- Audio CD (29 Feb 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Capitol
- ASIN: B00004LMK7
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 296,975 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Glen Campbell (b. 1936) was an ever-present part of the late 60s/70s music scene with such hits as Gentle On My Mind, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, and (of course) Rhinestone Cowboy. And then, came the substance abuse, and it all just fell apart. In 2000, this album was cut, combining various great tunes from along Mr. Campbell's career.
Now, as the album includes such as Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, you can tell that this is not really a collection of his top selling songs. Instead, this album gives a good cross-section of great Glen Campbell tunes, showing off the range of his performances. Overall, I liked this album, especially the old hits of Southern Nights, Rhinestone Cowboy, and Galveston. So, if you are a fan of that great 70s country and rock, then you will like this album. I know I did!
Now, as the album includes such as Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay and He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, you can tell that this is not really a collection of his top selling songs. Instead, this album gives a good cross-section of great Glen Campbell tunes, showing off the range of his performances. Overall, I liked this album, especially the old hits of Southern Nights, Rhinestone Cowboy, and Galveston. So, if you are a fan of that great 70s country and rock, then you will like this album. I know I did!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I had not listened to Glen Campbell much since the 1970s and bought this album to indulge my nostalgia for his romantic music. It was a great delight to listen to this album with not only discovering some really good guitar pieces such as "Classical Gas" and "Gentle on my mind", but also to enjoy some covers that I had not heard Glen sing previously such as "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay", "Both Sides Now" and "He ain't heavy, he's my brother", and was surprised to find I actually preferred his version to the original artist. I have renewed my appreciation for Glen Campbell's music and play this constantly.
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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Quite a lot missing
3 Sep 2000
Format:Audio CD
This is hardly Glens 20 Greatest Hits - and is a bit of a shameless repackaging. There are more than 3 instrumental tracks and two recorded live, which do take away from the quality of this album. Considering that he has had over 30 albums released and has a huge range of talents, one feels that this compilation was put together by someone, who knows very little about the man and his music. Still a reasonable album, the reproduction quality of some of the tracks also lets it down. To be fair, I have found a better selection of Glens music on bargain basement cd's in this past,. With todays technology, and availabilty - this should have been better.
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Not really the best title for this collection...
19 Aug 2000
Format:Audio CD
If memory serves me correctly, only about 7 of the 20 tracks on this "20 Greatest Hits" collection were actually hits for Campbell either on the pop, country or easy listening charts. If you're looking for a really good hits collection by Campbell, I recommend (with reservations) "The Very Best of Glen Campbell" on Capitol or "The Glen Campbell Collection" on Razor and Tie. The Capitol disc is a great compilation but was remastered long before the Razor and Tie collection. The R&T disc sounds better and, being a two-disc set (and that's the only way to get a comprehensive collection of Campbell's hits) offers a much wider selection of material. Still, Campbell is a very versatile performer and turns in fine performances on all the tracks included on "20 Greatest" whether or not they were among his "hits".
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Satisfying compilation from pop-country music master
28 May 2000
Format:Audio CD
There are many greatest hits compilations for Glen Campbell and this newest one is one of the best. It includes all the essential hits -"Galveston," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Gentle On My Mind," "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Southern Nights," and "Wichita Lineman." And it also includes some interesting choices for other hits. Three instrumental pieces are included as well as some not-so-big hits that are cause for question of the title of this album. For example, instead of including "Let It Be Me," or "All I Have To Do is Dream," with Bobbie Gentry, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" is included. It's nice, although, that different 'greatest hits' are included. I suppose, however, that any more than this and a second CD would have to be added (like "The Glen Campbell Anthology"), but it would be nicer if this package included EVERYTHING.
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