 | The Patsy Cline Collection by Patsy Cline
Buy used from: $15.09 Go ahead and fork over the bucks; you KNOW you want 'em all! "Lonely Street" is a personal favorite.
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 | Interiors by Rosanne Cash
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $5.50 Johnny's incredible daughter has a wonderful new album out, BLACK CADILLAC, but INTERIORS remains her Crowning Glory. A moody masterpiece.
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 | Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $1.43 The Queen of Country, at age 70, can still teach the young'uns a thing or two. Jack, 1/2 of The White Stripes, collaborates. While you're shopping, be sure to pick up a disc of Loretta's big hits.
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 | The Golden Classics of Bobbie Gentry by Bobbie Gentry
Buy new: $14.97 / Used from: $3.80 Bobbie's first, groundbreaking album, with some additional, later hits attached. "Niki Hoeky" is a really great cover, but Bobbie's best songs remain the ones she wrote.
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 | Mountain Soul by Patty Loveless
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $3.24 Soulful bluegrass-flavored gem from one of Country's most distinctive voices.
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 | The Grass Is Blue by Dolly Parton
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.44 ...and speaking of bluegrass, here's Dolly's stunning 1999 "comeback" album. "Silver Dagger" will chill you to the bone. One of Dolly's Big Ones!
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 | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $3.45 The Best Album of 1998! Lucinda's fans followed her around for years. With this hit record, the rest of the world learned why!
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 | Anthology (1956-1980) by Brenda Lee
Buy new: $25.98 / Used from: $10.99 The Big Voice in a tiny package could do country and rock 'n' roll with equal ease. She was one of the true trailblazers.
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 | Upper 48 Hits 1972-97 by Tanya Tucker
Buy new: $36.98 / Used from: $23.98 Tanya Tucker was her own generation's "Little Miss Dynamite." You'll find most of her hits right here.
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 | Rockin' with the Rhythm by The Judds
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.21 None of the currently available, single-disc collections are adequate, so I'll go with this short album, because it has the stunning "Dream Chaser."
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 | Red Dirt Girl
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.90 At the turn of the new century, the First Lady of Alt. Country was still going strong. "My Antonia," sung with Dave Matthews is gorgeous.
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 | Blacklisted by Neko Case
Buy used from: $6.70 "Deep Red Bells"... I have no idea what it means, but wow, can this woman sing! A bit eccentric, to say the least, but we'll be hearing lots more from her. Check out the new one, FOX CONFESSOR...
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 | Country Music Hall of Fame Series by Kitty Wells
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.50 Mother Maybelle and Patsy Montana may have come before, but Kitty Wells blew the doors wide open. Her nasal vocal style is out of fashion these days, but all serious country fans know these records.
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 | Thinkin' About You by Trisha Yearwood
Buy used from: $0.01 Garth's bride has a voice every bit as powerful as her hubby's. Her most beautiful song is here, "On A Bus To St. Cloud." Yearwood was a star in her own right before marrying Brooks.
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 | Harper Valley PTA: The Very Best of Jeannie C. Riley by Jeannie C. Riley
Buy new: $14.97 / Used from: $7.98 Known for one hit, this is her most complete "hits" collection. No "Stand By Your Man," she!
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 | Tammy Wynette - 20 Greatest Hits by Tammy Wynette
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.22 Okay, give Tammy her due... she sang about "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," too!
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 | New Favorite by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.19 An angelic voice and a mean fiddle. She allows her boys some room, as well. Beauty and strength in numbers.
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 | Trio by Dolly Parton
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.50 Dolly teamed up with Emmylou and Linda for what has proven to be a Timeless Classic. Female harmonizing at it's most sublime.
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 | Greatest Hits by Pam Tillis
Buy used from: $1.95 From out of her famous father's shadow stepped Pam. "Cleopatra Queen Of Denial" has got to be one of THE greatest country song titles ever... WHATever, Ms. Tillis can SING!
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 | Taking the Long Way by Dixie Chicks
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $1.34 The Chicks made some enemies recently, but love 'em or hate 'em, you've got to admit that these women have talent oozing out of their pores!
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