Loveless [Import]

Product Description
Remastered Asian pressing. My Bloody Valentine's entire career has been aiming toward the perfect guitar noise that Kevin Shields has in his head: a pure, warm, androgynous but deeply sexual rush of sound. Loveless is overwhelming, with Shields and Bilinda Butcher's guitars and voices blending into each other until they become a distant orchestra, the rhythm section striding in majestic lockstep, and occasional bursts of dance rhythms (as on the single 'Soon') buoying the live instruments' warp and drift. Furiously loud, but seductive rather than aggressive, the album flows like a lava stream from one track into another, subsuming everything in the mix into its blissful roar, and pulsing like a lover's body. 11 total tracks. Packaged in a slip case with an additional booklet. Sony. 2005.

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Average customer rating: Awesome masterpiece? really? Through the wall Just extraordinary in every sense of the word. The best album ever?

Loveless My Bloody Valentine Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | British Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Shoegazing | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Innovators | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: Isn't Anything Daydream Nation Souvlaki Nowhere Tremolo ASIN: B000002LRJ Release Date: 1991-11-05

Tracks:

1. Only Shallow
2. Loomer
3. Touched
4. To Here Knows When
5. When You Sleep
6. I Only Said
7. Come In Alone
8. Sometimes
9. Blown A Wish
10. What You Want
11. Soon

Amazon.com

My Bloody Valentine's entire career has been aiming toward the perfect guitar noise that Kevin Shields has in his head: a pure, warm, androgynous but deeply sexual rush of sound. Loveless is overwhelming, with Shields and Bilinda Butcher's guitars and voices blending into each other until they become a distant orchestra, the rhythm section striding in majestic lockstep, and occasional bursts of dance rhythms (as on the single "Soon") buoying the live instruments' warp and drift. Furiously loud but seductive rather than aggressive, the album flows like a lava stream from one track into another, subsuming everything in the mix into its blissful roar, and pulsing like a lover's body. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

Awesome.......2007-07-18

I've been searching for something unique and refreshing to listen to for quite some time and stumbled upon this album while fumbling about in someone's list of favorites. I haven't stopped listening to it since I recieved from Amazon about a week ago. My Bloody Valentine weave a kind of rigid beauty like what I would envision as the sound of an uncut gemstone. This albums laced with angelic melodies atop bending, twirling guitar breaths. It's amazing. I give it five stars and don't see myself getting over this for quite sometime. Thankyou.

masterpiece? really?.......2007-07-14

I must admit I am surprised with this album. I have had it for about a week now. I tried it out because I had been trying to get into new music and I have heard it said that this piece was an inspiration for Smashing Pumpkins. Even that SP ripped it off. Having listened to it I am surprised. I am surprised how much supposed money, though, and effort went into it. I don't doubt that it was groundbreaking and influential, it is just that, for all that went into it and the high regard people have for it, a good deal of the tracks sound like me and my friends goofing around with power chords in my basement with the volume too high. I do like most of it. some of the songs are a tad too long for all the repetitive riffs and simple structure of the songs. Some of them seem to drone on and on when they would sound fine being 3 or 4 minutes instead of 6. I can see the comparisons to SP because one or two of the tracks sound like Siamese Dream B-sides.

Having that off my chest, I still recommend this album. Especially for fans of The Smashing Pumpkins early work (Gish, Siamese Dream) or If you have heard and like Hum.

Through the wall.......2007-07-14

I haven't listened to this cd in probably 10 years. Finding it in buried in my collection, I ripped the tracks and I must say...it is like hearing it for the first time. What's amazing is how utterly timeless it feels. I've listened to it multiple times since, mesmerized at its complexity, the spectral quality of the vocal integration (truly, it sounds like an instrumental album where ghosts have been found to appear). This classic album would be served well with a remastered edition.

Just extraordinary in every sense of the word........2007-07-05

Still the greatest shoegazer album ever made (and arguably the first), "Loveless" is one of those rare albums that must be listened to dozens of times in order to be thoroughly appreciated, and once that happens, one can listen to "Loveless" countless times without growing tired of it. My Bloody Valentine's previous album, "Isn't Anything," perhaps hinted at brilliance, but it's not in the same league as "Loveless" which remains one of my top ten favorite rock albums.

With the swirling feedback sonic-drenched guitars, and the minimilist haunting vocals (Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields), "Loveless" sounds like nothing else before or since. No fewer than six songs completely blow me away: "Only Shallow," "Loomer," "When You Sleep," "Come in Alone," "Sometimes" (sung so beautifully by Kevin), and then, after somewhat of a lull, the incredibly gorgeous finale "Soon." For me, so many emotions emerge during what feels more like a profound journey than a mere listening experience.

My question is how could Kevin Shields and his bandmates put out something so unique and wonderful and then never release another album again? I don't know if they would have ever reached these heights again, but they certainly could have tried. Fortunately MBV inspired many other bands, some who carried on the shoegazer mantle quite well. Right now, for instance, I've been listening alot to Voyager One and Bethany Curve, both who owe MBV big-time.

I think I would stand on line all night in the rain to see a reunited MBV perform "Loveless" live. I'm not sure I could say that about any other band and album.

