Each Other," "Tonight," "Woman to Woman," and "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read More

Mixed Emotions
Artist: Sammi Smith

Sammi sounds great on this album. In addition to her 1977 hit on Tom Jan's "Loving Arms," she takes songs like "A Woman Left Lonely" and "I've Seen Better Days" and makes them so thoroughly her own, you can't imagine anyone else ever trying to tackle them. ~ Jim Worbois, All Music Guide Read More

Statler Brothers Christmas Card
Artist: The Statler Brothers

Wonderful stuff, it includes "I Believe in Santa Claus." ~ David A. Milberg, All Music Guide Read More

Greatest Hits - COLUMBIA
Artist: Tanya Tucker

No matter how far Tucker's come the last 20 years, it all comes back to "Delta Dawn," "What's Your Mama's Name?," and the other hillbilly-gothic hits of her youth. Producer Billy Sherrill is best known for his work with George Jones and Tammy Wynette, but how he turned an underage, waifish Southwest homegirl into a singer to make old boys sweat... Read More

Classics - UNITED ARTISTS
Artist: Kenny Rogers & the First Edition

Kenny & Dottie team up to perform such great tunes as "Just The Way You Are," "You Needed Me," Buck Owens' "Together Again," the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin," as well as the chart topping "All I Ever Need Is You." Produced by Larry Butler, the album boasts the highly professional sound which came out of Nashville in the... Read More

Short Stories
Artist: The Statler Brothers
The Best of the Statler Bros.
Artist: The Statler Brothers

The Statlers' first decade of recording is recalled in their initial Best Of collection. The compilation includes all of the quartet's biggest Mercury hits from the first half of the 1970s, including "Do You Remember These," "I'll Go to My Grave Loving You," and "Bed of Rose's." However, only one song from their late-'60s tenure at Columbia --... Read More

The Gambler - EMI
Artist: Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers took a bit of a chance in releasing this loosly based concept album at the time, but boy, did it pay off! Sales for the album went through the roof, as the title track and "She Believes In Me" became pop crossover hits, with the latter reaching the pop Top 10. Later, "The Gambler" was turned into a string of made-for-television... Read More

Ten Years of Gold - EMI-CAPITOL SPECIAL MARKETS
Artist: Kenny Rogers

Once upon a time, prior to the floodgates opening and multiple Kenny Rogers greatest-hits and best-of collections finding their way to market, there was The First Edition Greatest Hits on Reprise in 1971, followed six years later by Ten Years of Gold. Kenny Rogers unites his early-hit years with the first real solo songs that built the... Read More

Kenny
Artist: Kenny Rogers

Kenny took a more romantic approach with Kenny. Though it contained the hit character sketch "Coward of the County," the album was mainly comprised of love songs like "You Decorated My Life" and "She's A Mystery." With such strong singles, the album actually became a bigger hit than its predecessor, The Gambler. ~ James Chrispell, All Music Guide Read More

The Best of the Oak Ridge Boys
Artist: The Oak Ridge Boys

Best of the Oak Ridge Boys collects the group's early, gospel-styled recordings. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Read More

Greatest Hits - HIP-O
Artist: Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers & the First Edition's Greatest Hits contains all of the group's greatest hits, including "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" and "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)," plus a number of lesser-known singles. Though the group didn't have enough strong material to make the compilation consistently entertaining,... Read More