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Sleepless Nights: the Traditional Country Soul of Patty Loveless | 
| Artist: Patty Loveless
Label: Time Life
Category: Music
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 5341
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 19660
UPC: 610583243222
EAN: 6105832432228
ASIN: B001C0NMXY
Release Date: November 3, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Tracks:
| • | Why Baby Why | | • | Pain Of Loving You | | • | He Thinks I Still Care | | • | Sleepless Nights - Loveless, Patty & Vince Gill | | • | Crazy Arms | | • | There Stands The Glass | | • | That's All It Took - Loveless, Patty & Jedd Hughes | | • | Color Of The Blues | | • | I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know | | • | Next In Line | | • | Don't Let Me Cross Over | | • | Please Help Me I'm Falling | | • | There Goes My Everything | | • | Cold Cold Heart |
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Outstanding covers of country oldies September 10, 2008
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Covers albums aren't always appreciated by those who are familiar with the songs already, but I love them as long as they are done well, as this one is. Indeed, I've heard a few great ones by country singers in recent years, notably Twang on a wire (Kate Campbell), The chain (Deana Carter), Those were the days (Dolly Parton) and Timeless (Martina McBride). I expected Patty's album to be of a similar quality, especially when I saw the track listing and so it has proved.
Patty has selected songs from the fifties, sixties and seventies that particularly appealed to her. Four of them (Why baby why, He thinks I still care, Color of the blues, That`s all it took) were originally made famous by George Jones, the last-named originally being a duet performed by Gene Pitney and George Jones, which Gram Parsons later covered; his version can be found on G.P./Grievous angel. Maybe the possibility crossed Patty's mind to do an entire album of George Jones songs, but she obviously decided not to do that as the rest of the album features songs original recorded by other singers as follows:-
The pain of loving you - originally a duet by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, later re-recorded by Dolly with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris on Trio.
Sleepless nights - originally recorded by the Everly Brothers in the sixties, later covered by Emmylou Harris in the seventies and by the Judds in the eighties.
Crazy arms - originally recorded by Ray Price, this has been covered by plenty of other singers including Jerry Lee Lewis, Patsy Cline and Barbara Mandrell.
There stands the glass - originally recorded by Webb Pierce. It's great to find one of his songs included because not many singers cover his songs. There's a fine cover of this song by BR5-49 on the multi-artist Caught in the Webb, the only tribute album to Webb Pierce that I`ve come across. Van Morrison also included this song and two other Webb Pierce covers on his country album Pay the devil, but although I haven`t heard Van`s album, I understand that it`s not as good as it might have been.
I forgot more than you'll ever know - originally recorded by the Davis sisters, but I particularly like Jann Browne's version.
Next in line - originally recorded by Conway Twitty, I`ve never heard anybody but Conway sing this song before although I know that Jack Greene included a cover on one of his albums.
Don't let me cross over - originally a number one country hit for Carl and Pearl Butler, since recorded by several other country singers including Jim Reeves, the Kendalls and Dolly Parton.
Please help me I'm falling - originally recorded by Hank Locklin, but recorded by many others since, my favorite being Janie Fricke`s version.
There goes my everything - originally a country number one hit for Jack Greene but better know via pop covers by Engelbert Humperdinck and Elvis Presley.
Cold cold heart - originally written and recorded by Hank Williams, this song became a huge American pop hit for Tony Bennett early in his career.
So those are the songs that you'll find on this album, each and every one of them performed superbly by the great Patty Loveless in a style that fans of country music from the fifties, sixties and seventies enjoy.
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