Track Listing

1. Walking Piece of Heaven
2. Love Me
3. Twentieth Century Drifter
4. Don't You Think
5. Life
6. Man and a Train
7. Crawling on My Knees
8. It Takes Faith
9. Shotgun Rider
10. Two Gun Daddy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57423 in Music
• Released on: 1991-07-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

Some Of Marty's Lesser Known, But Better Music
This is a fine CD indeed! Most people are only familliar with Marty Robbins' hits for CBS, but there was a time in the early 1970's when he left CBS and, for a brief time, recorded for Decca/MCA, and these are some of those priceless recordings. This set starts off with the beautiful "Walking Piece Of Heaven" followed by "Love Me", a song with much the same sound and feel of "Begging To You". On "Twentieth Century Drifter", he sings of being a race car driver who dreams of winning first place and while just can't seem to live his dream, the woman in his life loves and understands him. "Don't You Think" and "Crawlin' On My Knees" are honest-to-goodness heart breaking Traditional Country tear jerkers, while "Life" is a bit more the Marty many remember hearing with the "crossover" sound that he, Ray Price and Jim Reeves made so popular... Strings and orchastra notwithstanding, Life shines through like a piece of gold and makes you think about what's important. "A Man And A Train" is the weak point of the album and is really not even worth talking about. "It Takes Faith" is really uplifting and inspirational, and serves as a reminder that we need faith in God to make it through the tough times: As the song says, "it takes faith to climb each mountain and it takes faith to face this life." The set finishes off with "Two Gun Daddy", which actually sounds like a Jimmy Rogers song and makes a fine ending to this package of songs. Buy this one. This is Marty at his best!

This is a very special album!
The title doesn't do justice to this album; it's much more than a standard "Best of..." album. These really are some of his top songs and several are very hard to find elsewhere. I've got 3 copies of this CD just to make sure I will always have it handy.

Some of the rare songs are "Walking Piece of Heaven," "Don't You Think," "20th Century Drifter." The wonderfully-performed song "Love Me" is especially difficult to find on other albums; it's the song that Jeanne Pruett (no relation to me) wrote for him and was always a favorite with the audiences when he sang it live on the Grand Ole Opry. Buy the CD for this song alone! The songs "Life," "A Man and a Train," "It takes Faith," are the kind of inspirational songs Marty did so well, and "Crawlin' On My Knees" is a very traditional Marty type of song. This CD also showcases what a top songwriter Marty was and how emotional he could be.

For those who loved, and still love, Marty's music, this is one of the best CDs you can buy.

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I am very pleased with this record and also with the prompt delivery. Thank you.