Audio CD review:
Crystal Gayle - Certified Hits

Crystal Gayle - Certified Hits

Band: Crystal Gayle Title: Certified Hits Rating: Release Date: 2001-08-28 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle, Leigh, Richard 2: Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For - Crystal Gayle, True, Mark 3: Somebody Loves You - Crystal Gayle, Reynolds, Allen 4: When I Dream - Crystal Gayle, Theoret, Sandy Maso 5: I'll Get Over You - Crystal Gayle, Leigh, Richard 6: You Never Miss a Real Good Thing ('til He Says Goodbye) - Crystal Gayle, McDill, Bob 7: Talking in Your Sleep - Crystal Gayle, Cook, Roger [1] 8: Ready for the Times to Get Better - Crystal Gayle, Reynolds, Allen 9: I'll Do It All over Again - Crystal Gayle, Holyfield, Wayland 10: Wrong Road Again - Crystal Gayle, Reynolds, A. Reid

Great CD The order arrived fast and the material on this disc is great. I went looking for this CD and couldn't find it anywhere but Amazon. Remastered version of the Classic Crystal album Over twenty years later, they hold up remarkably well. These hits from Crystal's United Artists tenure (1975 - 1979) are what made her a star. The jewel of course is her signature hit, the bluesy "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes," which crossed over to # 2 pop, while my personal favorite is the spine-tingling "Talkin' In Your Sleep. " The gentle toe-tapper "Somebody Loves You" was the recording that made me first fall in love with Crystal's voice while the rollicking "Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For" has a hook that 24 years later is still stuck in my head! The lovely "When I Dream" may be Crystal's most heartfelt recording with "I'll Get Over You" her most economically effective (sparsely produced yet emotion-inducing). I give this collection five stars because they are all great recordings and it is very thematically varied, but I wish Capitol would get with it and put out a United Artists retrospective with more tracks (Classic Crystal includes the same 10 tracks - although this version is remastered - while the Madacy Best Of just substitutes "Wrong Road Again" with "Your Old Cold Shoulder"). Let's get "Your Old Cold Shoulder," "Your Kisses Will" "Karneval," "One More Time For Mexico," and "Heart Mender," (among others) added on so we can enjoy all of Crystal's United Artists singles on one cd!. You can see a complete list of all Crystal Gayle discography, or go back to the Crystal Gayle tabs