Track Listing

1. Rhinestone Cowboy
2. Galveston
3. Wichita Lineman
4. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
5. Gentle on My Mind
6. Southern Nights
7. Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in LA)
8. Dreams of an Everyday Housewife
9. It's Only Make Believe
10. I Wanna Live
11. Try a Little Kindness
12. Sunflower
13. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
14. Honey Come Back to Me
15. Let It Be Me (w/Bobby Gentry)
16. True Grit
17. Houston (I'm Comin' to See You)
18. Don't Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
19. Highwayman
20. I'm Gonna Love You
21. Where's the Playground Susie
22. All I Have to Do Is Dream (w/Bobby Gentry)
23. Hey Little One
24. The Last Time I Saw Her
25. Everything a Man Could Need

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10805 in Music
• Released on: 2003-01-28
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
In 1967 Glen Campbell broke through to become a household name following his hit version of Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." With follow-up hits "I Wanna Live" and "Wichita Lineman" paving the way for his enormously successful CBS variety show The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, Campbell rode a trail of hit singles well into the 1970s. This hits collection reflects his wide-ranging repertoire and flair for mixing old and new. Though his spin on John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind" barely broke the Top 30 in 1967, it gained immortality as the Goodtime Hour theme song. With the now-classic "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights," Campbell's ability to create chart-topping country singles that resonated with non-country fans was years ahead of its time. Tackling songs forever associated with others (the Everly Brothers' "Let It Be Me" and "All I Have to do Is Dream" and Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe") can be risky, but Campbell's strong, passionate interpretations put them across. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews

This is the Very Best of Glen
If you ever were or are a Glen Campbell fan then this is the CD you want in your collection. This has all of his hits along with songs with Bobbie Gentry and those are unreplacable. Get this CD if ever liked one of Glen's songs. The rest are all great!!

great music
Its is nice to have this collection, alot of great songs here. no regret on this purchase

Most Comprehensive One On The Market
If you are looking for original versions of Glen's hit singles this one offers the most in one package of the 38 he put into the Billboard Pop Hot 100, 41 to the Adult Contemporary (AC) charts, and 75 Country charters from 1961 to 1993 (many of them crossovers).

These include his hard-to-find hits, True Grit [# 7 AC/# 9 Country/# 35 Hot 100 in late summer 1969 from the film of the same name], and Try A Little Kindness [# 1 AC/# 2 Country/# 23 Hot in late 1969. The only selection I question among the 25 is Highwayman which made none of the charts on its 1979 release. Nor is there any mention of it in the otherwise excellent five pages of liner notes written by Valerie V. Hansen which might explain its inclusion rather than, say, a legitimate hit like Oh Happy Day [# 7 AC/# 25 Country/# 40 Hot 100 in 1970].

They could easily release a Volume 2 to include that, plus the other hits not covered, including another duet with Bobbie Gentry - Mornin' Glory [# 32 AC/# 74 Hot 100 in 1968], and Christmas Is For Children [# 7 on the Billboard Christmas charts in 1968] - both of which remain singularly hard to find. They could round it off with some of his better Country-only charters like Kentucky Means Paradise, # 20 in 1963 with The Green River Boys, and Burning Bridges [# 18 in 1967]. What do you say, Capitol?

In the meantime, unless you're a die-hard audiophile the sound quality is just fine.