P.S. - Above, I mentioned that this album was one of my top ten favorite rock albums. Here they are (in no particular order):

Loveless
Stone Roses - self titled album
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Disintegration - The Cure
Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
Born to Run - Springsteen
Who's Next - The Who
Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
To Our Children's Children's Children - The Moody Blues
Joshua Tree - U2

To my fellow shoegazer fans, may I recommend:

Ferment - Catherine Wheel
Nowhere - Ride
Monster Zero - Voyager One
Gold - Bethany Curve

The best album ever?.......2007-04-29

Is this the best album ever made?

I'm not sure about that... but i am sure that its up there with the likes of The Stone Roses, Pet Sounds and White Album.

It is without doubt my fave record ever... even beating The Stone Roses debut album. Whats more i still have my Loveless tour t-shirt :-)

Why Kevin Shields and Belinda Butcher never released a follow-up is a complete mystery to me. It may still happen though...

Personal fave of mine on the album is Only Shallow.

If you like this album you will love "You made me realise"... a fantastic tune.

Average customer rating: Songcatcher Disappointed Not very authentic, but a couple of good songs Songcatcher - The real soundtrack Bad

Songcatcher: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture Roseanne Cash , Dolly Parton , Emmylou Harris , Maria McKee , David Mansfield , Patty Loveless , Allison Moorer , Emmy Rossum , David Patrick Kelly & Bobby McMillen Hazel Dickens , and Pat Carrolls Manufacturer: Vanguard Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songcatcher II: The Tradition That Inspired the Movie Songcatcher Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways Songs From the Mountain O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection ASIN: B00005B50H Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

1. Fair And Tender Ladies - Roseanne Cash
2. Pretty Saro - Iri DeMent
3. When Love Is New - Dolly Parton & Emmy Rossum
4. Barbara Allen - Emmy Rossum
5. Barbara Allen - Emmylou Harris
6. Moonshiner - Allison Moorer
7. Sounds Of Loneliness - Patty Loveless
8. All My Tears - Julie Miller
9. Wayfarin' Stranger - Maria McKee
10. Mary Of The Wild Moor - Sara Evans
11. Wind And Rain - Gillian Welch, David Rawlings & David Steele
12. The Cuckoo Bird - Deana Carter
13. Score Suite #1 - David Mansfield
14. Conversations With Death - Hazel Dickens, David Patrick Kelly & Bobby McMillen
15. Score Suite #2 - David Mansfield
16. Single Girl - Pat Carrolls

Amazon.com

Maybe they should have subtitled this album O Sister, Where Art Thou? Like the music from the Coen brothers' O Brother... movie, Songcatcher celebrates the emotional purity of mountain music, the acoustic balladry of the Appalachians--only this soundtrack features an all-female assemblage. Among the luminaries who shine the brightest: Rosanne Cash, who sets the tone with the album-opening "Fair and Tender Ladies"; Julie Miller, whose original "All My Tears" could pass as an old spiritual; Patty Loveless, who returns to her Kentucky roots with "Sounds of Loneliness"; and Gillian Welch, who leads an a cappella rendition of "Wind and Rain." Of the more familiar material, Emmylou Harris seems like she's coasting through the oft-revived "Barbara Allen" while Maria McKee sounds like she's singing for her life on "Wayfarin' Stranger." Yet the emphasis throughout is less on vocal virtuosity than on the stark simplicity of the songs, the album more impressive as an ensemble piece than a showcase for individual singers. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Songcatcher.......2007-05-30

This CD is absolutely fantastic. If anyone that enjoys mountain music will
certainly be crazy about it. And if you enjoy the CD, you will diffiently enjoy the DVD of the Songcatcher.

Disappointed.......2007-05-25

I should have paid more attention to the fine print. Mostly, this is not a soundtrack album. If I want to listen to all the songs as they are performed in the film, it seems I will have to get the DVD.

If you want to listen to the soundtrack performances of all the songs, then do not get this CD.

Not very authentic, but a couple of good songs.......2007-01-17

This is an okay album if you are just looking for some listenable music, but in general the songs are overdone and not authentic-sounding (as in, they don't sound like mountain music but like something produced in some fancy studio). The exception is Iris DeMent's "Pretty Saro," which is an absolute gem and perhaps makes the album worth buying for just this one song!!! There are some good songs on here, but if you are looking for real Appalachian tunes, you'll not find much of that. Of course, many of the singers have fantastic voices, so that's one plus. There are a lot of really good authentic albums out there, but this isn't one of them.

Songcatcher - The real soundtrack.......2007-01-16

My mother loves this CD so much I had to buy her another, one for her home & one in the car. My grandmother and aunt loved the music & movie too, and now my 9 year old is singing some of the quirky songs too. They highly recommend it for people that like the movie or this type of music.

Bad.......2007-01-02

Nothing good to say about this... overproduced and does not capture spirit of the movie. Get "Songcatcher II" instead.

