You Oughta Be Here with Me

1. Hell Stays Open (All Night Long)

2. You Oughta Be Here With Me

3. Somebody Always Paints the Wall

4. I Sleep Just Like a Baby

5. Someone That You Used to Know

6. I Want to Grow Old With You

7. Cold Day in December

8. Six Foot Deep, Six Foot Down

9. If the World Don't End Tomorrow

10. Ol' Red

Tracks:

Hell Stays Open (All Night Long)
You Oughta Be Here With Me
Somebody Always Paints the Wall
I Sleep Just Like a Baby
Someone That You Used to Know
I Want to Grow Old With You
Cold Day in December
Six Foot Deep, Six Foot Down
If the World Don't End Tomorrow
Ol' Red

Customer Reviews:

You Oughta Be Ashamed If You Ain't Heard This..........2004-12-23

Released in 1990, YOU OUGHTA BE HERE WITH ME was the last album George Jones recorded with legendary producer Billy Sherrill for CBS Records (discounting FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES, which was a cut and paste duet album) and it is also the record that prompted Jones to leave the label in disgust. This LP was virtually ignored and received no promotion from the label, sinking without a trace. This is indeed a shame.

The opening track, "Hell Stays Open All Night Long" is vintage George and the masterpiece of the album, a slab of stone-cold country about a man begging to "come back home" but turned away by his beloved. The Roger Miller written "You Oughta be Here With Me" is also sung majestically, with a spoken word piece delivered with the emotion only "the Possum" can breathe into a microphone. Other highlights include "I Sleep Just Like A Baby," "If The World Don't End Tomorrow," and "A Cold Day In December." More than anything else, this album shows that Jones and Sherrill were still looking forward and were not afraid to take chances, which is clearly evident on "Ol' Red," a song about a prisoner who escapes from prison with the help of a vicious but very horny bloodhound. It boggles the mind that this album is a lost classic, but it is, and if you consider yourself a true George Jones fan and you've never heard this, you must order it now! YOU OUGHTA BE HERE WITH ME proves that Jones may have gone out with a commercial whimper with Sherrill and CBS Records, but it was a big bang artistically.

you oughta have this CD.......2003-11-21

released in 1990 on Epic, this CD for whatever reasons just was not promoted at all. i remember at the time the CD originally came out. i was at a local store and i bought it. i listened to it and couldn't wait until i started hearing some of the songs on the radio. "Hell Stays Open All Night Long" was the first single but i didn't hear it on the radio and never saw it advertised anywhere in magazines. then, when "Six Foot Deep, Six Foot Down" was issued as a single, there was no promotional campaign or anything! by now it was late 1990 and George was on the radio with Randy Travis on "A Few Ole Country Boys"...but nothing surfaced about this album. THEN in mid 1991 he has out with a new CD on MCA records and i was like "what the heck? You Oughta Be Here With Me was ignored!!". since that time the cassette/CD has been out of print. i like all the songs and very interestingly two of the songs were to become hits for other singers. Tracy Lawrence did "Somebody Always Paints the Wall" and just recently "Ol Red" was a hit for someone. "I Sleep Just Like a Baby" and "A Cold Day in December" are two of my favorites aside from the singles "Hell Stays Open" and "Six Foot Deep, Six Foot Down". on the Baby song he sings: "everynight I sleep just like a baby. i wake up every hour and cry". the title track wasn't a single. co-written by Roger Miller, it's now available on the recent compilation CD of George's called 'Love Songs' on the Sony label. in case the CD i'm reviewing isn't available, check out 'Love Songs'. if not, you oughta have "You Oughta Be Here With Me".

Average customer rating:

Outstanding Collection of Love Songs
It is in need of 1 more musical.
Not enough songs...

More Broadway's Greatest Love Songs
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Manufacturer: Decca Broadway
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005UWL2
Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

Mamma Mia!: Our Last Summer - Paul Clarkston
Hair: Good Morning Starshine - Annable Leventon
The Phantom Of The Opera: All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman
Sweeney Todd: Not While I'm Around - Vanessa Williams
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas: Good Old Girl - Henderson Forsythe
The Fantasticks: Try To Remember - Jerry Orbach
Pippin: Love Song - John Rubinstein
Aspects Of Love: Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball
Big River: You Oughta Be Here With Me - Patti Cohenour
The King And I: I Have Dreamed - Peabo Bryson
Les Miserables: I Dreamed A Dream - Randy Graff
Evita: High Flying Adored - Mandy Patinkin
Babes In Arms: My Funny Valentine - Julie Andrews
Kiss Of The Spider Woman: Dear One - Howard McGillin
By Jeeves: Half A Moment - Emily Loesser
Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Dick Haymes

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Collection of Love Songs.......2007-06-22

I have to quickly disagree with those who are looking for more songs crammed in to what is such a breathtaking album of Broadway love songs. The rendition of the songs on this album and the Broadway singers selected for each piece, just are so beautifully recorded and make chills go through me. Whoever created this album, knew exactly what they were doing. This CD is full of nostalgia and artists who know how a song should be sung. They are certainly not making noise as on some Broadway CD's, but they have created an album that will go down in history for some of us who have longed to see such muscials come back to life in a way....that sadly has become a memory.

It is in need of 1 more musical........2005-05-29

I think they need to consider putting one more musical on this CD. This musical would have to be Wicked. What about As Long As Your Mine (from Wicked of course)? I think I would like this CD better if they could put Wicked on it. But of course this may not be true for everyone because obviously my favorite musical of all time is Wicked.

Not enough songs..........2004-10-20

Okay, so I have yet to hear this CD but already I have a quip: Why are there only 16 songs on this CD when the original Broadway's Greatest Love Songs had 20. They're cheating customers out of 4 songs! Also, why doesn't this include any songs from Aida, Triumph of Love, Beauty and the Beast, R&H's Cinderella, The Lion King, or Wicked! And please, "Our Last Summer" from Mamma Mia? Don't get me wrong, I love Mamma Mia, but that is NOT a love song.

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