The Walls Came Down

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Collin Raye arrived in Nashville in 1991 with two strikes against him: a history as a lounge singer in Reno and a decidedly uncountry moniker (real name: Floyd Collin Wray). Neither a sexy performer nor, with his soft, colorless tenor, a stellar talent, Raye nevertheless found a niche as a suburban Everyman. His sentimental but affecting middle-of-the-road songs found him wrestling with essential human drama, i.e., the pain of being a recovering alcoholic and the desire to be a better husband and father. This album further develops his persona as a simple family man--the kind who still believes in prayers before supper--trying to cope with a rapidly changing world. Lots of folks identify with that, and if this likeable, heartland lug talks a little too much about kids, mama, and corners of the heart, well, someone's gotta do it. --Alanna Nash

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Most of Raye's sixth studio album takes a middle-of-the-road, values-affirming approach.

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Average customer rating: Collin Raye's most consistent CD Great CD Great work Collin! April 12, 2000 Absolutely fabulous! S U P E R C D - I H A D N E V E R L I S T E N BETTER

The Walls Came Down Collin Raye Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tracks I Think About You In This Life All I Can Be Extremes ASIN: B000009CZH Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

1. Anyone Else
2. I Wish I Could
3. Start Over Georgia
4. I Can Still Feel You
5. Someone You Used To Know
6. Corner Of The Heart
7. All My Roads
8. The Walls Came Down
9. April Fool
10. Make Sure You've Got It All
11. Survivors
12. Dark Secrets
13. The Eleventh Commandment

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Collin Raye arrived in Nashville in 1991 with two strikes against him: a history as a lounge singer in Reno and a decidedly uncountry moniker (real name: Floyd Collin Wray). Neither a sexy performer nor, with his soft, colorless tenor, a stellar talent, Raye nevertheless found a niche as a suburban Everyman. His sentimental but affecting middle-of-the-road songs found him wrestling with essential human drama, i.e., the pain of being a recovering alcoholic and the desire to be a better husband and father. This album further develops his persona as a simple family man--the kind who still believes in prayers before supper--trying to cope with a rapidly changing world. Lots of folks identify with that, and if this likeable, heartland lug talks a little too much about kids, mama, and corners of the heart, well, someone's gotta do it. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

Collin Raye's most consistent CD.......2001-07-19

The Walls Came Down reaffirms Collin Raye's status as one of country music's top interpreters. His muscular tenor bites mightily into the hypnotically frenetic "I Can Still Feel You" and the mid-paced rhythms of "Anyone Else" with obvious zeal, while he sails angelically through moving ballads like "I Wish I Could" and "All My Roads."

What startles is Raye's emergence as a first-rate songwriter, with contributions to two of the strongest cuts on the album. The gentle bluegrass ballad "Start Over Georgia" offers a descriptive look at small town values, while the uptempo title track effectively captures the exhilaration and relief of removing a facade and revealing one's true self. This pair of gems - the latter written by Raye alone - bode well for his future as a complete artist.

Raye's affinity for message songs continues with the child abuse saga "The Eleventh Commandment" and its prelude "Dark Secrets." Unlike previous hits "Little Rock" and "I Think About You," which managed to entertain while making an important statement, "The Eleventh Commandment" comes on way too strong. Chalk it up as an ambitious failure that concludes an otherwise first-rate album.

Great CD.......2000-07-14

As usual Collin Raye publishes a great CD. Good combination of songs with the hits and songs we haven't heard but should. Of all the great hit songs on the CD, my favorite is All My Roads. If you like Collin Raye you'll love this.

Great work Collin! April 12, 2000.......2000-04-12

This is another CD of wonderful work performed by Collin Raye. He even wrote a couple of songs. He wrote the title track himself and co-wrote "Start Over Georgia" with his brother Scott. This was the first CD I ever owned of Collin. When I heard it, it brought tears to my eyes. It reminded me of when I first heard his song "One Boy, One Girl". That was 5 years ago. Every song he has done to date is an exceptional piece of work that only Collin can provide. He touches the heart and soul. I am not disappointed with this CD or any of his others. Please go out and buy it. It is well worth the money.