Average customer rating: A real gem from Patty Mountain high IPUTONANEWCOAT-KingsportTN Bluegrass Soul Patty at her best

Mountain Soul Patty Loveless Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dreamin' My Dreams Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas On Your Way Home Classics The Definitive Collection ASIN: B00005KG65 Release Date: 2001-06-26

Tracks:

1. The Boys Are Back In Town
2. The Richest Fool Alive
3. Daniel Prayed
4. Someone I Used To Know
5. Out Of Control Raging Fire
6. Rise Up Lazarus
7. Cheap Whiskey
8. Pretty Little Miss
9. I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)
10. Sorrowful Angels
11. Soul Of Constant Sorrow
12. You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
13. Two Coats
14. Sounds Of Loneliness

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Pikeville, Kentucky, native Patty Loveless has occasionally acknowledged her mountain-music roots on her frequently excellent albums of mainstream country. Hear, for instance, the pained, stoic version of Carter Stanley's "I'll Never Grow Tired of You" on Loveless's 1988 breakthrough, Honky Tonk Angel. Like too few of her 21st-century post-hillbilly peers could do, the singer makes Mountain Soul--an all-acoustic sampling of classics and a handful of new songs--far more than a nod to the style. Loveless's clear voice and sensitivity to narrative lyrics have made ballads her most fertile ground, and here she turns in as consistently affecting a disc as she's ever made. Whether offering a remake of Reno & Smiley's "I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)," hard-country-influenced duets with Travis Tritt and Jon Randall ("Out of Control Raging Fire" and "Someone I Used to Know," respectively), or a rewritten "Soul of Constant Sorrow," she channels emotion in a straightforward way that could serve as a master class for many current vocalists. Even while celebrating a sound rooted in another time, though, Loveless takes an artistic chance or two: Darrell Scott's long, downbeat story song "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" isn't the record's best cut, but it's one of its most intriguing. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

A real gem from Patty.......2007-06-30

The first two cuts on the album didn't move me too much (not that they were bad), but I really started to listen hard later in the album. Patty has THE voice for this kind of music. I almost got the feeling you could close your eyes and go back to the 1950's and you'd hear exactly this same sound and the same instruments. That song about Harlan, KY has a real haunting quality about it, and for me it's definitely one of my favorites. I had bought the album some time ago, listened to it and put it up, but I'm definitely enjoying it more the second time around.

Mountain high.......2007-05-14

In today's country music climate, it's a brave soul who issues a true-blue traditional Bluegrass and Gospel album. Patty Loveless dares and wins, triumphantly. This, her eleventh album, failed to get much airplay when released in 2001 (because it was so out of the mainstream) but was a moderate success anyway, and has maintained a steady following since. Quite simply, you'll love this album if it happens to be your 'kind of thing'. Listen to the samples and you'll know if it is or not. Come to think of it, given that used copies are now so cheap, why not give it a try even if you're not sure if it is your kind of thing? It might grow on you.

IPUTONANEWCOAT-KingsportTN.......2007-03-08

The service was great-the music was much better than I expected. The CD was ordered for one song, "Old Coat" but every song on the CD was enjoyable.

Bluegrass Soul.......2007-01-10

Patty has created a truly wonderful work in bluegrass style that is in my mind her true calling. Country may be more marketable so if she never does another bluegrass album I'll simply thank her for this one and wish her the best.

Patty at her best.......2006-11-29

When you do what you love it shows. I bought this before I went on a road trip through the Smokies (like how no trip through the Rockies can be done w/o a John Denver CD). I was pleasantly suprised and enjoyed it immensely. Patty's voice was made for this type of music.

Average customer rating: Patty's 16 biggest hits

16 Biggest Hits Patty Loveless 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: Definitive Collection Definitive Collection A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection Pure BS Rhinestoned ASIN: B000N69PAM Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

1. Timber, I'm Falling In Love
2. Chains
3. Blame It On Your Heart
4. You Will
5. How Can I Help You Say Goodbye
6. I Try To Think About Elvis
7. Here I Am
8. You Don't Even Know Who I Am
9. Halfway Down
10. You Can Feel Bad
11. A Thousand Times A Day
12. Lonely Too Long
13. She Drew A Broken Heart
14. You Don't Seem To Miss Me (George Jones with Patty Loveless)
15. That's The Kind Of Mood I'm In
16. Lovin' All Night

Customer Reviews:

Patty's 16 biggest hits.......2007-03-06

This is album which features 16 of Patty's biggest hits is an album for new Patty Loveless fans
1. Timber, I'm Falling In Love (from Honky Tonk Angel)
2. Chains (from Honky Tonk Angel)
3. Blame It On Your Heart (from Only What I Feel)
4. You Will (from Only What I Feel)
5. How Can I Help You Say Goodbye (from Only What I Feel)
6. I Try To Think About Elvis (from When Fallen Angels Fly)
7. Here I Am (from When Fallen Angels Fly)
8. You Don't Even Know Who I Am (from When Fallen Angels Fly)
9. Halfway Down (from When Fallen Angels Fly)
10. You Can Feel Bad (from The Trouble with the Truth)
11. A Thousand Times A Day (from The Trouble with the Truth)
12. Lonely Too Long (from The Trouble with the Truth)
13. She Drew A Broken Heart (from The Trouble with the Truth)
14. You Don't Seem To Miss Me (from Long Stretch of Lonesome)
15. That's The Kind Of Mood I'm In (from Strong Heart)
16. Lovin' All Night (from On Your Way Home)

Average customer rating: Patty "the Hottie" Loveless--Burning up the Tracks She's Great -- As Always EVERY CUT STRONG!!! Another great sing-along-with-Patty-CD! Great album by a great country singer.

