Bellamy Brothers Album: «25 Year Collection 1»

- Customers rating: (3.6 of 5)
 - Title:25 Year Collection 1
 - Release date:2003-07-29
 - Type:Audio CD
 - Label:Bellamy Brothers
 - UPC:804857700225
 
- 1 Let Your Love Flow The Bellamy Brothersimg 2:39
 - 2 Do You Love As Good As You Look? The Bellamy Brothersimg 2:59
 - 3 Old Hippie The Bellamy Brothersimg 5:02
 - 4Sugar Daddy The Bellamy Brothersimg
 - 5If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me) [Live
 - 6Tired of Getting My Butt Kicked
 - 7 Crazy From The Heart The Bellamy Brothersimg 3:35
 - 8 I Need More Of You The Bellamy Brothersimg 3:35
 - 9Hard Way to Make an Easy Living
 - 10 I'd Lie To You For Your Love The Bellamy Brothersimg 3:31
 - 11 I Could Be Persuadedimg 3:33
 - 12 Cowboy Beat The Bellamy Brothersimg 3:29
 - 13What'll I Do
 - 14 Feelin' The Feelin' The Bellamy Brothersimg 3:37
 - 15 When I'm Away From You The Bellamy Brothersimg 3:49
 - 16 You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixieimg 5:10
 - 17 Reggae Cowboyimg 3:45
 - 18 I Love Her Mind The Bellamy Brothersimg 3:18
 - 19 Rebels Without A Clueimg 3:11
 - 20 Redneck Girl The Bellamy Brothersimg 3:23
 
Despite being re-recordings, these are all extremely well done and no attempt has been made to do anything dramatically different with them. A few (not many) are live cuts, but the live effects are kept to a minimum.
As this volume includes Let your love flow and If I said you had a beautiful body, it may appear to be the stronger of the two volumes, but both volumes are equally good.
Other tracks on this voulme include Old hippie, I need more of you, You ain't just whistling Dixie and Reggae cowboy, but there are many other great songs here, and your favorite may be one I haven't even mentioned.
I have the UK editiion, in which both volumes were released together as a double CD (a brilliant idea - why wasn't this done in America?), which included lots of pictures (taken all over the world and even including one of Lucy Musser, their fan club president, who was there at the beginning) and credits but no liner notes. Although I do not know about the USA packaging, I expect these pictures are included in one or both volumes.
Don't worry about these not being the original recordings - buy this and it's companion volume and enjoy 25 years of their good-time music.
Why fix it if it ain't broken? These classics have been re-recorded and the end result is not nearly as good as the original cuts. Too heavy on the keyboards/instrumentals and weak studio mixing wrecked "Let your Love Flow" on this compilation- real bummer. The vocals on the live tracks overpower the instruments- usually it's the other way around with live recordings. If you're ok with that, then this compilation will be a "fair" addition to your collection.
I saw the Bellamy Brothers last fall live at a Fall Festival and I forgot how great their songs are.
Every one is a hit with a great tune. If you like "traditional Country" you'll love the Bellamy Bro. Let your Love Flow is the best and all of them are good too.
I didn't look closely enough (at reviews) when purchasing. Didn't listen (no option to listen). It is a remix or rerecord, not original. So, I've ordered again, the originals. Must have, especially Let Your Love Flow, my all time, will play it at my funeral, fave; it is who I am; connects with my very cell! Would I stand for anything but the original? Not.

