Roger Miller - King of the Road [Box Set]
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Track List: King of the Road [Box Set]
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Disc 1:
- My PillowDownload & Buy
- Poor Little JohnDownload & Buy
- A Man Like MeDownload & Buy
- The Wrong Kind Of GirlDownload & Buy
- Jason FlemingDownload & Buy
- A World So Full Of LoveDownload & Buy
- When A House Is Not HomeDownload & Buy
- You Don't Want My LoveDownload & Buy
- When Two Worlds CollideDownload & Buy
- Sorry, WillieDownload & Buy
- So Saith He The LordDownload & Buy
- Lock Stock And TeardropsDownload & Buy
- Ain't That FineDownload & Buy
- Less And Less (Original Version)Download & Buy
- Chug-A -LugDownload & Buy
- Lou's Got The FluDownload & Buy
- The Moon Is High (And So Am I)Download & Buy
- Dang MeDownload & Buy
- It Takes All Kinds To Make A WorldDownload & Buy
- ReincarnationDownload & Buy
- Hard Headed MeDownload & Buy
- Do Wacka DoDownload & Buy
- Atta Boy GirlDownload & Buy
- Our Hearts Will Play The MusicDownload & Buy
Disc 2:
- King Of The Road
- As Long As There's A Shadow
- You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Big Harlan Taylor
- One Dyin' And A-Buryin'
- The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me
- It Happened Just That Way
- Engine #9
- Kansas City Star
- England Swings
- I've Been A Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be A Long Time Gone)
- Husbands And Wives
- Train Of Life
- Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit
- You're My Kingdom
- My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died
- Home
- Absence
- Ruby (Don't Take Your Love To Town)
- Walkin' In The Sunshine
- A Million Years Or So
- Pardon This Coffin
Disc 3:
- The Ballad Of Waterhole #3
- Old Toy Trains
- Little Green Apples
- What I'd Give To Be The Wind
- Boeing Boeing 707
- Treat Me Like A Human (Outtake)
- What Are Those Things (With Big Black Wings)
- Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
- Swiss Cottage Place
- Me And Bobbie McGee
- Where Have All The Average People Gone
- The Best Of All Possible Worlds
- Invitation To The Blues
- Tall, Tall Trees
- Don't We All Have The Right
- That's The Way I Feel
- Half A Mind
- Hoppy's Gone
- What Would My Mama Say
- Orange Blossom Special (Live Version)
- Old Friends
- Guv'ment (From Big River)
- River In The Rain (From Big River)
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Album Details: King of the Road [Box Set]
- Release Date:
- 01/01/1995
- Label:
- Mercury Nashville
- UPC:
- 731452699329
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, February 29, 20001 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this King of the Road [Box Set] review helpful This covers a brilliant and entertaining career. I was around for the big Grammy splash and still appreciate the inventiveness. He also wrote some of the best real country songs, Like Half A Mind.....
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Pro Reviews: King of the Road [Box Set]
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews The subtitle of Mercury Nashville's three-disc box set King of the Road is "The Genius of Roger Miller," a sentiment that listeners only familiar with his deliberately silly smashes would dispute, but as this three-disc, 70-track set plays out, it becomes clear that this is hardly hyperbole. If genius is a unique voice, either in writing or delivery, Miller certainly qualifies. If genius is an artist who displays a depth and variety of material, Miller fills the bill. If genius is creating a body of work unlike no other, Miller certainly fits the bill. Miller's genius lay in his command of small details, unassumingly witty wordplay, and seemingly effortless songcraft. Apart from "King of the Road," which developed an iconic status separate from his career, his hits were so funny, so easy, that it seemed his music was too light to withstand such an exhaustive retrospective, but that's hardly the case. Miller's hits were often wonderful, often the pinnacle of his talents, but look closer and it becomes clear that they happened to be the songs that were the singles; he often wrote songs that could have been as big as his hits, but weren't released as singles, or were tucked away on records to be discovered by diligent fans. It's a testament to his talent that not all of these are featured on this otherwise comprehensive box set; the 1991 Country Tunesmith collection alone contains many great songs that could have made the cut. They are missed, as are Miller's brilliant songs from Walt Disney's 1973 animated adaptation Robin Hood ("Not in Nottingham" is as lovely as anything he's done), but that doesn't mean that King of the Road doesn't work as a retrospective -- it just means that, like other great artists, he has more than enough great music to fit onto three CDs. The three CDs are filled with wonderful music -- songs that prove Miller is one of the great country songwriters, capable of songs wrenching in either their humor or pain, and one of the most distinctive voices in the genre. Needless to say, it's essential to any serious country collection. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Roger Miller is best known for his humorous novelty songs, which overshadow his considerable songwriting talents as well as his hardcore honky tonk roots. After writing hits for a number of artists in the '50s, Miller racked up a number of hits durin...Full Roger Miller Biography
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