Dreamin' My Dreams Patty Loveless 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: Mountain Soul On Your Way Home Classics Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas The Definitive Collection ASIN: B000CGX6WQ Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Keep Your Distance
2. Old Soul
3. When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough
4. Nobody Here By That Name
5. Same Kind Of Crazy
6. Everything But The Words
7. Dreaming My Dreams With You
8. On The Verge Of Tears
9. Never Ending Song Of Love
10. Big Chance
11. My Old Friend The Blues
12. When I Reach The Place I'm Going

Amazon.com

Never before has Patty Loveless mediated so gracefully between bluegrass tradition and superior songcraft from a wide range of sources. Fiddles and mandolins abound throughout Dreaming My Dreams' largely acoustic arrangements, but they are put to the service of material that extends from a propulsive, album-opening rendition of Richard Thompson's "Keep Your Distance" to the rollicking honky-tonk of Delbert McClinton's "Same Kind of Crazy" to the title-song reverie, a signature tune for the late Waylon Jennings. Loveless teams with Dwight Yoakam for a revival duet of the Delaney & Bonnie hit "Never Ending Song of Love," while Emmylou Harris adds soulful harmonies to "When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough." A mood of meditative melancholy pervades much of the music, as exemplified by the intimacy Loveless brings to Steve Earle's "My Old Friend the Blues." The selection of stellar material showcases and broadens Loveless's range as an interpretive stylist, one of the finest in contemporary country. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Patty "the Hottie" Loveless--Burning up the Tracks.......2007-01-10

On these tracks Patty Loveless does the perfect merge of Bluegrass and Country/Western.

Her dulcet tones waft achingly above the mainly acoustic instrumentation, while the more electric sounds of her style of Country/Western add edge to the overall sound.

Do NOT miss the awesome harmony between herself and Dwight Yoakam on the classic, "Never Ending Song of Love."

She's Great -- As Always.......2006-11-15

As a huge fan of Patty Loveless, I am already inclined to like her music. That said, fans will not be disappointed, and those who aren't fans will be pleasantly surprised. She dives into the 12 tracks (plus a bonus snippet) and, as always, her voice carries an honesty that goes straight to the heart, as well as to matters of the heart: Listen carefully to "When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough" or "Everything But the Words." There's more to life than heartache, of course -- "Never Ending Song of Love for You" -- and, in the next track, how can you resist a song that includes the line "Girl, you're crazy as a bat, you ain't gonna marry that!"

In addition to her band, she enlisted several names you'll recognize: Lee Roy Parnell, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam and bassist Barry Bales among them. Embrace your inner twang -- you'll be singing along and tapping the steering wheel in short order.

EVERY CUT STRONG!!!.......2006-10-28

I really didn't expect this CD to be this good but every cut is great. She covers several different style songs here and some are real gems. I especially like "Nobody Here By That Name" and her cover of Delbert McClinton's "Same Kind Of Crazy As Me". The arrangements are tight and very good musicians and backing vocals. Emmylou appears on "When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough" and is great as usual. Her duet with Dwight Yoakam on "Never Ending Song Of Love" is well done. Albert Lee plays guitar on a lot of cuts and Lee Roy Parnell plays slide on "Old Soul"

Another great sing-along-with-Patty-CD!.......2006-09-01

One of the best aspects of Patty Loveless' musical choices, as well as her voice, is that she can take you from sad to happy and back in three-songs flat! Here she accomplishes that feat once again. I especially enjoyed "When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough" and "My Old Friend the Blues." The former is a superb melancholy song with an underlying hope of resolve, accepting who you are when "the right one" doesn't.

Great album by a great country singer........2006-08-28

I really like this album. Patty has the definitive country voice and works magic with the songs. The sound is much the same as the last album, but it focuses on older tunes rather than newly written songs.
My only and biggest complaint is that I can't enjoy this on my mp3 player because of the built in copy protection. It's going to kill the music industry faster than pirating, since I believe most people will just stop buying albums with it. I know I won't buy any more.

Average customer rating: The Goddess Sings! WHEN THEY SAY COUNTRY MUSIC, THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!! PATTY ...A REAL ARTIST...NOT A PHONY!! A Great Collection of Songs Contemporary country album of high quality

When Fallen Angels Fly Patty Loveless 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 Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Up Against My Heart The Trouble with the Truth Honky Tonk Angel Only What I Feel On Down the Line ASIN: B000002A3E Release Date: 1994-08-23

Tracks:

1. A Handful Of Dust
2. Halfway Down
3. When The Fallen Angels Fly
4. You Don't Even Know Who I Am
5. Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad
6. Here I Am
7. I Try To Think About Elvis
8. Ships
9. Old Weakness (Coming On Strong)
10. Over My Shoulder

Customer Reviews:

The Goddess Sings!.......2007-01-11

She must be a Goddess! At the very least--a "Fallen Angel." How could a mere human voice produce such longing and beauty!

The timeless intensity of "Over My Shoulder" is, by itself, well worth the price of the CD.

Enjoy this testament to the fragility and the stubborn pride of the divinely human heart.