Absolutely fabulous!.......1999-12-13

This is a truly amazing album. Collin Raye is extremely talented and has produced great work in the past, but this is definitely his best work. From the optimistic start, with "Anyone Else" to the emotion filled tear jerker ending, "The Eleventh Commandment" this album is filled with fantastic music, that transcends the country/pop barriers that are so easy to find in music today. I adore this album and could listen to it over and over again. As far as the best songs on this album go, my picks are two unreleased gems, "All My Roads" and "Survivors." Talented artist, excellent writing, terrific music, all in all, a wonderful musical journey!

S U P E R C D - I H A D N E V E R L I S T E N BETTER.......1999-08-24

Super Cd I want to buy it, but don't know where to get here in Germany/Cologne sad.

Average customer rating: The Walls Stand Strong Too many great songs left out-but worth it anyhow For Once, The Record Label Gets It Right Heed the Call, they will take you higher.

The Walls Came Down: The Best of the Mercury Years The Call Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Rock General | Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Reconciled Into the Woods To Heaven And Back Let the Day Begin On the Verge of a Nervous Breakthough ASIN: B000001G0W Release Date: 1991-06-11

Tracks:

1. War Weary World
2. There's A Heart Here
3. Doubt
4. Upperbirth
5. Flesh And Steel
6. Waiting For The End
7. The Walls Came Down
8. Turn A Blind Eye
9. Modern Romans
10. Back From The Front
11. Destination
12. Violent Times
13. All About You
14. Scene Beyond Dreams
15. Tremble
16. Delivered
17. Heavy Hand
18. One Life Leads To Another

Customer Reviews:

The Walls Stand Strong.......2003-10-24

The Call made three albums of fervent rock in the early eighties that caught some notice for their nervy energy and passionate lyrics. When I was in college, my college station began discovering the intense "War Weary World," and the song caught on with our listeners so strongly that the local rock station was forced to add it to their rotation...that's how strong it resonated with those that heard it. (And this was a station that had Ozzy's "Crazy Train" in a heavy rotation at the time.) That first album, represented here by 6 songs, was as dramatic a statement made by any band of the period (U2 always sprang to mind when I listened to the album). From the deadpan "Yeah, we've seen it all before" line behind lead singer Michael Been's righteous vocal on "War Weary World" to the stark questioning of "Doubt," The Call were obviously a band to be reckoned with. By the time the second album came out, they'd toughened up enough to hammer out an MTV anthem with "The Walls Came Down." They had begun forming a fan base of such luminosity that Garth Hudson (of The Band) had become a member by this time. His keyboards helped give The Call some diversity and propelled such numbers as the instrumental "Destination." Been's songwriting was also quickly turning more and more pointed, with "Turn A Blind Eye" continuing the political acuity that "War Weary World" delivered on the debut.

Unfortunately, internal turmoil made 1984's "Scene Beyond Dreams" a transitional record. You can hear the focus shift on such tracks as "Tremble" and "Delivered," which sport a dated sound and feel less like a band than the first two albums' songs on this collection. It is also the album where Been began his spiritual journey that would gel on the albums to follow. Struggling with conflicts between Christianity and a formidable dose of rock cynicism (much like U2, Bob Dylan, Bruce Cockburn and Peter Gabriel), The Call had begun crafting songs that explored this rift with sincerity and power. Despite the indistinct production, these five songs from "Scene Beyond Dreams" are still powerful statements about the human condition.

By this time, however, there was enough tension that the band went dormant for two years, switched labels and stormed back with the incredible "Reconciled" in 1986. A singer as forceful and passionate as Been just could not be relegated to video pabulum. He and his bandmates always understood that rock, for many of us, could still make the world shift on its axis, if for only three and a half minutes. This early document of a largely unsung band is a must for those who respect deeply personalized, spiritual rock.

