Track Listing

1. Come Early Morning
2. Amanda
3. I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me
4. You're My Best Friend
5. (Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight
6. Say It Again
7. She Never Knew Me
8. Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
9. I'm Just a Country Boy
10. Rake and Ramblin' Man
11. Tulsa Time
12. It Must Be Love
13. Love Me Over Again
14. Good Ole Boys Like Me
15. I Believe in You
16. Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good
17. If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey, I Still Do)
18. Love Is on a Roll
19. That's the Thing About Love
20. Maggie's Dream

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14890 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
With the gentle lope of his rhythms and the plainspoken phrasing of his material, Don Williams sings country music of unmatched simplicity and purity. His love songs are as straightforward as their titles--"I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me," "You're My Best Friend," "I Believe in You"--delivered in a warm baritone that makes his singing seem as natural as breathing. "Tulsa Time," a country chart-topper, might be more familiar to rock fans through the cover by Eric Clapton, one of Williams's devoted fans. Though some of the early-'70s selections suffer from overproduction, and so many of the hits sound so much the same, the collection attests to Williams's enduring appeal. (Major omission: his "If I Needed You" duet with Emmylou Harris.) --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews

A great collection of The Gentle Giant's greatest hits
This collection of 20 of Don's greatest hits is a great collection for all fans of the smooth side of country music and for fans of great storytelling, which is what country music at its best basically is. Every song speaks for itself. While most of the songs on here feature his smooth side, "Tulsa Time" may get the fan out on the dance floor doing the two step or the "Slappin' Leather" line dance. Don's interpretation of "Amanda" (which was later a #1 hit for Waylon Jennings) is as good as anything else he has done and is very heart-wrenching. Smooth country music back in the 1970's doesn't get much better than this, so this collection is a must have for your collection.

Very Traditional Country
In the age of so called Superstars Like Shania Twain and Brooks and Dunn, Don Williams could teach them all a thing or 2 about music. All of Don's Songs have a story to them that pull right at the heart strings, With Don's Sincerity and his Music writing ability and performing Don is one of the The FEW true country music legends and will continue to be for years to come, Don's singing style puts now days country singers to shame they could take a serious lession or 2 from him

Voice of Country
If you've never listened to to this record before, give it a chance. It's an unbeleivable emotional ride (especially side 3). I'm a middle aged guy, and no soft sort, but it absolutely reduces me to tears. JN.