- Audio CD (28 May 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Warner
- ASIN: B00027EFCA
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,200,816 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Despite Nancy's own background, it is clear from the music that Nancy understood what country music was all about - and the liner notes, including comments by Nancy, confirm that.
The album kicks off with It's such a pretty world today, a great upbeat song which sets the standard of the album. Get while the getting's good is the kind of feisty song that Nancy is so good at. Walk through this world with me, a cover of a George Jones classic, shows that Nancy could sing the slow songs.
Jackson, a duet with Lee Hazelwood, was the big hit from this album. It was every bit as good as the original version by Johnny Cash and June Carter - that's high praise from me, as I am a huge Johnny Cash fan. When it's over, a sad song, is Nancy's favorite song on this album. The sadness is swept away by Lay some happiness on me.
Two more great ballads, Lonely again and By the way, are followed by a second duet with Lee Hazelwood - the Don Gibson classic Oh lonesome me. Nancy does a fine cover of End of the World, a huge American pop hit for Skeeter Davis that also made the British top 20. The original album ends with the excellent, upbeat Help stamp out loneliness.
The three bonus tracks are not quite up to the exceptionally high standard set by the main album, but are still worth hearing. Of all the pop singers who ever dabbled in country music, few if any were better suited to it than Nancy, who also recorded the occasional country song for her later albums, most notably a cover of Dolly Parton's Down from Dover, which she sang as a duet with Lee Hazelwood.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a great album by Nancy Sinatra, in which she displays her immense talent in singing, in a very feeling manner, a good selection of country songs. From the well known "Jackson" with Lee Hazlewood, through to the less well known ""By The Way, (I Still Love You)," she shows a country maturity that should be given more coverage. She should record a lot more country songs, she is a natural, and if you only buy one album this year, you will not go wrong if you buy Nancy Sinatra's "Country, My Way."
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Country your way? Bring it on, Nance--I'll listen!
7 July 2002
Format:Audio CD
There have been many pop artists who have done country to make a genre album (q.v. the Byrds' Sweethearts Of The Rodeo), or recording a song in that style (e.g. the Rolling Stones' "Faraway Eyes," Rod Stewart's "You're In My Heart," and Lionel Richie's "Deep River Woman," but they did nothing to advance the artist/group's career. One artist who did a tasteful country album was Nancy Sinatra.
The steel guitar and sound are there, but done without the cheesy twang, instrumentally and vocally. I don't remember Hee-Haw signing her up as a regular, so there's proof right there. Nancy's able to tackle ballads like "Walk Through This World With Me," Hank Cochran's "When It's Over," and heel-kickers such as the rollicking "Get While The Getting's Good" and the anti-loneliness anthem "Lay Some Happiness On Me." Nothing rough and loud like Hank Williams Jr. or about pickup trucks, barbecues, spouse abuse, or divorces here. Well, okay, there is "By The Way (I Still Love You)," about a ex-couple meeting up again and catching up.
There is the usual balance between happiness and loneliness. Right after "Lay Some Happiness," there follows "Lonely Again." Later on, her duet with Lee Hazlewood, "Oh Lonesome Me" is countered by "Help Stamp Out Loneliness."
I've heard "Jackson" so many times, maybe because it's on three different NS albums--Hit Years, this one, and Movin' With Nancy, plus I've heard the Pansy Division's punk/homosexual version of it. Anyway, Nancy and Lee belt this number out. The lyrics ridiculing a man's macho image work to a tee. "Go play your hand you big talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself." and "When I breeze into that city, people are gonna stoop and bow. All them woman gonna make me, teach them what they don't know how." Frankly, as I don't embody that stereotypical macho male image, I tend to side with the woman's lyrics.
The other big cover song is the forlorn "End Of The World," which I believe was originally done by Bill Frisell (someone let me know if I'm wrong).
Way back when, I wasn't able to handle country music but Nancy Sinatra's pop/country hybrid paved the way for me to like Sherrie Austin, Faith Hill, and Shania Twain.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Great 60's Country by a Non-Country Artist
14 July 2000
Format:Audio CD
What a great album! As a kid growing up in the 60's, I was a fan of country music (which my dad liked), pop (which my mom liked), and rock (which my older brothers liked). Nancy Sinatra was one of those artists that could do pretty much any of it, and in this album she brings only a smidge of her pop/rock flavor to a very solid country music album. The collection reflects efforts of some of the biggest Nashville composers of the time (Carl Belew, Hank Cochran, Bill Anderson, Don Gibson) and covers of some of the biggest artists (George Jones, Skeeter Davis, Johnny Cash & June Carter). Somebody, either Nancy or Lee Hazelwood, did their homework and put out a very credible country album. I listened to it hundreds of times on vinyl and the CD version is that much better, although the bonus tracks don't really fit the original tunestack. If you liked Nancy or love classic country from that era, you'll like/love this album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Hotter than a pepper sprout.
25 Jun 2006
Format:Audio CD
For Nancy Sinatra's fifth album, Nancy and her producer Lee Hazlewood decided to make a country record. Instead of just covering some popular country hits, like Ray Charles did on his country albums, they commissioned some top country songwriters to write new songs for Nancy. Then, they went into a Nashville recording studio and taped the songs with some of the top Nashville session musicians. What they ended up with is a pretty fair approximation of a mid-'60s country album. True, Nancy doesn't sound "Southern", but the musicians sound authentic, complete with fiddle and steel guitar. The hit song was Nancy & Lee's cover version of Johnny Cash & June Carter's "Jackson", but the rest of the songs are enjoyable, too. The CD adds three bonus tracks from 1970, after Nancy stopped having hits. Not bad, though.
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