Audio CD review:
Jr. Robert Earl Keen - BEST

Jr. Robert Earl Keen - BEST

Band: Jr. Robert Earl Keen Title: BEST Rating: Release Date: 26 June, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: No Kinda Dancer 2: Willie 3: Armadillo Jackal 4: Paint the Town Beige 5: Whenever Kindness Fails 6: Corpus Christi Bay 7: Merry Christmas From the Family 8: The Road Intro 9: The Road Goes On Forever 10: Furnace Fan 11: All I Have Is Today 12: Let the Music Play 13: For Love 14: Mr. Wolf And Mama Bear 15: Ride 16: Feeling Good Again 17: Gringo Honeymoon 18: I'm Comin' Home

Customer Reviews Another good work from Robert Earl Keen... I especially enjoyed some of the live performances of my favorites. I am a big fan, so my review will of course be biased, but I really enjoyed this CD. (I personally enjoy the live, more upbeat version of "Merry Christmas From The Family" better than the original. ) Anyway. . . if you like Robert Earl Keen's work (or would like to get to know it) you can't go wrong with this CD, in my opinion. Caveat Emptor I bought it on the strength of radio play of Feeling Good Again (from Walking Distance), plus glowing fan commentary. This is my first Robert Earl Keen CD. Imagine my disappointment when I learned that the version of Feelin' Good Again on this "Best of" compilation was a live recording. I don't have anything against live recordings per se, some of my favorite songs are live versions, and some of Robert Earl Keen's live songs are great. But I like to know what I'm buying. Sometimes I prefer to take my music without audience participation. It may be that these are great recordings of his best songs, and I just can't tell because I don't know his music. However, I can't get over the feeling of being ripped off because the record label fails to disclose that some of the songs are live. You can't tell from the outside of the CD in the store, and you can't tell from the information in Amazon. The live songs are: Merry Christmas from the Family, The Road Intro (which is very funny), and The Road Goes On Forever, from No. 2 Live Diner, and Felling Good Again, Gringo Honeymoon, and I'm Coming Home, from Live at the Ryman. . You can see a complete list of all Jr. Robert Earl Keen discography, or go back to the Jr. Robert Earl Keen tabs