The Definitive Collection

by Patsy Cline

Overview

All things considered, The Definitive Collection is an excellent single-disc sampler of Patsy Cline. One could easily point out that there have been a lot of Patsy Cline compilations, many of them in print on the day this one was released, and validly ask just why the world (or even the U.S.) needs another one. From Universal's point of view, there remained an unfilled niche in the marketplace for a full-length CD compilation selling for more than the short discount albums but less than the multi-disc sets. That is where The Definitive Collection, with its 22 tracks, selling for a mere $14.99, comes in. The track list, sequenced in roughly chronological order, presents all 14 of Cline's country chart hits, among them "Walkin' After Midnight" (heard here in the original hit recording, not the re-recording found on Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits), "I Fall to Pieces," "Crazy," and "She's Got You." The eight additional tracks have been judiciously selected and include two songs that made the pop, but not the country, singles charts ("Heartaches" and "Strange"); two B-sides written by noteworthy country artists (Hank Cochran's "Why Can't He Be You," and Bob Montgomery's "Back in Baby's Arms"); and a handful of pop and country standards (Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" and "Half as Much," the Bing Crosby/Grace Kelly hit "True Love," written by Cole Porter, and Bob Wills' "San Antonio Rose"). The result is a well-rounded 58-plus minutes of Cline (about one-fifth of her total recorded output) that presents the highlights of her career. True, a few more tracks could have fit on the CD, but then the publishing royalties might have necessitated a higher price. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	06/22/2004
Label:	Mca Nashville
UPC:	0602498614907
Rank:	9281

Tracks

1. Walkin' After Midnight
2. A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)
3. Lovesick Blues
4. I Fall to Pieces
5. True Love
6. San Antonio Rose
7. Crazy
8. Strange
9. She's Got You
10. Heartaches
11. Half as Much
12. When I Get Thru with You (You'll Love Me Too)
13. Imagine That
14. So Wrong
15. Why Can't He Be You
16. Leavin' on Your Mind
17. When You Need a Laugh
18. Back in Baby's Arms
19. Faded Love
20. Always
21. He Called Me Baby
22. Sweet Dreams (Of You)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Patsy Cline   Primary Artist
The Jordanaires   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Bob Hilliard   Composer
Bob Wills   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Bud Scoppa   Liner Notes
Irving Berlin   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Curley Williams   Composer
Fred Burch   Composer
Cliff Friend   Composer
Don Hecht   Composer
Don Gibson   Composer
Doug Schwartz   Digital Remastering
Webb Pierce   Composer
John Klenner   Composer
Wayne Walker   Composer
Justin Tubb   Composer
Mel Tillis   Composer
Owen Bradley   Producer
Milton Delugg   Composer
Willie Nelson   Composer
Alan Block   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Danny Dill   Composer
Carl Perkins   Composer
John Wills   Composer
Al Hoffman   Composer
Hank Cochran   Composer
Bobby Montgomery   Composer
Meire Murakami   Design
Beth Stempel   Production Coordination
Les Leverett   Photography
Ryan Null   Photo Research
Bob Montgomery   Composer
Fred B. Burch   Composer
Wayne P. Walker   Composer
Andy McKaie   Compilation Producer