Author: Various Artists

Features:

• Tammy Wynette Remembered by Various Artists (1998-10-20)

Format: Import

Release Date: 08-09-1998

Details: Review It's a sentimental gesture that Wynette would no doubt endorse, but with too many routine performances, Remembered falls short artistically, and without such A-list participants as Reba McEntire and Patty Loveless, it lacks the star power a First Lady deserves. -- The Los Angeles TimesWynette's star-studded tribute is a kick. It's almost worth a séance to find out what Tammy ... thinks of Elton John's rollicking cover of "Stand by Your Man." -- Entertainment Weekly Amazon.ca This tribute album doesn't go out of its way to cater to fans of Identikit late-'90s country stars; a surprisingly high percentage of these tracks succeed, thanks largely to an artist list that retains ties to Wynette's generation, whether musically or personally. Ex- husband George Jones writes a final chapter of his relationship with the star on a painfully dignified version of "Take Me to Your World" that ironically reverses the song's situation; here, it's the woman who's the barroom habitue, Jones the longsuffering spouse. Equally affecting is Rosanne Cash's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," a typically wise-shaded performance. Less adventurous, but nearly as touching, is "'Til I Get It Right" by Trisha Yearwood. As is usual with such projects, though, the bad stuff is really bad--not least Elton John's schlocky reworking of "Stand By Your Man," which seems to miss the joke in a way that Lyle Lovett's 1989 recording didn't. --Rickey Wright

UPC: 761863937925

EAN: 0761863937925

Languages: english

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New