Audio CD review:
Crystal Gayle - Crystal Gayle - All-Time Greatest Hits

Crystal Gayle - Crystal Gayle - All-Time Greatest Hits

Band: Crystal Gayle Title: Crystal Gayle - All-Time Greatest Hits Rating: Release Date: 1990-08-20 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle, Leigh, Richard 2: I'll Get Over You - Crystal Gayle, Leigh, Richard 3: Talking in Your Sleep - Crystal Gayle, Cook, Roger [1] 4: Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For - Crystal Gayle, True, Mark 5: I'll Do It All over Again - Crystal Gayle, Holyfield, Wayland 6: Wrong Road Again - Crystal Gayle, Reynolds, A. Reid 7: Somebody Loves You - Crystal Gayle, Reynolds, Allen 8: When I Dream - Crystal Gayle, Theoret, Sandy Maso 9: You Never Miss a Real Good Thing ('Till He Says Goodbye) - Crystal Gayle, McDill, Bob 10: I've Cried (The Blue Right Out of My Eyes) - Crystal Gayle, Lynn, Loretta 11: Everybody Oughta Cry - Crystal Gayle, Richey, Sylvia 12: I Hope You're Havin' Better Luck Than Me - Crystal Gayle, Harris, Ted

Great Early Crystal She's never received the critical appreciation she should have received, but she's put out some very unusual songs, for a country or pop artist. This is early Crystal, classic stuff. Her two biggest hits, Don't it make my brown eyes blue and Talking in your sleep, are cases in point. The first is almost a jazz piece, with the lilting piano and Crystal's subtle rhythmic changes as a counterpoint, while the second is one of the only hits I know that starts out with a single chord, declarative voice, almost talking, and very slow pace. Loretta Lynn says that no one sings a torch song better than Crystal, and Talking in your sleep provides all the proof you need. It's a great song, and I think it hasn't been recorded much because no one thinks that they can improve on Crystal's version. The entire CD is full of good songs, only gets 4 stars, because these are not Crystal's all time greatest hits. She has many more. For those who still follow her music, get her Hoagy Carmichael CD. It's a classic. Heartfelt Songs From A Great Vocalist This replaces the worn audiocassettes that I just don't get out anymore. What a great buy to get Crystal Gayle's top tunes all on one CD. I've missed her full, melodious voice and the insightful lyrics. When I went through my divorce years ago, lines like the following tore at my heart, let me wallow in my feelings of loss and finally helped me look ahead, out of the abyss: "Was I right, was I wrong, a little too weak or a little too strong?" "Is she what you wanted?" "Somebody loves you. . . Guess who loves you. . . I do. " "Why do I go through life with nothing at all? When I dream, I dream of you, Maybe someday you will come true. " "Honey, can you find it in you to come back home?" "I guess you must have had your reasons. . . I knew you never found yourself in what we had. " "I know my heart will mend, I know that I'll smile again. I'll get back on my feet again. " "I'm a little bit wiser now. . . " Country music always had great cheating songs, but Crystal Gayle takes it to a whole new level that reaches non-country listeners. . The Greatest Hit's of Crystal Gayle Crystal charted many, many hit singles in the 70s and 80s and as a life long country fan I can truly say this collection really contains the cream of the crop. This is a superb compilation. "Why have you left the one you left me for" with it's troubling lyrics, yet feel good rhythm and "Talking In your sleep," a slow ballad, about a woman left wondering are here. Two very well known songs and they are probably my favourite songs she has ever recorded. Elsewhere we have "When I dream", a top 40 hit in the late 1970s is also included, as is the big one, "Don't it make my brown eyes blue", her best known recording that took her career to a new height and was a success all over the world. This album really lives up to it's title as "Crystal Gayle's All Time Greatest Hit's" . BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY POP I love her sweet voice and accomplished interpretations, my favourite tracks being Talking In Your Sleep, the bouncy reggae-rhythmed Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For, Wrong Road Again and the tender When I Dream (I dream of you/maybe someday, you will come true). Gayle straddles country and pop - accessible enough for the mainstream yet genuine enough to be country. Great voice, great songs, great delivery - real music from the heart. Class, and a wonderful voice My favorite country artists were Tammy Wynette (NOT for Stand By Your Man), Dolly Parton, Don Williams, George Jones, and the sweetest of all, to me, Crystal Gayle. I'm not a big country music fan but for a few years they had my attention. The first song I heard by her was Somebody Loves You and it remains one of my favorite songs. Then came I'll Get Over You. I discovered her before she crossed over with Brown Eyes Blue. You have to listen to When I Dream, Talking In Your Sleep, and You Never Miss A Real Good Thing. When she came to New York I went to see her 2 or 3 nights in a row at The Bottom Line. She has so much class and she is so sweet. After her set ended, a guy handed her flowers and asked for an autograph. When she came out for her encore she first handed the guy the autograph he asked for. A down to earth girl who appreciates her fans. You can see a complete list of all Crystal Gayle discography, or go back to the Crystal Gayle tabs