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It's a music criticism cliché to complain about the title of a collection like Ultimate Waylon Jennings, to snipe that the album doesn't live up to the promise of its title when, after all, the Ultimate series is merely RCA/BMG's response to Sony's popular Essentials series. Still, when a compilation falls as short of the mark as this, it's hard not to grumble. Ultimate Waylon Jennings suffers from the need to be evenhanded and to extend the compilation to his less popular and less artistically successful '80s recordings, including a selection from the supergroup the Highwaymen. This comes at the expense of any '60s hit outside of "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line," any song from the immortal Honky Tonk Heroes, several hits (including many number ones), and a lot of great album tracks and minor hits. Of course, these kind of omissions are inevitable when a career as rich and prolific as Waylon's is condensed to a mere 22 tracks, but the problem is that there is too much emphasis on late-'70s material and too many tracks from the '80s (a full seven songs), and there are too many classic tracks missing. Nevertheless, there are enough classics present -- such as "The Taker," "I'm a Ramblin' Man," "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way," and "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" -- to make it an enjoyable listen, but there are so many good Waylon compilations on the market that there's not much reason to get this, even if it's billed as Ultimate.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ivy J. Bryant, Composer - Ivy J. Bryant, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Performer
Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Kris Kristofferson, Composer - Kris Kristofferson, Lyricist - Chet Atkins, Producer - Danny Davis, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Performer - Waylon Jennings, Vocal - Shel Silverstein, Composer - Shel Silverstein, Lyricist
Originally released 1971. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Willie Nelson, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Composer - Waylon Jennings, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Performer - Waylon Jennings, Producer
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment
Ray Pennington, Composer - Ray Pennington, Lyricist - Ray Pennington, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Performer
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment
Ray Pennington, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Composer - Waylon Jennings, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Performer - Waylon Jennings, Producer
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Kyle Lehning, Engineer - Jack Clement, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Composer - Waylon Jennings, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Performer
(P) 1975 Sony Music Entertainment
Ray Pennington, Producer - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson, Performer - Willie Nelson, Composer - Willie Nelson, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Composer - Waylon Jennings, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Arranger - Waylon Jennings, Producer
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment
Neil Young, Composer - Neil Young, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Performer - Ken Mansfield, Producer
(P) 1976 Sony Music Entertainment
Bobby Emmons, Composer - Bobby Emmons, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Performer - Chips Moman, Composer - Chips Moman, Lyricist - Chips Moman, Producer
(P) 1977 Sony Music Entertainment
Elliot Federman, Re-Mastering Engineer - Mike Hartry, Producer - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson, Performer - Ed Bruce, Composer - Ed Bruce, Lyricist - Patsy Bruce, Composer - Patsy Bruce, Lyricist - Chips Moman, Producer
(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment
Richie Albright, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Composer - Waylon Jennings, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Performer
(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment
Richie Albright, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Composer - Waylon Jennings, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Performer
(P) 1978 Sony Music Entertainment
Bob McDill, Composer - Bob McDill, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Performer - Ken Mansfield, Producer
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment
Richie Albright, Producer - Chuckie Howard, Composer - Chuckie Howard, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Vocal
(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment
Rodney Crowell, Composer - Rodney Crowell, Lyricist - Richie Albright, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Performer
(P) 1979 Sony Music Entertainment
Richie Albright, Producer - Waylon Jennings, Composer - Waylon Jennings, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Performer
(P) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson, Performer - Don Bowman, Composer - Don Bowman, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Composer - Waylon Jennings, Lyricist - Chips Moman, Producer
(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment
Bobby Emmons, Composer - Bobby Emmons, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Performer - Waylon Jennings, Composer - Waylon Jennings, Lyricist - Chips Moman, Producer
(P) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment
Bob McDill, Composer - Bob McDill, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Performer - Waylon Jennings, Producer
(P) 1983 Sony Music Entertainment
Gary Scruggs, Producer - Jerry Bridges, Producer - Sammy Johns, Composer - Sammy Johns, Lyricist - Waylon Jennings, Performer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment
Jimmy Webb, Composer - Jimmy Webb, Lyricist - Carlos Grier, Edited By - Margie Hunt, Executive Producer - Denny Purcell, Mastering Engineer - Eric Conn, Edited By - The Highwaymen (Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson), Performer - Chips Moman, Producer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
It's a music criticism cliché to complain about the title of a collection like Ultimate Waylon Jennings, to snipe that the album doesn't live up to the promise of its title when, after all, the Ultimate series is merely RCA/BMG's response to Sony's popular Essentials series. Still, when a compilation falls as short of the mark as this, it's hard not to grumble. Ultimate Waylon Jennings suffers from the need to be evenhanded and to extend the compilation to his less popular and less artistically successful '80s recordings, including a selection from the supergroup the Highwaymen. This comes at the expense of any '60s hit outside of "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line," any song from the immortal Honky Tonk Heroes, several hits (including many number ones), and a lot of great album tracks and minor hits. Of course, these kind of omissions are inevitable when a career as rich and prolific as Waylon's is condensed to a mere 22 tracks, but the problem is that there is too much emphasis on late-'70s material and too many tracks from the '80s (a full seven songs), and there are too many classic tracks missing. Nevertheless, there are enough classics present -- such as "The Taker," "I'm a Ramblin' Man," "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way," and "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" -- to make it an enjoyable listen, but there are so many good Waylon compilations on the market that there's not much reason to get this, even if it's billed as Ultimate.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:45
- Main artists: Waylon Jennings
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RLG - BMG Heritage
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
This compilation (P) 2004 BMG Music
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