Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden/You're My Man

Two classic Country albums available on one CD by one of the finest female vocalists of her time. Rose Garden (1970) features the enormously successful title track and 10 others while the following year's You're My Man also features 11 tracks. 22 tracks total. Columbia. Album Description

# 1 Country Singer

My all time favorite country artist. This cd has all my favorites on it. Can't get enough of Lynn Anderson. June 22, 2008

Golden age of country

This CD combines Lynn Anderson's albums Rose Garden and You're My Man. Besides her own hits like Rose Garden, You're My Man and Nothing Between Us, it's mainly a collection of country covers of pop hits from the late 1960s and early 1970s and Anderson's interpretations are enjoyable. Backed by a lush, string-driven country pop sound, she delivers memorable and engaging renditions of classics like For The Good Times, I Don't Want To Play House, Proud Mary, Snowbird and It's Only Make Believe. I also love her versions of Dawn's huge 1971 hit Knock Three Times and Flying Machine, Cliff Richard's minor hit from the same year. She even makes Three Dog Night's Joy To The World her own, although I don't think she succeeds so well on Kris Kristofferson's Sunday Morning Coming Down. Somehow I just can't imagine Lynn Anderson stumbling down the stairs with a hangover on a Sunday morning, although to be fair, everybody covered this song at one time or another. Other very listenable numbers include I Can Spot A Cheater, Cry Cry Again, the gospel song Put Your Hand In The Hand and Help Me Make It Through The Night. She has a strong and warm country voice and the backing is beautiful in that early 1970s way. I love this album as it really evokes the spirit of that golden age of song.

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Two classic albums from one of country's finest singers

This UK release is a straight re-issue of two of Lynn's original albums on one CD. The same two CD's were released in the USA as Golden classic edition, but with a few extra tracks.

Both albums contain plenty of covers. Indeed, Rose garden was itself a cover. It was written by Joe South and originally appeared on the same album of his that included Games people play (which has also been covered by Lynn, but her version has never appeared on CD). Lynn had a major international hit with it, going high in the pop charts in Britain, America and many other countries.

Among the songs covered by Lynn on the Rose Garden album are For the good times (Kris Kristofferson), Another lonely night (Jean Shepherd), I don't want to play house (Tammy Wynette), Snowbird (Anne Murray), Sunday morning coming down (Kris Kristofferson) and It's only make believe (Conway Twitty). The original songs include two co-written by her then-husband (Your sweet love lifted me, I wish I was a little boy again) and Nothing between us, a song Lynn wrote herself.

The second album is You're my man. The title track, one of four songs that Glenn Sutton wrote or co-wrote, was a huge country hit. Most, if not all, of the other songs are covers, including Knock three times (Tony Orlando and Dawn), Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival), Help me make it through the night (Kris Kristofferson), Put your hand in the hand (first recorded by Anne Murray) and Joy to the world (Three dog night).

This is an excellent collection but you don't need it if you have the Golden classics edition. September 2, 2003

awesome

i grew up with old country. i did not like it when i was young but i love it now. March 15, 2002

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