Audio CD review:
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

Band: Glen Campbell Title: Wichita Lineman Rating: Release Date: 2001-10-09 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell, Webb, Jimmy [1] 2: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Glen Campbell, Redding, Otis 3: If You Go Away - Glen Campbell, Brel, Jacques 4: Ann - Glen Campbell, Wheeler, Billy Edd 5: Words - Glen Campbell, Gibb, Barry 6: Fate of Man - Glen Campbell, Campbell, Glen [1] 7: Dreams of the Everyday Housewife - Glen Campbell, Gantry, Chris 8: The Straight Life - Glen Campbell, Curtis, Sonny 9: Reason to Believe - Glen Campbell, Hardin, Tim 10: You Better Sit Down Kids - Glen Campbell, Bono, Sonny 11: That's Not Home - Glen Campbell, Graham, Bill [2] C.

High hopes left on the platform. This album, however, makes my stomach turn with its dreadful string arrangements. I wanted to like Wichita Lineman--both because the digital version is inexpensive and because it recreates the original album's track listing. The flavor of country is way watered down, and the album is plagued with just about every cheesy attribute of late 60's/early 70's pop music. . Great song The song "Ann" is great. . if your name happens to be Ann. Very funny. Every Ann should have this song. Memories, memories, memories... I listened to this on LP when I was a kid. . I knew all the words and learned to sing "high" by singing with Glen. He is still just an awesome performer, and it's so good to know that this is here for us "old folks" to buy and share with our children to show them what REAL music is!. Glen at his best It contained two huge crossover hits, "Wichita Lineman" and "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife". This was probably Glen Campbell's best album effort and marks the height of his superstardom. Many of Glen's other albums also contained a couple of hits, but sometimes fell short in filling out the rest of the disc. Not so here. Glen does excellent covers of "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay", "Words", "Reason to Believe", and "You'd Better Sit Down Kids". Add to that delightful versions of "Ann", "The Straight Life", and, perhaps Glen's most underrated performance, "If You Go Away". Glen adds in the self-penned "Fate of Man" and wraps up the album with the mournful "That's Not Home". The cuts have the flavor of pop, rock, and country all woven together in a masterful collection. If were to buy one Glen Campbell album, this would be it. Wichita Lineman While I would agree that this is an album around singles, "Wichita Lineman" is one of the greatest songs that has been played on American radio, back when singles had great influence. Back when I was a kid, Glen Campbell had a string of hits that gave him many accolades. 5 stars for the title track alone. It is his best. Also, "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" is a pleasant waltz and another haunting melody. FYI - "Reason to Believe" is the same song that was covered more recently by Rod Stewart. Glen was one of the first to take country genre mixing and he succeeded. . You can see a complete list of all Glen Campbell discography, or go back to the Glen Campbell tabs