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Collin Raye - Love Songs Audio CD

A fair review of the Collin Raye "Love Songs" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Collin Raye reviews here, or go back to the Collin Raye tabs.

Collin Raye Band: Collin Raye
Title: Love Songs
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Release Date: 2000-09-26
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Love, Me 2: In This Life 3: Let It Be Me 4: Gift 5: I Volunteer 6: That Was a River 7: All My Roads 8: Survivors 9: Dreaming My Dreams With You 10: And I Love You So

Great ablum
True, his ballads are remarkable, but come on just buy his Direct Hit and you get his greatest songs. I only bought this ablum because I am a die-hard Collin Raye fan.


Classic Raye
It doesn't matter that you might have all of these songs except one on other cd's, what does matter is flow of these songs and the mood the cd creates. An entire cd of Collin Raye's best ballads should be added to every fan's collection. Classic Collin, beautiful love songs, emotionally moving ballads, what's not to love! In my option, "Survivors" from The Wall Came Down cd and "And I Love You So" Don McClean's classic are the highlights of this cd. Collin Raye has never dissappointed his fans before and is not about to start now.


Great songs but still a rip-off
This CD is no exceptional. Compilation CDs are rip-offs for diehard fans or even fans with a few of the artist's CDs. The songs all have been released before except for one new song. But being Raye's big fan, I have to buy this CD.

The only new song here is the Don McClean's classic "And I Love You So. " This track is solely produced by Raye himself. Unfortunately Raye delivers an ordinary version of this ballad backed by gentle guitars. The arrangement of the song is safe rather than adventurous. However, Raye's heartfelt vocals make up for the lack of originality in its production.

The rest of the songs here have all been found on Raye's previous releases. But I must applaud Epic for not just choosing the hits. Well chosen album cuts are represented here including the old Waylon Jennings classic "Dreaming My Dreams with You. " "All My Roads," a track from Raye's "The Walls Came Down," is another excellent choice. The song starts off softly but builds up to a crescendo allowing Raye to showcase his strong and high tenor vocals.

"I Volunteer" is my favorite song from this CD. It's one of the best songs about self-sacrifice ever written. While perennial favourites like the semi-religious "The Gift" and Raye's big hit "In This Life" are also included.

A good collection of love songs where the theme of forever love is well explored.


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