Tammy’s Greatest Hits – TAMMY WYNETTE*****

Stand By Your Man/Singing My Song/Take Me To Your World/Apartment No.9/D-I-V-O-R-C-E/I Don’t Wanna Play House/Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad/Run Angel Run/Too Far Gone/Almost Persuaded/My Elusive Dreams

The first compilation LP from American country legend Tammy Wynette, who would have to wait until 1975 before she made a breakthrough with British audiences. (US:37)

“Of the best known female icons of country music in its heyday, Wynette had by far the most sophisticated sound. Tammy is pure Nashville.”

“For better or worse, Tammy Wynette is best known for the country smash Stand By Your Man. Unfairly dismissed by some as a subservient song, it is actually an impassioned plea for love and forgiveness.”

“Tammy's Greatest Hits became the first country album to sell a million copies, thus solidifying Wynette as the 'First Lady of Country Music'. It represents a slice of America that usually goes unnoticed when looking back at the music scene of the late sixties. Woodstock it ain't, but maybe that's a good thing.”

“This is great, brilliant stuff from the days when queens ruled country music not bimbos. The sentiment on these tracks is just as real and powerful as it was over thirty years ago. You have to have this collection if you love country.”

“If your only exposure to country music's First Lady is Stand By Your Man, then listen to these other songs and you will be engulfed in a sound that will chill you, excite you and leave you in awe. These tracks prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Tammy Wynette was one of the greatest country female vocalists of all time.”

“She's best known for her ballads, and many of these songs are ballads or slower in tempo. But she also includes uptempo hits. No one can sing of heartache or the difficulty of being a mother better than Tammy. Her voice aches in each song, and her vulnerability is always there. This is true country music. Highly recommended.”