This is the album that finally hooked me completely on the music of Tanya Tucker. This album literally jumped in my pocket as I walked through the record store back in 1979 and boy am I glad it did. Nashville was shocked that Tanya would try and go pop/rock and even more shocked by the albums's center art. That pic should have been included in miniature in this CD but was not. But in reality this is and was a country/rock recording. The big hit was Texas (When I Die) still a crowd favorite. The singles released to pop did not fare well but are wonderful. The sizzling Lover Goodbye opens the set followed by the plaintive and pretty I'm The Singer You're The Song. The rocking and gorgeuos version of Not Fade Away gets your blood circulating. This was a jukebox favorite at a bar I used to patronize while in the military. My personal favorite is the somber Angel From Montgomery and Tanya really nails it. Track five is a gorgeous ditty called Brown Eyed Handsome Man. I had heard Waylon Jenning's version which Tanya completely blows away with hers. Another country hit and beautiful piece is The River And The Wind. Track 8 If You Feel It gets those feet to moving. It's Nice To Be With you is another mid-tempo ballad that perfectly suits Tanya's throaty, sultry delivery. All in all this CD gives the listener a lot of variety as far as song selection and let's you hear that wonderful voice. And at this price it is a STEAL.

This Tanya Tucker album is proof that if it wasn't for her, you probably would not know Shania Twain, Faith Hill or Gretchen Wilson or many other female artists of today. Two classics on this collection of music are worth it all: "Angel from Montgomery", and "Texas When I Die".

THe best version of this is the LP. With it's large gatefold cover, Tanya Tucker's sexy curves looked hot in black leather. And then there was the inside... Tanya in a tight red leotard. HOT STUFF -- even by rock and punk standards, back in 1978.

The CD is just the music. It's good, but lacks the impact of the original package. Unfortunately, the sexy cover art did not break Tanya Tucker into rock radio, and did not win her a big new audience. Deborah Harry and others had taken Rock fans by storm and TNT was seen as just another cute girl who did Country & Western.

I think this is Tanya Tucker's best CD. Countty and western fans might disagree -- if they never like 'rock music'. But without the LP cover art, it's just "the one you play in the car", not the version you pull out at parties.

After reading the mediocre reviews of this album, I had to voice my history of this under-rated over scandalized album. I was listening to KISS, Black Sabbath, Van Halen...bands of that sort when this album came out and songs from "TNT" started getting airplay on rock radio...that's right, ROCK RADIO! I can still remember getting the LP and being sent into a different area of music that only Tanya dare venture. From the album opener, "Lover Goodbye", it was a roller coaster ride of emotion and pure rockin'! Her renditions of now legendary songs like "Not Fade Away", "Heartbreak Hotel"(2 tracks her idol Elvis immortalized), to the beautiful and haunting ballads. Being a music fan since my conception in the ..ahem, early 60's, I was a Beatles and Monkees fan as well and was charmed by her version of a lesser known Monkees' single B-Side "It's Nice To Be With You". Capping the collection with "Texas (When I Die)" just made this album a peice of pop/rock/country magic and I continued to play the LP with fond feelings until it's budget digital release on CD. Unfortunately, without the hot gatefold picture and without the lyric sleeve, I look forward to a REAL proper re-release of this great collection of songs remastered and treated with the respect that Tanya gave to each and every fan when she decided to rock the bible belt with this lost gem!

Only "Texas" has appeared on remastered collections and I assume MCA still has a stranglehold on the rights of this album. Come on MCA, lighten up and get with it! TNT is explosive!

This is one of my favorites from the late 70's - but as I ordered it to update my previously purchased copy (for better sound and new liner notes and possible extra tracks), I found it a disappointment. All stock numbers are idential, as is the original lackluster artwork, common for the early MCA CD relaeses. The only difference I found was the factory stamping on the underside of the cd. So, in my opinion, beware if you are only purchasing this is upgrade your current copy. Otherwise, this cd is a Country-Rock Pleasure!