Nashville/Boogity Boogity

1. Nashville

2. Love Me Longer

3. Float

4. Golden Age

5. Never Ending Song of Love

6. Nobody's Fool

7. Undivided Attention

8. You've Got the Music Inside

9. Fish Eat Sleep

10. Piece by Piece

11. Destroyed

12. Streak

13. Smith and Jones

14. Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band)

15. Bagpipes That's My Bag

16. Don't Boogie Woogie

17. Moonlight Special

18. Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)

19. Heart Transplant

20. Just So Proud to Be Here

Tracks:

Nashville
Love Me Longer
Float
Golden Age
Never Ending Song Of Love
Nobodys Fool
Undivided Attention
Youve Got The Music Inside
Fish Eat Sleep
Piece By Piece
Destroyed
The Streak
Smith And Jones
Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band)
Bagpipes Thats My Bag
Dont Boogie Woogie
The Moonlight Special
Bridget The Midget (The Queen Of The Blues)
Heart Transplant
Just So Proud To Be Here

Customer Reviews:

Hoo-ray for Ray!.......2005-09-24

This double album CD is a MUST...a MUST...for ALL fans of Ray Stevens!! Not only is this project a combination of two of his best albums, it's ALSO the only place to find a huge chunk of these songs on CD. Collectables Records distributed this CD. It combines Ray's 1973 "Nashville" album with his 1974 "Boogity-Boogity" album. There's 20 songs on here and the ONLY drawback is that there are no liner notes. It would have been fun to read about these two albums or perhaps read Ray's thoughts about some of the songs but there's no liner notes which kind of is a let down...BUT the music more than makes up for it. The first 11 songs from "Nashville" spotlighted, at the time, the country side of Ray. Back in 1973, Ray was hitting the Hot 100 pop and Adult-Contemporary charts much more than country...BUT, this isn't to say "Nashville" is a totally country album either. There's a lot of pop arrangements on these songs...that even in 1973 would've been considered pop...such as "Golden Age" or the funky "Nobody's Fool". Keeping with the country side, Ray gives us "Nashville", which hit the country Top-40...plus we have the cheatin' song "Love Me Longer" and the full-on positive love song "Undivided Attention". I love "Never Ending Song of Love". The arrangement is did very up-tempo and it's hilarious...the closest thing on this album to a novelty song. "Fish Eat Sleep" is a lullaby! Don't let the title fool you! The longest song on the "Nashville" album is "You've Got the Music Inside", which clocks in at 4 minutes and 45 seconds. He re-recorded this in 1978, at mid-tempo and is much shorter. The second album on this CD, "Boogity-Boogity", is all-comedy. It was thrown together in 1974 to support the single "The Streak". "Smith and Jones" was his other streaking song and it's MORE funny than "The Streak". But "The Streak" was the big hit and it sold over 5 million copies...hitting #1 pop and #1 in the UK and hitting the country Top-10. The other hits from here were "The Moonlight Special", hit 1974 spoof of the TV show "The Midnight Special". Ray does his impersonations of Wolfman Jack; Jerry Lee Lewis; and a Gladys Knight R&B group called Mildred Queen and the Dips. "Bridget the Midget" was actually a hit for Ray in 1970...it hit the pop charts here and hit #2 in England. It was included, obviously, because this was a novelty album and Barnaby {the label Ray was on at the time} was looking for material as filler. "Boogity-Boogity" by the way is the phrase that's sung on "The Streak"... 'here he comes, boogity-boogity....there he goes...boogity-boogity...'. All in all, this double album CD is like i earlier said, a MUST for all Ray Stevens fans!!!

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