Rock Bands & Pop Stars
Charlie Rich Pictures
Artist:
Charlie Rich
Origin:
United States, Colt - ArkansasUnited States
Born date:
December 14, 1932
Death date:
July 25, 1995
Charlie Rich Album: «Complete Smash Sessions»
Charlie Rich Album: «Complete Smash Sessions» (Front side)
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  • Title:Complete Smash Sessions
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Review - Product Description
Tracks: 01. Dance of Love 02. Man About Town 03. Mohair Sam 04. I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water 05. Down and Out 06. I Can't Go On 07. The Best Years 08. A Field of Yellow Daisies 09. Something Just Came over Me 10. When My Baby Comes Home 11. She's a Yum Yum 12. Double Dog Dare Me 13. Just a Little Bit of You 14. Santa Claus' Daughter 15. Just a Little Bit of Time 16. Hawg Jaw 17. Moonshine Minnie 18. Have I Stayed Away Too Long? 19. It Ain't Gonna Be That Way 20. That's My Way 21. Everything I Do Is Wrong 22. Party Girl 23. You Can Have Her 24. Lonely Weekends 25. Blowin' Town 26. Tears A-Go-Go 27. No Home 28. So Long 29. Let the Party Roll On
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
- Another masterpiece by the brilliant Charlie Rich.

This CD combines two albums put out by Charlie Rich

in the mid-1960s - "The Many New Sides of Charlie Rich"

and "The Best Years" plus three previously unreleased tracks.

If you are a Charlie Rich fan (and you should be) and don't have this CD, your collection isn't complete. Charlie considered these tracks among his best "studio" work. There is such a variety here that listeners will be stunned and Charlie plays all the piano (something he often gave up until "Pictures and Paintings" in 1992). From rockers like "Down and Out" to incredible ballads like "The Best Years" to little gems like "Tears A Go-Go" and the magnificent, "ahead of its time" "I Can't Go On" and the wonderful rendition of "I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water," this is the eclectic master singer and pianist at his best. As liner notes writer "Dave Marsh" states: "I slipped needle into groove and entered a new world. What gave Charlie Rich his continuing grip on me is his heart." This is a must have CD - grab it!

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
- The Best Charlie Rich--probably the best music ever!

From 1965-1966 at Smash Records, as on "Pictures and Paintings" (his final album before his death), Charlie Rich worked with kindred souls who let him do what he wanted. The difference between the two albums is age. On "Pictures," Rich is wiser and mellower; on the Smash cuts he's young and full of juice. Both are essential, but the Smash sessions more so. The vitality of these recordings--as Rich rolls from hip, stuttering growls to transcendent falsetto and tosses jazzy piano arabesques against throbbing rock rhythms--is unbelievable.

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- the BEST

This is literally my favorite music ever. Rich was a genius at blending styles, and these sessions caught him at the perfect moment. This stuff never ceases to make me smile.