WHEN THEY SAY COUNTRY MUSIC, THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT!!.......2005-09-27

This is one of the greatest "masterpieces" I have ever heard in my life! The songs are perfect, not overdone, not oversung and truly cut to the heart!! My favorite is "Here I Am" but I also love "You Don't Even Know Who I Am", "Ships", "Over My Shoulder", "Elvis", "Halfway Down", "Handful of Dust" and the title track. Shoot, they're all fantastic!! I could listen to this over and over and over and over and never tire!! Can you tell I love this CD???? Patty Loveless is unbeatable and is not given enough credit for being an "evergreen" in country music.

PATTY ...A REAL ARTIST...NOT A PHONY!!.......2005-05-16

This was the CMA's album of the year!! With good reason; no filler here at all! One thing about Loveless is that she's consistent but she continues to top herself without selling or compromising who she is to "do what sells". Patty is also aware of the need for maintaining her roots and not pretending to be someone she is not. And she doesn't oversell the songs. She's just pure and clean without resorting to vocal gimmickry like (Reba, Hill, McBride, Twain). Patty is vastly underrated as a singer and performer because she is no phony. She's the real thing......and unfortunately, the real thing gets overlooked amid all the glitz, glamour and artificiality of the ones I just mentioned above. "When Fallen Angels Fly" is a true masterpiece...but then Patty Loveless is a true artist!!

A Great Collection of Songs.......2004-07-09

For most of my life, I haven't really been into country. My parents both listened to it a little bit, but I never gave it much interest. That is, until last summer when my best friend lent me this CD (and a few others) for a family vacation. I was pretty jaded and didn't think I would even listen to it... but somewhere during the 7-hour drive, I popped in this CD and gave it a listen. I couldn't have been more surprised about how much I fell in love with it. Patty has an AMAZING voice packed with strong emotion, maturity, and pure class. She has no problem delivering anything she sings and always puts her distinct stamp on a song. She's like no other. Every song on this album is wonderful and believable. My favorite tracks are "A Handful of Dust", "When the Fallen Angels Fly", "You Don't Even Know Who I Am", and "Here I Am"

This lady truly is a one of a kind and deserves all the sucess she has gotten over the span of her career. She has finally opened my eyes to real, authentic country music. It's no wonder she has been around so long.

Contemporary country album of high quality.......2004-05-29

Patty has recorded many excellent albums and this one is well up to her usual standard. It includes three major country hits and seven other wonderful songs. The three hits are You don't even know who I am (about a woman who leaves a man who doesn't understand her), Here I am (about a woman's desire for a particular man) and I try to think about Elvis (an up-tempo song about a woman trying to get over a broken relationship).

Elsewhere, there are plenty of fine songs beginning with Handful of dust, a mid-tempo song with a similar idea to the old sixties pop song, A hundred pounds of clay. Halfway down (another mid-tempo song), When fallen angels fly (an excellent ballad about a happy relationship) and Feeling good about feeling bad (about successfully getting over a broken relationship) are among the other great songs here.

This is Patty at her peak and should satisfy all her fans. While this is a contemporary album, it should appeal to all but the most die-hard traditional fans.

Average customer rating: Great Song Collection

Bluegrass Today { Various Artists } Manufacturer: Time Life Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Heaven Bound: The Best of Bluegrass Gospel The Three Pickers I've Got That Old Feeling The Three Pickers High Lonesome - The Story of Bluegrass Music ASIN: B00009P1PM Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

1. Shady Grove - Ricky Skaggs
2. Angel Band - Ralph Stanley with George Jones and Vince Gill
3. High Lonesome Sound - Vince Gill
4. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Earl Scruggs & Friends
5. The Lighthouse's Tale - Nickel Creek
6. The Boys Are Back In Town - Patty Loveless
7. Nashville Cats - Del McCoury
8. Lonesome Wind Blues - Rhonda Vincent
9. Carry Me Across The Mountain - Dan Tyminski
10. Coat of Many Colors - Lynn Morris
11. Come On Down To My World - J.D. Crowe and The New South
12. The Mountain - Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band
13. Heaven's Bright Shore - Ralph Stanley with Judy Marshall and Alison Krauss
14. Blue Bayou - The Cox Family
15. Murder On the Music Row - Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time
16. Jerusalem's Ridge - Mark O'Conner
17. Hey Joe - Jerry Douglas
18. Calling My Children Home - Emmylou Harris and The Nash Ramblers

Customer Reviews:

Great Song Collection.......2004-08-14

This album has many great artists, new and old to bluegrass music. These are all great songs, NOT like some collections that you might buy for one or two songs, the rest being songs you don't like or skip through. I listen to BLUEGRASS TODAY over and over again, at work, in the car, at home. I am very pleased ! I love it!

Average customer rating: Last album for MCA PATTY AT HER BEST! Loveless' MCA Peak Lots of Hits Here Loveless, Clear and Strong

Up Against My Heart Patty Loveless Manufacturer: Mca Special Products 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 General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Honky Tonk Angel On Down the Line When Fallen Angels Fly The Trouble with the Truth Strong Heart ASIN: B000002OHA Release Date: 1991-09-03

Tracks:

1. Jealous Bone
2. Nobody Loves You Like I Do
3. I Already Miss You (Like You're Already Gone)
4. Hurt Me Bad (In A Real Good Way)
5. If You Don't Want Me
6. I Came Straight To You
7. If It's The Last Thing I Do
8. Can't Stop Myself From Loving You
9. Waitin' For The Phone To Ring
10. God Will

Customer Reviews:

Last album for MCA.......2004-04-25

This album opens with the brilliant rocker, Jealous bone. There several wonderful ballads including such quality offerings as Nobody loves you like I do, I already miss you like you're gone, If you didn't want me, If it's the last thing I do and Can't stop myself from loving you.

