Search - Lee Greenwood :: Holdin a Good Hand

Overlooked album includes some great songs

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 04/21/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Lee sings a collection of love songs, both up-tempo and ballads, in an easy-listening pop-country style. If you are familiar with his music (not counting his patriotic album and two Christmas albums), you'll know what to expect. Nothing wrong with that, of course, because Lee was so good at what he did.My favorite songs here are We've got it made, the title track, Just like me (later covered by Barbara Mandrell for her album, It works for me) and The moment you were mine (first recorded by Juice Newton for her overlooked classic album, Ain't gonna cry, and since recorded by one of its co-writers, Beth Neilsen Chapman). However, the other songs are all wonderful and your favorites may be different.Although this album is out of print, seven of its tracks have been re-released on albums that are available as I write this. Three appear on Best of Lee Greenwood (Liberty), these being We've got it made, Holding a good hand and Just like me - this is a compilation of his best recordings from his years with Liberty. Four others can be found on another Best of Lee Greenwood, released on Curb. This compilation has some tracks from his MCA years plus the four from this album (I still look for you, Enough already, Love lying next to me, Whose fool I wanna be). To the best of my knowledge, the last three tracks are not available elsewhere. This is probably not the ideal place to begin a collection of Lee's music but shows what his music is like when he's not singing patriotic or Christmas songs. If you enjoy his big hits from the eighties, you should also enjoy this album.TracksWe've got it made
I still look for you
Enough already
Love lying next to me
Whose fool I wanna be
Holding a good hand
Just like me
Giving up the ghost (that's haunting me)
The moment you were mine
Another year of love"