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Conway Twitty Album: “Looking Back: The Very Best of the MGM Years”
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Looking Back: The Very Best of the MGM Years |
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Release Date:2002-12-03
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Country, Vintage Country, Classic Country
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Label:RPM
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:5013929524620
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It's Only Make Believe Video |
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I'll Try Video |
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I Vibrate (From My Head to My Feet) |
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When I'm Not With You |
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Story of My Love |
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Make Me Know You're Mine |
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Mona Lisa Video |
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Sentimental Journey |
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Hey Little Lucy (Don'tcha Put No Lipstick On) |
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Heavenly Video |
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Just Because |
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Danny Boy Video |
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Hey Miss Ruby Video |
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Lonely Blue Boy Video |
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Blue Moon Video |
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Foggy River |
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Trouble in Mind |
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Pretty Eyed Baby |
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Hurt in My Heart |
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Tell Me One More Time |
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What Am I Living For? Video |
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Knock Three Times |
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What a Dream Video |
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Is a Blue Bird Blue? |
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Flame |
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Long Black Train Video |
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Next Kiss (Is the Last Goodbye) |
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Tree in the Meadow |
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Man Alone |
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Tower of Tears |
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I Can Hear My Heart Break |
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It's Driving Me Wild |
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Portrait of a Fool Video |
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There is Something On Your Mind |
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Looking Back |
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It's Too Late |
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Big Boss Man |
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Don't Cry No More |
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She Ain't No Angel |
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Got My Mojo Working |
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Review - :
For those who lack the cash or incentive to invest in {@Bear Family}'s mammoth eight-CD {^Rock 'N' Roll Years} box set, this two-CD, 40-song overview of {$Conway Twitty}'s 1958-1963 {@MGM} sides is a fine summary of his early career. Nearly all his Top Hundred chart hits are here, as are numerous flops, B-sides, and LP tracks. It's true that these were the most {\rock}-oriented years of {$Twitty}'s long career, and also that many of these sides are derivative of early {$Elvis Presley}. But it can also be said that of the singers who owed much to {$Elvis}, {$Twitty} was one of the best -- not just on hits like {&"It's Only Make Believe,"} {&"Lonely Blue Boy,"} and {&"Danny Boy,"} but also lesser-known items like the growling {\rockabilly}-{\pop} of {&"Make Me Know You're Mine"} and {&"Trouble in Mind,"} the {&"Mystery Train"} imitation {&"The Long Black Train,"} and the {\ballad} {&"Heavenly."} {$Twitty} was also one of the few sub-{$Elvis} singers equally capable of summoning decent {\rockabilly}-{\pop} and slow deep-voiced {\ballads}. It's not all {\pop/rock}, either, with his incipient {\country-pop} leanings coming to the fore on some early-'60s tracks like {&"What a Dream"} and {&"Looking Back"} (which sound a little like {$Brenda Lee}'s productions of the era), {&"A Man Alone"} and {&"She Ain't No Angel"} (both not far in mood from {$Roy Orbison}'s harder-rocking early-'60s cuts), and the melodramatic {&"The Flame."} He didn't cultivate as strong an identity as any of his reference points, {$Elvis} and otherwise, and some of these tunes are generic if spiritedly performed late-'50s/early-'60s period pieces, but overall it's a quite worthy anthology. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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