Amazon.co.uk allows you to pay for your items in your local currency. Restrictions apply. Learn More. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Listen to Samples and Buy MP3s
Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or
view the MP3 Album.
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Download|Amazon Verified Purchase
I know, some of you will be thinking 'Oh No.................Country!' but have you ever listened to it? This album by the living legend Charlie Daniels, songwriter, singer, guitarist and fiddle player will surely make you think again. After all Mr Daniels is a Grammy winner, an inductee into The Grand Ole Opry, and an inductee into the Musicians Hall of Fame, so we are not talking about some mediocre muscian here.
The fourteen tracks on this album are all greats and will have your toes tapping. And if you think country is just sloppy ballads think again, after all there are tracks on here that are regularly played on rock radio stations throughout the US. Like rock, country has its roots deep in the blues tradition, where the best music comes from. If you don't normally listen to country this album could change your mind and open up a genre of new music to you.
If you love good lyrics and great music then get this album. If you have never downloaded any MP3 tracks or an album from Amazon before, don't be worried. Things are a doddle, you order the item and when you go to the checkout and pay you will be prompted to download their installer program thingy, and then after that is done and you run it your selection is downloaded. It really is a doddle, this is only the second time I have done it without any problems on two diferent computers, running two different operating systems. My dad uses this service on Amazon loads of times for his ipod and never has had any problems.
The fourteen tracks on this album are all greats and will have your toes tapping. And if you think country is just sloppy ballads think again, after all there are tracks on here that are regularly played on rock radio stations throughout the US. Like rock, country has its roots deep in the blues tradition, where the best music comes from. If you don't normally listen to country this album could change your mind and open up a genre of new music to you.
If you love good lyrics and great music then get this album. If you have never downloaded any MP3 tracks or an album from Amazon before, don't be worried. Things are a doddle, you order the item and when you go to the checkout and pay you will be prompted to download their installer program thingy, and then after that is done and you run it your selection is downloaded. It really is a doddle, this is only the second time I have done it without any problems on two diferent computers, running two different operating systems. My dad uses this service on Amazon loads of times for his ipod and never has had any problems.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
5 reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
It's CDB, What'd You Expect?
5 April 2005
Format:Audio CD
All of the best songs by the CDB are found here. They are also the original masters, which is refreshing to see. The obvious ones are here, such as "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," "In America," "Long-haired Country Boy," "The South's Gonna Do It Again," and "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues." My favorite songs, "Texas" and "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye," are also here. Everything here is worth the price of the album.
People who enjoy hard driving country and Southern rock with heavy fiddle play, you'll love this album. Daniels is very talented(he plays fiddle, guitar, and mandolin), and his band is just as proficient. You won't be let down by this album.
Since it's so hard to review an album that's so chock full of great music, I'll put it to you this way: If you love Charlie Daniels, get this album. If you've never heard much from CDB and want a good starter album, get this. And above all, please see these guys in concert. They put on one of the best shows in the business.
People who enjoy hard driving country and Southern rock with heavy fiddle play, you'll love this album. Daniels is very talented(he plays fiddle, guitar, and mandolin), and his band is just as proficient. You won't be let down by this album.
Since it's so hard to review an album that's so chock full of great music, I'll put it to you this way: If you love Charlie Daniels, get this album. If you've never heard much from CDB and want a good starter album, get this. And above all, please see these guys in concert. They put on one of the best shows in the business.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Best 1 disc overview, BUT
17 Nov 2005
Format:Audio CD
As I age, I become even less able to tolerate that which is less than right. CDB compilations have tended to be only 10 songs, which means that this 14 song set is head and shoulders above those. But it is still unnecessarily incomplete. This disc could hold another 20-25 minutes of music, and there is no reason it can't be here. Do the idiots at record companies think that they will sell an Essential CDB Part 2 by shorting this one?
The 30 song, 2 disc Ultimate Charlie Daniels Band is available, but it is $24.98, and the CDB does not have the fans to sell millions of 'best of' compliations at that price. That compilation also omits the hit 'In America,' but that is my least favorite song on The Essential CDB.
If The Essential CDB had added only 'Reflections,' I would have been thrilled by it as a 15 song career overview. But even then, that would leave out such songs as 'American Farmer' (which is one of the most important songs to the founding of the Farm Aid movement), 'High Lonesome,' Saddle Tramp,' '(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks' (which is on the 3 disc Roots Remain set), 'Talk to Me Fiddle,'and 'Play Me Some Fiddle.' 'The Intimidator,' (about NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt) would be a nice addition, as would a Gospel song.
In short, this is the best 1 disc 'best of' CDB, but once a fan of these songs hears the others I've named, he'll want them too.
If 'In America,' 'A Few More Rednecks,' and 'The Intimidator' were added to The Ultimate Charlie Daniels Band 2 disc set, that would be the one to own, even at $24.98.
The 30 song, 2 disc Ultimate Charlie Daniels Band is available, but it is $24.98, and the CDB does not have the fans to sell millions of 'best of' compliations at that price. That compilation also omits the hit 'In America,' but that is my least favorite song on The Essential CDB.
If The Essential CDB had added only 'Reflections,' I would have been thrilled by it as a 15 song career overview. But even then, that would leave out such songs as 'American Farmer' (which is one of the most important songs to the founding of the Farm Aid movement), 'High Lonesome,' Saddle Tramp,' '(What This World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks' (which is on the 3 disc Roots Remain set), 'Talk to Me Fiddle,'and 'Play Me Some Fiddle.' 'The Intimidator,' (about NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt) would be a nice addition, as would a Gospel song.
In short, this is the best 1 disc 'best of' CDB, but once a fan of these songs hears the others I've named, he'll want them too.
If 'In America,' 'A Few More Rednecks,' and 'The Intimidator' were added to The Ultimate Charlie Daniels Band 2 disc set, that would be the one to own, even at $24.98.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Missing Some
2 April 2010
Amazon Verified Purchase
I was about to buy The Essential Super Hits of the Charlie Daniels Band, but I realized that it was remakes of the songs. This particular album is missing some songs like "This Ain't No Rag, It's A Flag" and "The Intimidator," but I prefer the original songs to the remakes.
Bottom Line: If you like the original songs over the remakes, get this album.
Bottom Line: If you like the original songs over the remakes, get this album.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