As ever, Patty is supported by some of the best musicians and backing singers. Vince Gill has often provided backing vocals, but more surprising is the appearance of Dolly Parton on the mid-tempo song, Waiting for the phone to ring, and Lyle Lovett on a cover of his own song, God will.

Two excellent mid-tempo songs (Hurt me bad in a real good way, I came straight to you) complete a classic but frequently overlooked album.

As this was Patty's last MCA album, it may not have received the promotional effort that it would have had if she had stayed with the label, but no committed Patty fan should overlook it.

PATTY AT HER BEST!.......2003-12-03

Thank God Sony saw what MCA never could...that Patty Loveless is a force to be reckoned with! This, the last of her MCA output is evidence of that!

This CD is Patty at her best. She particularly stands out on "Up Against My Heart", "Hurt Me Bad" and gives the chill bumps a work out with "Can't Stop Myself From Loving You" which, if MCA had promoted properly could have been a #1 single, instead of promoting all that drivel they call 'country'. This is not drivel..this is true country and you can bet your money on it! Patty Loveless never disappoints and this is one of her most underrated CDs!!

Loveless' MCA Peak.......2002-09-02

Patty Loveless' best album with MCA also marked her swan song for the label. Though the album spawned the rockers 'Jealous Bone' and 'Hurt Me Bad(In A Real Good Way)', it remains one of her least commercially successful records, despite maintaining and surpassing the quality of her previous albums. 'Can't Stop Myself From Loving You', in which Loveless sounds like she's inhabited by Patsy Cline, is itself alone worth the price of admission. Her deep-rooted mountain soprano remains one of the great instruments of modern country, and those who discovered Loveless after she started hitting big with her Sony albums would be doing themselves a huge disservice by not checking out was is inarguably the most underrated album in her deep catalog.

Lots of Hits Here.......2002-03-21

Loveless 5th MCA release finds her in hit territory once again. Kostas' John Fogerty-inspired intro riff of "Jealous Bone" established new rock territory for Loveless and became her first hit from this effort. Since she was a rock vocalist for many years, it's a perfect fit here and "Jealous Bone" stretched the boundaries of modern-day country music. The retreating, countrypolitan "Hurt Me Bad (In A Real Good Way)" was a big hit which further solidified Loveless as a superstar. Perhaps the best moment from this CD is her version of Lyle Lovett's "God Will," which comes awful close to his wry, cynical original version. Loveless compromises her bluegrass roots on this effort, nearly abandoning the stark, gritty instrumentation of her earlier efforts in favor of stringed arrangements on some songs. The result was increased CD sales, making MCA happy, but the tentative feel of "Up Against My Heart" leaves the listener wondering if Loveless was happy.

Loveless, Clear and Strong.......2000-10-12

I was knocked over by the WOMEN OF COUNTRY television special a few years ago, and among the moments that blew me away (other than Tammy Wynette's striding onto the stage during the entire all-star group's rendition of Chapin Carpenter's "Everything We Got, We Got the Hard Way") was Patty Loveless' singing the heart-tugging lyrics "I woulda never found you, if he had wanted to stay -- oh he hurt me bad, in a real good way!" Man, what a lady. I bought this album and others of Loveless' shortly thereafter, to my great pleasure.

She knows how to pick tunes with fascinating lyrics. "Timber, I'm Fallin' in Love" (on another album) is also a personal favorite that shows both her humor and her willingness to sing songs of personal vulnerability. A strong, clear female voice, and deserving of all the attention she may get, I prefer her sincerity to the flashier stylists currently on the scene. I liked her fine as a brunette, but I understand the marketing pressure, and what she does with her hair is truly unimportant to this fan.

Average customer rating: good cd patty loveless Total class Definitive MCA hits collection Loveless' MCA Years Highly Underrated Finally!

The Definitive Collection Patty Loveless Manufacturer: Mca Nashville 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 $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Classics Dreamin' My Dreams Mountain Soul Up Against My Heart When Fallen Angels Fly ASIN: B0009NZ3QE Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. Lonely Days, Lonely Nights
2. Wicked Ways
3. I Did
4. After All
5. You Saved Me
6. If My Heart Had Windows
7. A Little Bit In Love
8. Blue Side Of Town
9. Don't Toss Us Away
10. Timber, I'm Falling In Love
11. The Lonely Side Of Love
12. Chains
13. On Down The Line
14. The Night's Too Long
15. I'm That Kind Of Girl
16. Blue Memories
17. Hurt Me Bad (In A Real Good Way)
18. Jealous Bone
19. Can't Stop Myself From Loving You
20. Nobody Loves You Like I Do
21. You Can Feel Bad
22. Lonely Too Long

Customer Reviews:

good cd patty loveless.......2007-05-07

patty lovelace is an artist that when she has a hit its a hit, when she has an average song its just that.this sums up this collection.i believe she changed labels and mabay this is why not all here best material is here?or else the record company is smart to leave some stuff off so you have to buy another compilation. the best thing to do is make your own patty loveless hits cd yourself putting her best material on, we all know what her hits are.with some big hits missing and some average album cuts through out this could be for you.

