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Definitive Collection
Kathy Mattea
Definitive Collection
Genres: Country, Pop
 
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Contains almost all of Mattea s major hits from the six-year period 1986-1991,when she was one of the top hitmakers in country music. Format: Audio CD, 1 disc, original recording remastered Label: Island/Mercury ISBN: 6025...  more »

     
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All Artists: Kathy Mattea
Title: Definitive Collection
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Island / Mercury
Release Date: 8/29/2006
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Country, Pop
Style: Today's Country
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 602517031975

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Contains almost all of Mattea s major hits from the six-year period 1986-1991,when she was one of the top hitmakers in country music. Format: Audio CD, 1 disc, original recording remastered Label: Island/Mercury ISBN: 602517031975Tracks:1. Street Talk 2:43 2. Love at the Five and Dime 3:37 3. Walk the Way the Wind Blows 3:47 4. You re the Power 3:06 5. Train of Memories 2:52 6. Goin Gone 4:24 7. Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses 3:19 8. Untold Stories 3:01 9. Life as We Knew It 3:19 10. Come from the Heart 3:08 11. Burnin Old Memories 2:17 12. Where ve You Been 3:44 13. She Came from Fort Worth 3:31 14. The Battle Hymn of Love / Tim O Brien 2:53 15. Time Passes By 2:48 16. Lonesome Standard Time 2:50 17. Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst) 4:08 18. Walking Away a Winner 3:29 19. 455 Rocket 4:08 20. Mary, Did You Know? 3:12

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Best compilation yet of Kathy's music
Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 01/20/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"In the late eighties and early nineties, Kathy's music based on traditional country but with folk influences, was extremely popular. This album contains twenty of her finest and most successful songs. As such, it represents a vast improvement on her first hits collection, the American version of which only included ten tracks although the European version had thirteen, the extra tracks being She came from Fort Worth Texas, Come from the heart and Burning old memories. All tracks on that original hits album are included here with the solitary exception of A few good things remain.



Love at the five and dime was the song that provided Kathy with her breakthrough, becoming a top three country hit. It was followed by a series of other country hits including Walk the way the wind blows, Going gone, You're the power, Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses, Where've you been, She came from Fort Worth Texas, Come from the heart, Burning old memories and Time passes by. Kathy's success continued (though not as strongly) into the nineties with excellent songs such as Lonesome standard time, Standing in a river and Walking away a winner. The set is rounded off by 455 Rocket (the most recent recording here, albeit a few years old now) and Mary did you know (from Kathy's first Christmas album, Good news).



This is an outstanding collection of Kathy's music. The American version of the earlier hits collection is still available but this one is much superior."
The perfect Kathy Mattea collection
Invisiboy2001 | Chicago, IL United States | 04/08/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"You can give your old copy of Kathea Mattea's "A Collection of Hits" CD to a friend, because you need to buy this one. The sound quality is terrific. All the songs sound crisp, and Mattea's voice is allowed to shine throughout. I am a casual fan of Kathy Mattea, so this CD was a perfect choice: It contains all the hits I wanted (unlike Mattea's first hits CD, which left out lots of hits) and a few great songs I'd never heard. A great CD and a steal for the price!"
Rock on, Kathy
phatladysings | Bay Area, California | 03/15/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

"First of all, I love Kathy Mattea. She is a member of a dying breed of country singers who actually have distinctive, memorable, recognizable voices. (Reba McEntire, Patty Loveless and Wynonna Judd are also worthy members of that sisterhood.) The last time I listened to the country station in the Bay Area (Fall 2009), most of what I heard among the new female country singers was pretty blond interchangeable parts with breathy little overdubbed voices. Didn't take me long to switch back to KPIG.



Not only that, but among a long list of great songs, this album includes my two Kathy Mattea favorites: "Lonesome Standard Time" and "445 Rocket." "445 Rocket" (like Sherry Austin's "Hallelujah Baby," a song about a blue 1958 Apache truck), reminds me of my long-gone 1961 Chevy BelAir, my first car. It was the baddest Chevy in three Southern California counties, and I still miss it. Rock on, Kathy.

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