Track Listing

1. Brand New Tennessee Waltz
2. Till I Get It Right
3. I Believe In You
4. Hope Chest
5. New Way Out
6. I Was Just Thinking
7. One Less Rose In Texas
8. Could I Have This Dance
9. Paper Dolls
10. Where've You Been
11. Tennessee Waltz

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #219218 in Music
• Released on: 2001-01-16
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Best known for her rendition of "The Tennessee Waltz," Patti Page was country when country wasn't cool. In the '50s, at the height of her fame, she colored her pop songs with country phrasing, and let the song, not the singer, be the star. On her Brand New Tennessee Waltz, featuring guests Trisha Yearwood, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea, and Suzy Bogguss, Page shows she doesn't just still have the chops--she's got the Oklahoma soul she was born with. Producer Jon Vezner, Mattea's husband, gives her mostly covers, and if he errs in letting her reprise his too-sweet "Where've You Been," a signature song for Mattea, he correctly lets her make "Till I Get It Right" as bluesy as she wants. At times, such as on the jazzy "I Was Just Thinking," Page may remind you of Rosemary Clooney, infusing every word with meaning and experience. But it's her rendition of "New Way Out" that'll really get you. With Yearwood and Harris behind her, they reach a kind of vibrational nirvana. Don't believe it? Just take a new spin with this old dance partner. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews

I had to have this~~~
I had to have this after watching "Dancing With The Stars". I fell in love with Tennesse Waltz. Such a wonderful CD.

A brilliant swansong
Patti was born in Oklahoma so it is fitting that her final album should be filled with country music although the music here is very different from the music that Patti was raised on.

We all thought Patti's recording career was long past when she surprised us all with this fine album. With a selection of songs carefully chosen to fit within the vocal limitations of a singer in her seventies and a stellar cast of backing singers (Trisha Yearwood, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Suzy Bogguss, Kathy Mattea and Jesse Winchester among them), this is far better than most singers of that age could ever hope to record.

The title of the album is very clever, as the album opens with Brand new Tennessee waltz (a cover of a Jesse Winchester song from 1969) and closes with a brand new version of Tennessee waltz (Patti's biggest hit, which was about fifty years old when this album was released). In between these two songs, there are several fine covers including Till I get it right (Tammy Wynette), I believe in you (Don Williams), I was just thinking (Lari White), Could I have this dance (Anne Murray) and Where've you been (Kathy Mattea). Paper dolls appears to be an original song while Hope chest may also be original.

This is a brilliant album that should please Patti's fans and quite a few other people too.

A fine recording for country and western fans.
Patti Page is in excellent voice. She has no vocal shortcomings to apologize for. The main thing buyers need to be aware of is that this recording is strictly in a "country and western" style ---- lot's of country fiddles and steel guitars. If you like this approach, you will enjoy this album. If your tastes run in other directions, you may want to think matters over.