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Every year during the Valentine's season, major labels comb their catalogs, issuing generic compilations of love songs. Usually, they are cobbled-together messes. Every once in a while you get a collection that holds up as an album, and this set of love songs by country music chameleon Vince Gill is one of them. He compiled this set himself, and his own subtle approach to making music informs this 14-song collection, spanning the years 1990-2006; it’s as tastefully sequenced as it is selected. It begins with the stellar “One,” from the 2000 album Let’s Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye. It’s driven by his acoustic guitar, sparse electric guitar fills, an insistent but minimal electric piano, and a muffled drum kit with painterly Rhodes piano fills. It’s a song of commitment, solidarity, and the promise of a love that becomes as it develops over time. It’s the frame for this album. There are a pair of hit singles in this mix in “What They Call Love,” and “When Love Finds You,” but the emphasis here isn’t on hits, it’s on the all-encompassing, sometimes contradictory nature of love. Gill wrote or co-wrote every tune in this batch. Because of his understatement, his exquisite taste when it comes to production, and his willingness to stretch contemporary country music’s borders, he comes across as sophisticated sure, but also as genuine. The gut string guitars that open “You and You Alone” introduce his protagonist, who states plainly that he’s willing to wait or elope in a moment. He’s aware of the consequences in every choice we have to make and he’s willing to pay them. The lilting, retro bluesy, swinging jazz in “Faint of Heart” is a duet with Diana Krall; it’s about the pleasures of love that’s free of cliche. Thankfully, he also included the old-school country love song “The Only Love” from his brilliant These Days album from 2006. Pedal steel and electric guitars, fuel this four/four ballad about the simple pleasures of loving one person for life. Gill’s done something that few in his field have accomplished: assembled a collection of love songs that’s based on aesthetics as well as theme.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer
℗ 2000 MCA Nashville
Reed Nielson, ComposerLyricist - Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer
℗ 2000 MCA Nashville
Michael Omartian, ComposerLyricist - Marty Williams, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shelby Lynne, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer
℗ 2000 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Al Anderson, ComposerLyricist - John Hobbs, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Diana Krall, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rhodes, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Robinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Gill, Producer, Electric Guitar, Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Lawrence, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Cappellino, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Kidd, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Traci Sterling Bisher, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Omartian, ComposerLyricist - Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer
℗ 2000 MCA Nashville
Al Anderson, ComposerLyricist - John Hobbs, Producer, Piano, Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Leslie Satcher, ComposerLyricist - Richard Bennett, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rhodes, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wasner, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Robinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Gill, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Lawrence, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Cappellino, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Kidd, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Traci Sterling Bisher, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jim Weatherly, ComposerLyricist - Marty Williams, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Hobbs, Producer, Piano, Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Bennett, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Emmons, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rhodes, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Randall, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Robinson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Joe walker Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Gill, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Producer, Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Lawrence, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Liana Manis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Cappellino, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Kidd, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Reed Neilson, ComposerLyricist - Traci Sterling Bisher, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - Don Schlitz, ComposerLyricist - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patty Loveless, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 MCA Nashville
Faith Hill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Martin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reed Nielsen, ComposerLyricist - Marty Williams, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Russ Martin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1992 MCA Nashville
Pete Wasner, ComposerLyricist - Marty Williams, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Gill, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Brown, Producer - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Every year during the Valentine's season, major labels comb their catalogs, issuing generic compilations of love songs. Usually, they are cobbled-together messes. Every once in a while you get a collection that holds up as an album, and this set of love songs by country music chameleon Vince Gill is one of them. He compiled this set himself, and his own subtle approach to making music informs this 14-song collection, spanning the years 1990-2006; it’s as tastefully sequenced as it is selected. It begins with the stellar “One,” from the 2000 album Let’s Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye. It’s driven by his acoustic guitar, sparse electric guitar fills, an insistent but minimal electric piano, and a muffled drum kit with painterly Rhodes piano fills. It’s a song of commitment, solidarity, and the promise of a love that becomes as it develops over time. It’s the frame for this album. There are a pair of hit singles in this mix in “What They Call Love,” and “When Love Finds You,” but the emphasis here isn’t on hits, it’s on the all-encompassing, sometimes contradictory nature of love. Gill wrote or co-wrote every tune in this batch. Because of his understatement, his exquisite taste when it comes to production, and his willingness to stretch contemporary country music’s borders, he comes across as sophisticated sure, but also as genuine. The gut string guitars that open “You and You Alone” introduce his protagonist, who states plainly that he’s willing to wait or elope in a moment. He’s aware of the consequences in every choice we have to make and he’s willing to pay them. The lilting, retro bluesy, swinging jazz in “Faint of Heart” is a duet with Diana Krall; it’s about the pleasures of love that’s free of cliche. Thankfully, he also included the old-school country love song “The Only Love” from his brilliant These Days album from 2006. Pedal steel and electric guitars, fuel this four/four ballad about the simple pleasures of loving one person for life. Gill’s done something that few in his field have accomplished: assembled a collection of love songs that’s based on aesthetics as well as theme.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:28
- Main artists: Vince Gill
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2010 MCA Nashville This Compilation ℗ 2010 MCA Nashville
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