The Definitive Collection

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CD Details

Released: June 22, 2004
Originally Released: 2004
Label: MCA Nashville

Tracks:

$0.99 on iTunes1.Come Early Morning
$1.29 on iTunes2.Amanda
$1.29 on iTunes3.I Wouldn't Want To Live If You Didn't Want Me
$0.99 on iTunes4.The Ties That Bind
$1.29 on iTunes5.You're My Best Friend
$1.29 on iTunes6.(Turn Out The Lights And) Love Me Tonight
$1.29 on iTunes7.Till The Rivers All Run Dry
$0.99 on iTunes8.Say It again
$0.99 on iTunes9.She Never Knew Me
$1.29 on iTunes10.Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend
$1.29 on iTunes11.I'm Just A Country Boy
$0.99 on iTunes12.I've Got A Winner In You
$0.99 on iTunes13.Rake And Ramblin' Man
$1.29 on iTunes14.Tulsa Time
$1.29 on iTunes15.It Must Be Love
$0.99 on iTunes16.Love Me Over Again
$1.29 on iTunes17.Good Ole Boys Like Me
$1.29 on iTunes18.I Believe In You
$1.29 on iTunes19.Lord I Hope This Day Is Good
$0.99 on iTunes20.Listen To The Radio
$1.29 on iTunes21.If Hollywood Don't Need You
$1.29 on iTunes22.Love Is On A Roll
$0.99 on iTunes23.Nobody But You
$0.99 on iTunes24.That's The Thing About Love
25.Heartbeat In The Darkness

Product Description:

Liner Note Author: Scott Schinder.

Don Williams's mellow, amiable baritone and easygoing approach made him one of the biggest country stars of the 1970s. With simple arrangements, straightforward songs, and an emotionally honest but endearingly laconic delivery, Williams had an instantly appealing signature sound. He rarely strayed far from that template, but there was little reason to, especially with the outpouring of hits he scored throughout the '70s. A hefty helping of those hits is presented here, from the aging-singer meditation "Amanda" to the funky "Tulsa Time" (later covered by Williams acolyte Eric Clapton).

Though Williams generally keeps things slow and easy (it wouldn't be unfair to call him the Bing Crosby of country music), there are infectious rhythmic undercurrents throughout (an R&B lope here, a Waylon Jennings beat there), and no matter how mellow he gets, he's never lugubrious. While one could quibble over some of the omissions (the sharp murder ballad "Miller's Cave," the perky "Big Ole Brew," memorably sung by Bill Murray in STRIPES), THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION is pretty much what its title promises.