Total class.......2005-12-31

Patty Loveless is unknown to the vast majority of Australians, but after picking up an album (any one will do) in a sale for $5, my partner and I played it almost daily for months and were more impressed at each listen. So we ordered this collection to catch up.
We particularly like the rock/blues side of female country - Shelby Lynne, Sheryl Crow - but we also adore Patsy Cline. Patty bridges the gap while never really leaving the country realm. If you look at her album covers over the years, it's a roller-coaster ride of image changes, but the music hasn't jumped aboard.
The latest album is just as convincing as these older highlights(the odd, redundant cover version is sneaking in, but everyone's playing that game these days). Patty and her band blow the opposition away, in the nicest possible way, seemingly without trying, which of course is the secret.

Definitive MCA hits collection.......2005-07-15

I became a huge fan of her music following my purchase of her debut album, simply titled Patty Loveless (on the MCA label) soon after its release. It seems that I was one of a small number of such fans because the album did not sell in vast quantities. You get a fair idea of the quality of that album from the first four tracks here (Lonely days lonely nights, Wicked ways, I did, After all). Two of these songs are by Karen Staley, who has become a prolific country songwriter but never made it as a singer in her own right.

Patty's second album (If my heart had windows) maintained the quality of the first but didn't provide the big breakthrough. It is represented here by You saved me (an original song), the title track (one of the best covers of a George Jones song that I've heard) and A little bit in love (another outstanding cover, this time of a Steve Earle song).

Patty's career gathered momentum with her third album(Honky tonk angel), which yielded two country number one hits (Timber I'm falling in love, Chains) and three other country hits (Blue side of town, Don't toss us away, Lonely side of love). All five are included here. This was Patty's most successful album during her period with MCA. I guess it wasn't easy being on the same label as Reba McEntire and it got harder when Trisha Yearwood joined the label and achieved instant stardom.

Patty's fourth album (On down the line) did quite well but less so than its predecessor. It is represented here by Night's too long (written by Lucinda Williams), I'm that kind of girl, Blue memories and the title track.

Patty's fifth and last album for MCA is also represented by four tracks (Hurt me bad in a real good way, Jealous bone, Can't stop myself from loving you, Nobody loves you like I do). By the time of its release, MCA were much more interested in Trisha than Patty and may not have committed themselves wholeheartedly to marketing the album. With Reba selling more records than ever before, it was no surprise to anybody that Patty left MCA. I'm also a huge fan of Reba and Trisha so I can understand the difficulty that one label would have in keeping all three happy.

Following those twenty tracks taken from her five original MCA albums, there are two from her subsequent career with Epic. Those two tracks (You can feel bad, Lonely too long) both made number one on the country charts but their presence here isn't strictly necessary as they can be found on one of her original Epic albums (Trouble with the truth) as well as a compilation (Classics) that focuses on her Epic recordings, but they are welcome here anyway.

For Patty's committed fans, there can be no substitute for buying the original albums, but this is a magnificent collection of Patty's early music. Although Patty achieved greater commercial success with her Epic recordings, her MCA recordings were every bit as good.

Loveless' MCA Years Highly Underrated.......2005-07-10

Though Patty Loveless emerged with increased commercial success after her move to Epic, she had consistently produced high quality work during her tenure with MCA, with head-scratching, mid-level to ultimately diminishing returns(at least retail-wise, and probably in no small part due to MCA's push of Reba, then Trisha Yearwood, then solo Wynonna, but that's another story). Nevertheless, her years at MCA definitely laid the groundwork for greater things to come, and this compilation supercedes anything previously released by the label with regards to throughly covering Loveless' catalog while at MCA. She did in fact have numerous hits(dual number ones "Timber, I'm Falling In Love" and "Chains"), but also released songs that didn't hit as big but nonetheless remain some of the finest work she's released(a sterling cover of Lucinda Williams' "The Night's Too Long", as well as the could-have-been Patsy Cline classic "Can't Stop Myself From Loving You"). The inclusion of two of her Epic number ones("You Can Feel Bad" and "Lonely Too Long")seems somewhat odd in context, but nevertheless this is a very fine overview of arguably the most commercially underrated mainstream country artist(male or female) of the last twenty years.

Finally!.......2005-06-11

At last ... MCA has FINALLY released a COMPLETE compilation of Loveless' singles with that label. Forget "Greatest Hits" (10 songs), "Sings Songs Of Love" (10 songs) and "20th Century Masters" (12 songs). This is the CD that compiles all 19 of Patty's singles with MCA - from her first five pre-Top 40 singles through later Number Ones such as "Timber I'm Falling In Love" and "Chains" and up to her final single, "Can't Help Myself From Loving You," with MCA. The CD also boasts two #1's, "You Can Feel Bad" and "Lonely Too Long," released on her current label, Epic. All songs are the original versions and presented chronologically with decent liner notes.

