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At two discs -- one devoted to original compositions, one to covers -- Zonophone's 2007 collection The Best of Bobbie Gentry: The Capitol Years (its subtitle is unintentionally amusing, as Gentry only recorded for Capitol) is the most comprehensive Bobbie Gentry set yet released, which isn't the same thing as the best. Not that this compilation is bad -- far from it, actually, since it does have all her hits and the great majority of her best tracks, plus a handful of rarities to lure in diehards. The problem is, it's too exhaustive to act as an introduction, especially with three terrific single-disc sets on the market (EMI's 2000 Ode to Bobbie Gentry, Raven's 2002 An American Quilt, Shout! Factory's 2004 Chickasaw County Child: The Artistry of Bobbie Gentry), and if you're already part of Gentry's cult, you'd be better served by getting Raven's pair of two-fers of original albums. That said, anybody who picks up this Best of Bobbie Gentry will hear plenty of wonderful music, so it's hardly a bad purchase; it's just that there are better options out there.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Jimmie Haskell, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Joe Polito, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shorty Rogers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shorty Rogers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shorty Rogers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glen Campbell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al De Lory, Conductor, Producer, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shorty Rogers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kelso Herston, Producer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Hall, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Kelly Gordon, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Bobbie Gentry, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Rick Hall, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bobbie Gentry, MainArtist - John Buck Wilken , Composer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Larry Muhoberac, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Bobbie Gentry, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Larry Muhoberac, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
DISC 2
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kelso Herston, Producer - Don Tweedy, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records, LLC
Kenny Rankin, Composer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kelly Gordon, Producer - Doug Kershaw, ComposerLyricist - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shorty Rogers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Ronnie Wilkins, Composer - John Hurley, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kelso Herston, Producer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY, ComposerLyricist - Kelso Herston, Producer - Don Tweedy, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Dorsey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kelso Herston, Producer - John Hartford, Composer - Don Tweedy, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, MainArtist - Jamie Horton, Composer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Unknown, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Bill Martin, Composer - Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Hall, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - HARRY NILSSON, Composer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Hall, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Hill, Composer - Fred Burch, Composer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Boudleaux Bryant, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Glen Campbell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al De Lory, Producer
℗ 2007 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kelly Gordon, Producer - Bobbie Gentry, MainArtist - Shorty Rogers, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Robert B. Sherman, Composer - Richard M. Sherman, Composer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Kelly Gordon, Producer - Donovan Leitch, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Jimmie Haskell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Hall, Producer - Leon Russell, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Mark Levine, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Mathis, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kelso Herston, Producer - Larry Henley, Composer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Mark Levine, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kelso Herston, Producer - Berry Gordy, Composer - Frank Wilson, Composer - Patrice Holloway, Composer - Brenda Holloway, Composer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Bobbie Gentry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Unknown, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Kelly Gordon, Producer - Vito Pallavicini, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, MainArtist - Pino Massara, Composer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Kelly Gordon, Producer - Vito Pallavicini, Composer - Bobbie Gentry, MainArtist - M. Deponti, Composer
℗ 2007 Capitol Records Nashville
Album review
At two discs -- one devoted to original compositions, one to covers -- Zonophone's 2007 collection The Best of Bobbie Gentry: The Capitol Years (its subtitle is unintentionally amusing, as Gentry only recorded for Capitol) is the most comprehensive Bobbie Gentry set yet released, which isn't the same thing as the best. Not that this compilation is bad -- far from it, actually, since it does have all her hits and the great majority of her best tracks, plus a handful of rarities to lure in diehards. The problem is, it's too exhaustive to act as an introduction, especially with three terrific single-disc sets on the market (EMI's 2000 Ode to Bobbie Gentry, Raven's 2002 An American Quilt, Shout! Factory's 2004 Chickasaw County Child: The Artistry of Bobbie Gentry), and if you're already part of Gentry's cult, you'd be better served by getting Raven's pair of two-fers of original albums. That said, anybody who picks up this Best of Bobbie Gentry will hear plenty of wonderful music, so it's hardly a bad purchase; it's just that there are better options out there.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:00:07
- Main artists: Bobbie Gentry
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone Catalogue
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2007 Capitol Records LLC This Compilation ℗ 2007 Capitol Records LLC
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