They're All Fine When Sung By Patsy Cline

Review Score: (10/10)
The most haunting and lovely voice ever to come out of country music belonged to Patsy Cline, whose life was cut tragically short in 1963 by a plane crash. This collection captures Cline's spirit and breath-takingly beautiful voice. It does not, however, cover the span of her career--those early honky-tonk/rockabilly records that she made for labels like FourStar. These songs come from the sessions produced by Owen Bradley in the early 60s. One of Cline's biggest hits (both country and pop) from 1957 was a very haunting and twangy rendition of "Walkin' After Midnight." A different version of that song is on this collection--a brighter, more up-tempo version of a very lonely and very "country" song--seek out the original. Two of the most succulent ballads, country or otherwise, ever recorded--Willie Nelson's "Crazy," and "I Fall to Pieces"--are also included on this collection. Next time you're in a bar, play "Crazy," and see what it does to the place; that's the magic of Patsy Cline. There are also some other pop standards here which Cline treats rather well: Gogi Grant's "The Wayward Wind" is sung in a slow and deliberate fashion. "You Belong to Me" is also mellow, and backed, I believe, by the Jordanaires. And there's a very lovely version of "South of the Border," a tale, like many of the songs Cline sings, of unrequited love. "Sweet Dreams" is a haunting and, in some ways, disturbing melody, as we know that it was one of the songs included in the last sessions Cline ever recorded, weeks, I believe, before her untimely death.

If you're new to Patsy Cline's voice, this is the collection for you to begin with. You won't regret it. It will provide you with listening pleasure forever.

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