Audio CD review:
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy: Bloodline

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy: Bloodline

Band: Glen Campbell Title: Rhinestone Cowboy: Bloodline Rating: Release Date: 15 July, 2002 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.) 2: Comeback 3: Count On Me 4: I Miss You Tonight 5: My Girl 6: Rhinestone Cowboy 7: I'd Build A Bridge 8: Pencils For Sale 9: Marie 10: We're Over 11: Baby Don't Be Givin' Me Up 12: See You On Sunday 13: Don't Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye 14: Christiaan No 15: Bloodline 16: Everytime I Sing A Love Song 17: Lay Me Down (Roll Me Out To Sea) 18: The Bottom LIne 19: I Got Love For You Ruby 20: San Francisco Is A Lonely Town 21: Record Collector's Dream 22: Houston (I'm Comin' To See You) 23: Bonaparte's Retreat

Customer Reviews two great country/pop rhinestone cowboy was a hit on both charts(when this really meant anything)these are both really well rounded albums with a good mix of hits ballads any upbeat songs. GLEN CAMPBELL for the most part is suppose to be classified as country artist but these songs are more pop than anything else. the tracks are a little dated( you can tell they are from the mid seventies)but its a fresh change from some of the mondern country music thats around to day. though never regarded classic as some of his earlier work RHINESTONE COWBOY/BLOODLINE are worth revisiting. Two of his best, a great match of artist & producers... The first effort, Rhinestone Cowboy was a remarkably strong album producing the 39 year old veteran's first number one Billboard Hot 100 single with the title track in September 1975. After a long and successful association with Capitol Records staff producer, Al DeLory, Glen Campbell recorded his first of two albums with rock writer/producers Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. The second single, "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L. A. )" also reached the ten top on the Hot 100. The rest of the tracks were well chosen by Campbell and the producers. I had not heard the album in many years until I bought this CD, and I was surprised that other songs were not issued as singles. Lambert and Potter were quite a force in the 1970's. They either wrote and/or produced hits for The Righteous Brothers, The Four Tops, and Cass Elliot. Lambert would go on to do the same in the future for Player ("Baby Come Back"), The Commodores ("Nightshift"), Starship, Natalie Cole, and Justin Hayward. Of course, I am in no way diminishing the contribution of the artist. Glen Campbell is one of the finest guitarists of his generation. He played lead in some of the recordings of Frank Sinatra, The Champs, and The Beach Boys as well as countless others. As good as he is as a guitarist, he was even better as a vocalist. The great Brian Wilson personally selected Campbell as his replacement in the touring version of the Beach Boys. The second album paired with Rhinestone Cowboy, Bloodline, was unfamiliar to me until my purchase of this CD. It is once again, with Lambert and Potter, and it does not disappoint. While it did not share the same degree of commercial success, it features ten well crafted songs from various writers including Jimmy Webb to whom Campbell owed much of his early chart success. If you like Glen Campbell, you'll really enjoy this collection. The CD is from a fantastic Australian reissue label, Raven. Not only do they present the orginial albums in great sound, they also include bonus tracks on most of their reissues. This one includes three. At Last! Praise Be! Many of the cuts are available on other disks, but this album, with these songs in exactly the right order, is a classic. Why, why, why did it take so long to offer the RHINESTONE COWBOY album on CD? Why? Why? Why? One of the best albums of the era, with Campbell in top form-- We've been playing this over and over since it arrived from Amazon. I love it. My husband loves it. I almost wept with happiness the first time I heard it again after all these years. And BLOODLINE is a great runner up. . You can see a complete list of all Glen Campbell discography, or go back to the Glen Campbell tabs