Hank Williams Jr. Album: «The Complete Hank Williams Jr.»

Album information

Customers rating: (4.5 of 5)
Title:The Complete Hank Williams Jr.
Release date:1999-04-06
Type:Audio CD
Label:Curb Records
UPC:715187794429

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Track listing

1 - 1Mobile Boogie - Hank Williams Jr.
1 - 2I Fought the Law
1 - 3 Family Traditionimg 3:57
1 - 4Whisky Bent and Hell Bound
1 - 5Women I've Never Had - Hank Williams Jr.
1 - 6Kaw-Ligaimg
1 - 7Old Habits
1 - 8Texas Women - Hank Williams Jr.
1 - 9 Dixie On My Mindimg 2:39
1 - 10All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)img
1 - 11 A Country Boy Can Surviveimg 4:25
1 - 12All For The Love of Sunshine - (with the Mike Curb Congregation)
1 - 13Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams Jr.
1 - 14The American Dream
1 - 15If Heaven Ain't A Lot Like Dixie - Hank Williams Jr.
2 - 1Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight - Hank Williams Jr.
2 - 2Leave Them Boys Alone - Hank Williams Jr.
2 - 3Queen Of My Heart - Hank Williams Jr.
2 - 4Man Of Steel
2 - 5 Attitude Adjustmentimg 2:53
2 - 6All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonightimg
2 - 7Major Moves - Hank Williams Jr.
2 - 8 I'm for Loveimg 2:57
2 - 9This Ain' Dallas - Hank Williams Jr.
2 - 10 Ain't Misbehavin'img 3:27
2 - 11 Country State of Mindimg 4:00
2 - 12Mind Your Own Business - Hank Williams Jr.
2 - 13 Born to Boogieimg 2:59
2 - 14 Heaven Can't Be Foundimg 3:13
2 - 15 Young Countryimg 4:07
3 - 1 If the South Woulda Wonimg 8:37
3 - 2That Old Wheel - Hank Williams Jr.
3 - 3Early in the Morning and Late at Night
3 - 4There's A Tear In My Beer - (with Hank Williams Sr.)
3 - 5Finders Are Keepers
3 - 6T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness - Hank Williams Jr.
3 - 7Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'
3 - 8Don't Give Us a Reason
3 - 9If It Will It Will - Hank Williams Jr.
3 - 10Angels Are Hard To Find
3 - 11Come On Over to the Country
3 - 12Everything Comes Down to Money and Love
3 - 13I Ain't Goin' Peacefully - Hank Williams Jr.
3 - 14Hog Wild
3 - 15I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - (with Hank Williams Sr./Hank Williams III)

Review - Amazon.com

Hank Jr.'s career stands as the most frustrating of all modern honky-tonkers', as much for the way the industry has managed his immense catalogue as for the way he has managed his undeniable gifts as a songwriter and singer. At three CDs, Curb's overview is a far cry from "complete": his best work, especially the tough, bluesy songs of Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, is slighted in favor of a play-the-hits approach, even though Williams's singles haven't always been his best work. Likewise, the collection includes nary a cut from the sadly out-of-print Hank Williams Jr. & Friends, though the liner notes recognize that 1975 album as a landmark. Instead Curb has cobbled material readily available elsewhere on existing hits packages and complete albums. That said, Jr.'s country-fried rock--newcomers may be shocked at how hard he rocks--and his unreconstructed hillbilly ideology can be bracing on "Come On Over to the Country," on the foreboding "A Country Boy Can Survive," and on his best '80s performance, a scorching duet with Johnny Cash on "That Old Wheel" (from Cash's classic Water from the Wells of Home). But instead of focusing on similarly strong tunes, this box includes the tasteless beyond-the-crypt duets with Hank Sr., the silly, unblushing prejudice of "Young Country," and the war-mongering diatribe "Don't Give Us a Reason"--as if the listener needed reminders of just how bad Bocephus can be. What Hank Jr.'s legacy needs is a thorough, critical, and eclectic compilation of his finest performances. This set isn't it. --Roy Kasten

Customer review

Smilin Charlie (Winston-Salem, NC USA)

April 05, 2003

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

- Perfect Collection for the Casual Fan

Ignore the whining from the completists and purists. I was looking for a collection with all of the radio standards that I've sung along with for years, and this one had them all. Yes it might not have all the obscurities that longtime fans love, but for the rest of us it covers all the bases. This is all the Hank Jr. most of us will ever need. A great collection.

Customer review

Amazon user

September 19, 1999

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

- Good Ole Hank Jr.

I have been a fan of Hank Jr. since I was little and I love his work. More people need to realize that the Hank Family is real country music. Finally there is a box set out that is pure country music, if you like original country music and like Hank I recommend you get this box set for your collection.

Customer review

"tito_j" (US, Indiana)

January 05, 2000

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

- Hank- was it enough?

I think that the complete hank box set was excellent. Of course I think that anything by hank williams jr. is great. But I believe it could have been better. Maybe have some more of the songs that he wrote on it. Like the new Stormy CD that he just released. All of the songs on that he wrote. I believe it is one of the best cds of his in a while, since born to boogie. But the complete hank is good and I would suggest it be a part of every hank fan's collection.

Customer review

Amazon user

July 09, 2000

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

- Wonderful Survey of Hank's Numerous Hits

I recently purchased this set from Amazon.com and I haven't listened to anything else since! It's a wonderful compilation of his hits. I wish "I've Got Rights", "My Name Is Bocephus", and "Dinosaur" had been included, but I'm sure a few were bound to be left out. I was blown away by the amount of the songs Hank had written. I knew he was a talented singer, but I never realized that he was such a wonderful songwriter. Of all the Hank CD's and Cassettes I own, this one is the best!

Customer review

Brian D. Hackert "Mister B" (Peterborough, NH)

March 08, 2007

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

- NOT COMPLETE

The description "complete" on box sets gets more ridiculous all the time. Only 45 songs from a guy who had 9 of the top 40 albums on the Billboard country chart at the same time?! Those 90 songs would barely be the beginning of a real Complete Hank Jr. Better off getting the bargain price CD reissues of the original albums than a bogus set like this.