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Like any record company worth their salt, MCA knows a good gimmick when they see it, and when the millennium came around, 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection wasn't too far behind. Supposedly, the millennium is a momentous occasion, but it's hard to feel that way when it's used as another excuse to turn out a budget-line series. But apart from the presumptuous title, 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection turns out to be a very good budget-line series. True, it's impossible for any of these ten-track collections to be definitive, but they're nevertheless solid samplers that don't feature a bad song in the bunch. For example, take Brenda Lee's 20th Century volume. Yes, there are some great songs missing, but what's here is terrific, including "I'm Sorry," "Sweet Nothin's," "I Want to Be Wanted," "That's All You Gotta Do," "Emotions," "Break It to Me Gently," "Dum Dum," "Everybody Loves Me but You," and "All Alone Am I." Serious fans will want something more extensive and neophytes would be best-served by better-chosen collections, but this disc is quite entertaining, considering its length and price. That doesn't erase the ridiculousness of the series' title, but the silliness is excusable when the music and the collections are good.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Boots Randolph, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Martin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dub Allbritten, ComposerLyricist - FLOYD CRAMER, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Bradley, Producer, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Ronnie Self, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - The Anita Kerr Singers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Murrey "Buddy" Harman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Ronnie Self, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pino Spotti, ComposerLyricist - Giuseppe Spotti, ComposerLyricist - KIM GANNON, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Alberto Testa, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Dunlap, ComposerLyricist - Earl Hines, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Charles Carpenter, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Reed, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mel Tillis, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ramsey Kearney, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Joe Seneca, ComposerLyricist - Diane Lampert, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sharon Sheeley, ComposerLyricist - Jackie DeShannon, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist - Kathryn R. Fulton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Owen Bradley, Producer - Ronnie Self, ComposerLyricist - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1962 MCA Nashville
Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - JEAN RENARD, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, MainArtist
℗ 1963 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Arthur Altman, ComposerLyricist - Owen Bradley, Producer - Brenda Lee, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manos Hadjidakis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Like any record company worth their salt, MCA knows a good gimmick when they see it, and when the millennium came around, 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection wasn't too far behind. Supposedly, the millennium is a momentous occasion, but it's hard to feel that way when it's used as another excuse to turn out a budget-line series. But apart from the presumptuous title, 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection turns out to be a very good budget-line series. True, it's impossible for any of these ten-track collections to be definitive, but they're nevertheless solid samplers that don't feature a bad song in the bunch. For example, take Brenda Lee's 20th Century volume. Yes, there are some great songs missing, but what's here is terrific, including "I'm Sorry," "Sweet Nothin's," "I Want to Be Wanted," "That's All You Gotta Do," "Emotions," "Break It to Me Gently," "Dum Dum," "Everybody Loves Me but You," and "All Alone Am I." Serious fans will want something more extensive and neophytes would be best-served by better-chosen collections, but this disc is quite entertaining, considering its length and price. That doesn't erase the ridiculousness of the series' title, but the silliness is excusable when the music and the collections are good.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:01
- Main artists: Brenda Lee
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Genre: Country
© 1999 UMG Recordings Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings Inc.
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