Track Listing

1. Keeping Up With The Joneses (with Margie Singleton)
2. Walk Tall (Walk Straight)
3. Unmitigated Gall
4. I Just Can By To Get My Baby
5. Wine Me Up
6. Your Time's Comin'
7. If I Ever Fall In Love (With A Honky-Tonk Girl)
8. Goin' Steady
9. Step Aside
10. Leavin' And Sayin' Goodbye
11. It's Four In The Morning
12. This Little Girl Of Mine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51580 in Music
• Released on: 2001-07-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.com
Faron Young's musical legacy may not speak as loudly as Hank Williams's or George Jones's, but this 12-song retrospective of Young's charting A-sides from his Mercury tenure illustrates a confident and experienced singer capable of wide emotional and stylistic ranges. Young nods to the Bakersfield Sound with the classic "Wine Me Up" and sends heartfelt whispers to the ladies on "This Little Girl Of Mine." "Keeping Up with the Joneses," a heartache-laced 1964 duet with Margie Singleton, may not stand up today quite as well as do the more aggressive anthems, like "Unmitigated Gall," and the breakneck re-recording of his first hit single "Goin' Steady." Still, this collection properly illustrates Young's grasp of a variety of moods and material, as well as his direct, honest delivery. --Kelly Minnis

Customer Reviews

Great music by a great singer
I never get tired of listening to Faron Young. He had many, many excellent (and under-appreciated) recordings on Mercury. This sample of his better-known songs only touches the surface of the music in his 26 Mercury albums. Perhaps there will be a Mercury box set some day to complement his Capitol box set.

Outstanding piece
Yeah, most folks think of the earlier Faron Young, but this selection is outstanding. Faron has few peers, and even fewer imitators; he was that good. His early stuff (and I recommend the 5 cd box set very highly) is what comes to our minds (ie, Hello Walls, Goin' Steady, and Live Fast) when we think of Faron Young; but he was constantly evolving. And this selection covers Faron's move to cover the dying "Bakersfield Sound" being vacated by Buck Owens (after the untimely death of Don Rich). Of course, the smooth and refined voice remains, but the beer-joint sound and those amazing fiddles make this a "must-have" album. Enjoy

Excellent overview of his Mercury years
This is a very good selection of honkytonker Faron Young's work on the Mercury label, gathering hits from 1964-71. This isn't a period most hard country fans think highly of, but there were still some real gems that came out, and the record's producers cherry-picked the best of them. Definitely worth checking out.