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1. A Church, a Courtroom, Then Goodbye
2. A Poor Man's Roses
3. Cry Not For Me
4. Fingerprints
5. Got Lots of Rhythm in My Soul
6. Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round
7. Hidin' Out
8. I Cried All the Way to the Altar
9. I've Loved and Lost Again
10. I Can't Forget
11. In Care of the Blues
12. Just Out of Reach
13. Let the Teardrops Fall
14. Never No More |
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When Patsy Cline's plane went down in Camden, Tennessee on March
5, 1963, she was only 30. In the decades since, she's become one
of country music's most revered icons. Cline's historical
significance can't be denied; along with Kitty Wells and Brenda
Lee, she established a place for women in the notoriously
male-dominated Nashville music industry while making records that
bridged the divide between country and pop. And then there's the
sheer power of her singing: stoic, vulnerable, wise, and
immeasurably influential. Recorded between 1955 and 1960, the
tracks on this disc predate the early-'60s era that spawned
classics like "Crazy" and "I Fall to Pieces." And yet such
wonderfully titled tunes as "A Church, a Courtroom and then
Goodbye" and "I Cried All the Way to the Altar" play off the
singer's wounded-romantic side to brilliant effect. Truth is,
Patsy Cline always sounded best when the recipe called for
heartache.
— Mac Randall |
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