Too many great songs left out-but worth it anyhow.......2003-01-29

This album is indeed great, including excellent songs such as 'War Weary World' and 'Flesh and Steel', unfortunately, a more accurate 'Best of the Mercury Years', would nearly have to be twice the size of this CD. Granted, The Call did only 3 albums with Mercury, yet this 18 song compilation left out some truly great songs and carried on some that weren't necessarily the best of the possible selections. Apparent in the songs left out were 'Time of Your Life' from 'Modern Romans' and the excellent 'Bandits' from the epynonamous first album. In fairness, only 4 songs are not included from the first album, and only 3 from 'Modern Romans', with another 5 missing from 'Scene Beyond Dreams', which is admittedly, the weakest of the three. This collection tantalizes you with an idea of a complete release of these albums, which would only require a two CD set and adding the other nine songs. Come on, Mercury Records-show the love! In value, most of these songs are grandious in their New Wave Southern Rock sound, with etherial lyrics by Michael Been. It is the only place currently to get these songs easily on CD, and worth the money for this point.

For Once, The Record Label Gets It Right.......2001-09-18

This is a collection of songs from The Call's first three albums, "The Call", "Modern Romans", and "Scene Beyond Dreams". Ordinarily I would prefer a record label to issue the original albums in their entirety, but in this case I think they made the right "call" by just compiling the best tracks from those albums. The fact is, they were able to fit about 70% of the material from those albums onto this one disc. And they did an outstanding job of picking which to include and which to leave out. The first 3 albums were inferior to what came later from Michael Been and company, but nonetheless there were many fine songs that all made it onto this collection - "War Weary World"; "The Walls Came Down"; "Turn A Blind Eye"; "Modern Romans"; "Scene Beyond Dreams"; "Tremble". The stuff that got left off is really of interest only to the most devoted of fans. For most of us, this does just fine. For those who first heard of The Call through later hits like "I Still Believe", there are many fine treasures to be discovered on this CD.

Heed the Call, they will take you higher........1999-07-29

Wanna hear the Talking Heads, the Cars, U2, Men At Work - type songs done really well, but aren't really those bands, and a major helping of the band doing other songs of theirs that sound like nobody BUT the Call? It's here on this recap of the early music these guys put out. The production is good, the selections just right. Some of the smooth, insightful lyrics remind me of a young John Lennon, after the teeny-bop; angy, socially/politically consious without being pretentious,as always delivered with Been's enthusiastic and uncannily expressive voice. In fact, some of their guitar/melody hooks were Beatle-ishly catchy. Flashes of great song-writing invade a cd laced with material that's good without them. Listen to the lyrics closely a few times to see how simple but sweetly true they are, then sit back and enjoy how smartly they're captured within the music. Yes, they were young and angry, but weren't we all at birth? And just like any other child full of promise, delightful!

Average customer rating: All 8 songs listed here.

Walls Came Down The Greenes Manufacturer: Riversong ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008S3Q Release Date: 1996-03-01

Customer Reviews:

All 8 songs listed here........2005-03-11

When Jesus Comes In The Clouds
I'm Going Thru
The Song Of The Redeemed
The Blood Covered It All
Sometimes I Wish
The Rock I'm Leaning On
Memories Medley
I Am A Christian

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LIVE WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA AND THE WALLS CAME DOWN ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B000IKK9F8

Product Description

WHEN JESUS COMES IN THE CLOUDS....I'M GOING THRU.........THE SONG OF THE REDEEMED.........THE BLOOD COVERED IT ALL.SOMETIMES I WISHED.....THE ROCK I'M LEANING ON.....MEMORIES MEDLEY.......I AM A CHRISTIAN

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And The Walls Came Tumblin Down Manufacturer: LSN Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000F8EW56

Product Description

Includes cd-single El Muro Se Cayo

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2. Tight Rope
3. Transcontinental [Enhanced]
4. Two Sides to Every Woman/Musical Shapes
5. Under the Covers
6. Victim of Life's Circumstances/Genuine Cowhide
7. Vintage Collections
8. When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of The Louvin Brothers
9. When the Sun Goes Down [Limited Edition]
10. Wildwood Flower [Enhanced]

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