Disco de Rosanne Cash: “Very Best of Rosanne Cash”

Unfortunately, the cd doesn't have Rosanne's version of "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from the Best of the Columbia Radio Hour vol. 1 cd. It's worth seeking out if you don't have it for this beautiful performance (and many other great tracks). Otherwise, this is a terrific overview.

Roseanne's velvet voice and honest lyrics really touch my heart. This CD is easy on the ears and lifts the spirit. I have been searching for ages for a female vocalist that expresses what is in my heart, that sings the songs that speak my mind. All the selections are very well done, and it would be hard to choose just one as a favorite. I get a kick out of "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" and the versatility of her voice as she emulates the rhythms and sounds associated with trains. "Never Be You" is strong vocally and speaks to that lost love we all have known. "Seven Year Ache" is a song with no equal... it just draws you in. "What We Really Want" ... is love... so true. I really like "No Memories Hangin' Round" with Bobby Bare - they are so good together. The guitar work and instruments are all excellent. You can't go wrong with this CD.

This is an outstanding, career spaning, compilation of Rosanne's greatest songs. It even has one song, featuring her Dad, Johnny Cash. It consists of 16 songs. Many of the songs one this album cd were written by Rosanne herself.

The songs are as follows:

1.The Wheel

2.The Way We Make a Broken Heart

3.Seven Year Ache

4.Hold ON

5.On the Surface

6.No Memories Hangin' Around

7.My Baby Thinks He's a Train

8.I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me

9.Blue Moon with Heartache

10.Western Wall

11.Tennessee Flat Top Box

12.September When It Comes (Featuring Johnny Cash)

13.Sleeping in Paris

14.Never Be You

15.What We Really Want

16.Seventh Avenue

Overall, this is an excellent compilation album cd from Rosanne, and I highly recommend it. Thanks!!!

"the very best of ROSEANNE CASH" is that . . . well . . . probably the "very best" we might remember hearing "on the radio" (so often artist's album tracks surpass the "radio play" songs and hits) . . . but on this collection . . . track after track Roseanne Cash works her magic on both the songs and on the listener . . .

sixteen tracks that keep your ear and mind glued to the speakers . . . and she touches both your heart and your mind . . .

i picked up this particular collection (a colection persobally overseen by Roseanne herself) especially for her recording of "TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX" -- i had a 45 RPM of this song by Johnny Cash when i was a kid . . . and Roseanne does this song proud and doesn't miss even the smallest glimmer of memory of that earlier recording. . . Roseanne performed this song at a memorial for Johnny Cash and you could sense both the smile and the tear and the pride in her as she sang it then.

speaking of Johnny Cash, this collection contains one of Johnny's last recordings . . . a duet with Roseanne - "SEPTEMBER WHEN IT COMES" . . . when the shadows lengthen . . .welcoming a place to rest . . . and you can sense it in Johnny's voice.

of course Roseanne's "hits" are here: "THE WHEEL" . . . "THE WAY WE MAKE A BROKEN HEART" (one of my favorites) . . . "I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T WANT ME" . . . and a great alternate version of "NEVER BE YOU" . . . and more . . .

i bought this cd for "TENNESSEE FLAT TOP BOX" but got so much more . . . not a disappointing track on it . . . not one to make you hit "skip" . . . and all of them move you to hit "replay" . . .

thanks Roseanne cash for all the music over all those years . . . and for all that yet awaits us in the years yet to come . . . and thanks for THIS collection of "the very best of ROSEANNE CASH". :)

This is a great recording. The selections are perfect. The duet with her father is outstanding and poignant. Beautiful music. Not really country (which I am not fond of).