Robert Earl Keen, Jr. - Best
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Track List: Best
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- No Kinda Dancer - Robert Earl Keen
- Willie - Robert Earl Keen
- Armadillo Jackal - Robert Earl Keen
- Paint the Town Beige - Robert Earl Keen
- Whenever Kindness Fails - Robert Earl Keen
- Corpus Christi Bay - Robert Earl Keen
- Merry Christmas From the Family - Robert Earl Keen
- The Road Intro - Robert Earl Keen
- The Road Goes On Forever - Robert Earl Keen
- Furnace Fan - Robert Earl Keen
- All I Have Is Today - Robert Earl Keen
- Let the Music Play - Robert Earl Keen
- For Love - Robert Earl Keen
- Mr. Wolf And Mama Bear - Robert Earl Keen
- Ride - Robert Earl Keen
- Feeling Good Again - Robert Earl Keen
- Gringo Honeymoon - Robert Earl Keen
- I'm Comin' Home - Robert Earl Keen
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Album Details: Best
- Release Date:
- 11/07/2006
- Label:
- Koch Records
- UPC:
- 684038411429
Pro Reviews: Best
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Robert Earl Keen is an archetypical Texas singer/songwriter, someone who can mine both laughter and tragedy from life along the dusty margins of life in the Lone Star State, and seeing that he's been recording goodtogreat albums of his material since 1984, a comprehensive and wellprogrammed compilation offering a fully rounded introduction to his music would be more than welcome. However, 2007's Best isn't quite that album. While Keen had recorded a dozen albums by the time this was released, Best draws its 17 tunes from only six discs, two of which are live albums and three of which (Farm Fresh Onions, What I Really Mean and Live at the Ryman) are relatively recent efforts that presumably dominate the second half of this collection because they were easy to license rather than because they represent Keen's finest work. Quite frankly, a number of Keen's best songs are missing, such as "Dreadful Selfish Crime," "The Front Porch Song" and "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight," while fan favorites like "The Five Pound Bass," "The Buckin' Song," "Barbecue" and "The Bluegrass Widow" don't make the cut, either. That said, if Best doesn't quite present Keen's best material (or even all his best known), there's little arguing that what's here is great stuff; Keen, who compiled this disc, has edited a satisfying sampler, hitting a graceful balance between crowd pleasers like "Merry Christmas from the Family" and "The Road Goes on Forever" (the latter prefaced by a rambling story in which Keen loses his car and his girl but meets Willie Nelson) and more resonant numbers like "Corpus Christi Bay," "Whenever Kindness Fails" and "For Love." If you're looking for a concise, careerspanning overview of Robert Earl Keen's long career in music, Best isn't as much help as you might wish, but the consistent quality is a sure convincer if you or someone you know wants some evidence of Keen's very real talent as a tunesmith and a performer. - Mark Deming, All Music Guide |
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Among the large contingent of talented songwriters who emerged in Texas in the 1980s and 1990s, Robert Earl Keen struck an unusual balance between sensitive story-portraits ("Corpus Christi Bay") and raucous barroom fun ("That Buckin' Song"). These t...Full Robert Earl Keen, Jr. Biography
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