Search - George Jones :: Super Hits 2

Nice easygoing country music

retrowens | Alabama, USA | 08/04/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Me and George Jones go a loooooooooong way back, but I didn't know it until a few months ago. I found an old tape that my parents recorded (mostly of me saying my first words and crying as a baby) back in the early 80's. On the tape was the song, "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)." I didn't recognize the song at first, but the more I listened to the tape, I realized that I liked what I heard of the song. On top of that, my parents told me that it was the first song that I ever sang along to. For that reason, I bought this album, just for time's sake and for reminiscing about the good old days.Upon listening to the album from start to finish, I found out that it's actually a good album. I like most of the songs and there's a pretty good variety included in Vol. 2 - Super Hits of George Jones. There are good lyrics (especially in "The Door" and "I Turn to You"), catchy rhythms ("Radio Lover") and simply great songs ("Shine On", "Still Doin' Time", and most of the other songs). If you're a George Jones fan, a fan of old country music, or if there's one or two songs you gotta have from this album, go ahead and purchase it, it's well worth the price."

A good sampling of under-rated bliss

Jerry McDaniel | 01/23/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"with the exception of "The Door" {#1/1974}, "Loving You Could Never Be Better" {#2/1972} and the 1977 remake of "She Thinks I Still Care", the remaining seven hits are from the '80s, the era i grew up listening to his songs. "I Turn To You" hit #26 in mid 1987, it was a follow-up to early 1987's #8 hit "The Right Left Hand". I don't know why Epic replaced that Top-10 with the Top-30 hit...that's the only problem. "Wine Colored Roses" {#10/1986}; "I Always Get Lucky With You {#1/1983}; "Radio Lover" {#62/1989/originally recorded in 1983}; "Shine On" {#3/1983}; "I'm a One Woman Man" {#5/1989}; and "Still Doin' Time" {#1/1981} are all top-notch. "Radio Lover", incidentally, was recorded in 1983 for the now-obscure 'Jones Country' album. Epic re-released the song in 1989 backed with "Burning Bridges", another 1983 song. Those two songs were added to George's 1989 'One Woman Man' album on Epic as filler material originally. This "Super Hits, Volume Two" is of course a must-have if you've got Volume One."