Produktinformation
Titel: Here's Faron Young/Occasional Wife
Artist / Grupp: Faron Young
Genre: Country
Releasedatum: 04/05/2009
Originalår: 2009, 1968
Label: Hux Records, Hux
Producent: Jerry Kennedy
Antal delar i set: 1
Studio / Live: S
Stereo: STEREO
Format: Performer
EAN: 682970001050
Catalogue Number: HUX 105
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Additional notes
Album Notes: Hux's 2009 two-fer pairs 1968's Here's Faron Young and 1970's "Occasional Wife," two albums he recorded during the middle of his run at Mercury Records. Apart from some added sugar on the ballads, the rock rhythms of "Here's to the Girls" and the crisp Everlys-esque pop of "Stay Love," Here's Faron Young is a straightforward honky tonk record Young could have released back on Capitol in the '50s, right down to how Faron is in strong, assured voice. The collection of songs is quite strong, too, highlighted by the singles "I Just Came to Get My Baby" and "She Went a Little Bit Farther," both classic Texas 2-steps, as is "If You Ever Walk My Way Again," but he also has one of the earliest versions of "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," and a good drinking anthem in "Glass of Smile," helping make this into a solid LP.
Occasional Wife steps with the times a little bit more than Here's Faron Young, boasting a bigger, sweeter production, and some awareness of a world outside of a honky tonk, particularly in how "The Whirlwinds of My Mind" winks at the late-'60s MOR standard "Windmills of Your Mind." Fitting the sly title, there's humor in evidence throughout this disc, whether it's on the wry "Everybody's Got Problems" or the George Jones-styled novelty "A Bunch of Young Ideas," but this record also has a fair amount of straight-ahead honky tonk, a tentative pop crossover on "Alabama Rose," equal parts Glen Campbell and Merle Haggard, and a historical turn in "The Guns of Johnny Rondo," a tune partway between Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton, and totally not fitting Faron. In other words, it's a bit of a jumble, but not an unenjoyable one, with the good stuff -- which does include the singles "If I Ever Fall In Love with a Honky Tonk Girl" and "Occasional Wife" -- slightly outweighing the clunkers. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Album Reviews: Record Collector - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Young's voice is showcased well by the arrangements and the band is sharp."
Titles on disc 1
1.: I Just Came to Get My Baby
2.: She Went a Little Bit Farther
3.: I Live Just to Love You
4.: Before the Next Teardrop Falls
5.: What Does It Take to Make a Grown Man Cry
6.: So Afraid
7.: Here's to the Girls
8.: Missing You Was All I Did Today
9.: If You Ever Walk My Way Again
10.: Glass of Smile
11.: Stay Love
12.: If I Ever Fall in Love with a Honky Tonk Girl
13.: The Whirlwinds of My Mind, Whirlwinds of My Mind
14.: I Really Want to Know
15.: First Day of Loneliness
16.: A Bunch of Young Ideas, Bunch of Young Ideas
17.: The Guns of Johnny Rondo, Guns of Johnny Rondo
18.: Occasional Wife
19.: Alabama Rose
20.: The Weakness of a Fool, Weakness of a Fool
21.: Everybody's Got Problems
22.: You're the Angel
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