Columbia Records, which signed John Anderson to his fifth major-label affiliation in 2000, must figure that it is once again time for the veteran country singer to make one...
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Anderson's Florida drawl isn't best suited for songs of snow and wintertime, but he seems to have fun with tracks like "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Winter Wonderland," along with...
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Anderson had two hits for MCA, but this compilation from his two albums with the label only includes one, 1988's "If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It." It's a good collection,...
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Anderson's last days at BNA weren't particularly happy ones, and the tension is apparent on Country 'Til I Die. For every charmer like Bobby Braddock's "The Good" or...
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When Anderson sings "The Band Plays On," he's not kidding: Levon Helm sings harmonies on that cut, and the
Band's spirit runs through the entire record, especially the...
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Featuring guest appearances by Levon Helm and Mark Knopfler, John Anderson's Paradise is a typically consistent effort from the singer, featuring a handful of great songs...
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John Anderson's idea of the perfect woman--at least according to "Somebody Slap Me," the first single from Takin' The Country Back--apparently is a beauty-pageant contestant...
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Although it suffers a little bit from uneven material, Takin' the Country Back is one of John Anderson's best latter-day efforts, thanks to his impassioned vocals and the...
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Super Hits contains ten tracks from John Anderson's RCA recordings, mixing latter-day hits with re-recordings of early hits like "Swingin'." Among the featured songs are "My...
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Greatest Hits is a 15-track compilation that features John Anderson's '90s hits for BNA Records, as well as selections from his '80s work for RCA Records. The result is a...
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Essential contains 16 well-chosen tracks taken from John Anderson's early- to mid-'80s recordings on Warner Bros., including the modern honky tonk hits "Straight Tequila...
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Solid Ground 6/22/1993, Yahoo! Music, Brian Mansfield
The follow-up to Seminole Wind doesn't have the depth of its predecessor, but it does have a fun novelty rocker in "Money In The...
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Solid Ground is a fitting title for this album, as John Anderson was surely in his stride when he recorded this follow-up to his comeback, Seminole Wind. Anderson's...
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Anderson's one album for Capitol contains no hit singles to speak of and went absolutely nowhere, but not for lack of quality. Despite its re-release after the success of...
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Anderson's first album for MCA, which includes "The Ballad Of Zero And The Tramp," written by Anderson and frequent Elton John collaborator Bernie Taupin, plus the Keith...
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Many of the songs on You Can't Keep A Good MemoryDown appear here, but this also contains Anderson's other hit for MCA, a duet with Waylon Jennings called "Somewhere Between...
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Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 contains ten well-chosen tracks taken from John Anderson's 1985-to-1990 recordings on Warner Bros., including the modern honky tonk hits "Goin'...
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Seminole Wind 2/11/1992, Yahoo! Music, Brian Mansfield
Anderson had been out of sight for more than three years when he released Seminole Wind, which remains the best of his '90s albums (his Warner Bros. hits are compiled on two...
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As his comeback, John Anderson didn't just stumble upon a couple of hit singles, he produced a solid album, full of twangy rubble raisers and moving, yearning ballads....
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Greatest Hits covers John Anderson's biggest hits from the early '80s, including the Top Ten singles "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories," "She Sure Got Away With My...
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John Anderson's album Somehow, Someway, Someday was released in the spring of 2002. It carries 11 tracks, including "Country Comfort," "What Did I Promise Her Last Night,"...
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John Anderson burst on the country music scene in the late '70s as one of the first of the new breed of singers known as "new traditionalists." They were dedicated to...
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John Anderson's 2004 release on Koch is called Ultimate Hits, which gives the impression that it's a reissue of his big hits from the '80s and '90s. While the titles of the...
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His second album (obviously), this traditionally minded package contrasted with the bulk of the material released in the same Urban Cowboy-influenced time period. His cover...
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This is an excellent two-disc compilation of John Anderson's Warner Bros. recordings. These 30 tracks consist of all the radio favorites, including "I'm Just an Old Chunk of...
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