Average customer rating: The Queen of Country, Beautiful and Genuine Music Real McCoy without the twang... A Little Short of the Mountain Soul Standard Patty is the Best singer ever!! GOOD CD

On Your Way Home Patty Loveless 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 CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Contemporary Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Mountain Soul Dreamin' My Dreams Strong Heart When Fallen Angels Fly The Trouble with the Truth ASIN: B0000BV20W Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

1. Draggin' My Heart Around
2. Nothin' Like The Lonely
3. I Wanna Believe
4. On Your Way Home
5. I Don't Wanna Be That Strong
6. Born-Again Fool
7. Lookin' For Heartache
8. Higher Than The Wall
9. Lovin' All Night
10. Last In A Long Lonesome Line
11. The Grandpa That I Know

Amazon.com

Patty Loveless has spent her career choosing between country pop and hardcore country, and she's produced masterpieces in both styles (Long Stretch of Lonesome and Mountain Soul, respectively). But now it seems she's sick of having to choose at all. On Your Way Home is built equally around the boot-scooting rhythms of contemporary country and the phrasing, melodies, and instrumentation of honky-tonk and bluegrass. For instance, "I Don't Want to Be that Strong" begins, hushed, in a manner as perfect for a front-porch performance by fiddle and guitar, then skyrockets into right-now power ballad territory even as an old-school pedal-steel guitar keeps wanging away. She cries here at a grandfather's funeral; gets so horny, on the Rodney Crowell-penned first single, that she calls in sick; goes carousing on Buddy and Julie Miller's "Lookin' for a Heartache Like You"; and on the title track, confronts a husband about where he stops on his way home from work. Loveless' every strangled, knotty note is classic in content and contemporary in execution. And vice versa, too. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

The Queen of Country, Beautiful and Genuine Music.......2007-05-25

While Mountain Soul is undeniably my favorite of Patty's albums, this one is the most brilliant and satisfying mixture of traditional country and accessibility. All of her prior albums contain songs seemingly included to garner airplay to draw unfamiliar fans into her music, and they weren't always representative. "I Think About Elvis" comes to mind. None of that is present on On Your Way Home. On this one, Patty and husband/producer Emory have undoubtedly hit the perfect formula for her style and voice. To echo other reviewers, this is a "home run," and country music "can't possibly get better than this."

If you're unfamiliar with her work, "Lovin' All Night" and "Draggin' My Heart Around" will be immediately appealing. "I Wanna Believe" is uptempo fun in the same vein. No where has Patty been more emotive or plaintive than on the title track (my favorite). "Born Again Fool" would have fit on Mountain Soul perfectly. "The Grandpa I Knew" is reminicient of the earlier "Where I'm Bound" and "She Never Stopped Loving Him" or even her performance with Vince Gill, "Go Rest High on that Mountain." No contemporary artist conveys melancholy like Patty. Maybe it's her eastern Kentucky roots.

This is the perfect vehicle for her emotional resonance. It is inspired and inimitable; no other country diva expresses the range of emotions that Patty does. I admit to bias; I've been a huge fan for about 15 years, but her music just keeps getting better.

Real McCoy without the twang..........2004-10-19

Now this is good country music...the real McCoy without the twang and so much better than what the music industry tries to pass off as country. There are lots of guitars, fiddles and pedal steel giving this CD a real down-home rootsy feel. Loveless possesses an excellent voice that emotes honestly. The one negative is that none of the songs are hers but she covers some great talent such as Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller and Rodney Crowell. The last cut is a real tearjerker called "The Grandpa That I Knew".

A Little Short of the Mountain Soul Standard.......2004-09-23

Among many other sterling attributes, Patty Loveless and/or her husband-producer Emory Gordy sure know how to close out a CD. The Grandpa That I Know tears me up every time, as sure as One Day I Will Lead the Parade, Where I'm Bound and Sounds of Loneliness did on previous albums.

Much of On Your Way Home continues the roots bluegrass of Mountain Soul. Songs like On Your Way Home, Born Again Fool and Higher than the Wall -- all by different songwriters, some of them mainstream country regulars -- nonetheless manage, in the hands of Loveless and her band, to sound as if, to take a lyric from Grandpa, they "never dreamed beyond the county line." There is also a terrific long-term substance abuse song, Last in a Long Lonesome Line, that great though it is simply does not track with the gorgeous Ms. Loveless. Hank Williams, George Jones, yes, but Patty Loveless singing "They say the blood in my body is agin' like wine"? I don't think so.

On Your Way Home lacks Mountain Soul's consistency because two or three cuts yank it back as close to country FM radio bland as Loveless gets. Looking for a Heartache Like You, ironically co-written by the enormously talented Buddy and Julie Miller -- along with Jim Lauderdale --, is just dull. And where The Boys are Back Again immediately introduced Mountain Soul as a fresh, traditional sound, Draggin' My Heart Around and Nothin' Like the
Lonely are good but nothing that grabs you and won't let go.

Stay out of the city, Patty, stay in Harlan County and think about doing some writing or arranging of your own, as on a couple Mountain Soul songs.

Patty is the Best singer ever!!.......2004-04-22

This is a great album !!!!I don't think there is anyone that can sing songs the way Patty does. The songs on this album pull my heartstrings real good.

GOOD CD.......2004-03-25

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