Essential Country CDs?

[lora]

I will add Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose.

[Yesterday's Gone]

Anything by Toby Keith ... especially if he sings about beer/getting drunk or Big Blue Notes ... LOL! I love Toby Keith ... could quite possibly be the greatest country artist eva! (HINT of Sarcasm)

Pretty much I agree with the Martina albums, I especially love Evolution (Dann Huff is the featured guitarist). I also think you need some Alan Jackson (granted I only own his two greatest hits CDs) ... I like some of the older artists but haven't gotten to a point where I have broken down and bought some.

[#9 Dream]

* really recommend

Chely Wright - The Metropolitan Hotel *
Chely Wright - Never Love You Enough
Brad Martin - Wings of a Honkytonk Angel
Andy Griggs - You Won't Ever Be Lonely *
Sara Evans - Restless
Sara Evans - Born To Fly
Garth Brooks - Double Live
Tim McGraw - Set This Circus Down *
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul
Jamie O'Neal - Shiver
Reba - Read My Mind
Mark Wills - Greatest Hits
Terri Clark - How I Feel
Cyndi Thomson - My World
Trick Pony - Trick Pony
SHeDAISY - The Whole SHeBANG
Dierks Bentley - Dierks Bentley
Keith Urban - Be Here
Keith Urban - Golden Road
Lonestar - Lonely Grill *
Big & Rich - Horse of a Different Color
Martina McBride - Emotion *
Martina McBride - The Time Has Come

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number9dream said:

* really recommend

Chely Wright - The Metropolitan Hotel *
Chely Wright - Never Love You Enough
Brad Martin - Wings of a Honkytonk Angel
Andy Griggs - You Won't Ever Be Lonely *
Sara Evans - Restless
Sara Evans - Born To Fly
Garth Brooks - Double Live
Tim McGraw - Set This Circus Down *
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul
Jamie O'Neal - Shiver
Reba - Read My Mind
Mark Wills - Greatest Hits
Terri Clark - How I Feel
Cyndi Thomson - My World
Trick Pony - Trick Pony
SHeDAISY - The Whole SHeBANG
Dierks Bentley - Dierks Bentley
Keith Urban - Be Here
Keith Urban - Golden Road
Lonestar - Lonely Grill *
Big & Rich - Horse of a Different Color
Martina McBride - Emotion *
Martina McBride - The Time Has Come

Restless, IMO, is the BEST non-Martina Country album EVER!!

Shiver is another good one, as well as My World.

[shaunsmorninggirl]

Here is my list:

Alison Krauss & Union Station ~ ALL of em.

Hank Williams ~ Blues Come Around, Hillbilly Hero, 24 Greatests Hits

Willie Nelson~ Stardust, Shotgun Willie, Willie and Leon, Willie and Family Live

Dolly Parton ~ Jolene

John denver ~ Poems, Prayers & Promises, Greatest Hits

Emmylou Harris ~ Roses In the Snow, Elite Hotel

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shaunsmorninggirl said:

Here is my list:

Alison Krauss & Union Station ~ ALL of em.

LOL! Way to show your love for an artist, I like that! Tell me, where would you rank So Long, So Wrong along with her other albums?

[gremashlo]

This is an old topic, but I' surprised no one added either of Johnny Cash's live prison albums...

FOLSOM PRISON is universally hailed as one of the greatest albums, regardless of genre; you can tell he was putting his career on the line. "Cocaine Blues" is one of his greatest songs.

SAN QUENTIN is great, and fun--Cash is having the time of his life, and the music shows that well. "Wreck of the Old '97" is incredible.

[jbd]

WAYLON JENNINGS-GREATEST HITS
STEVE EARLE-GUITAR TOWN
ALAN JACKSON-HERE IN THE REAL WORLD
SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO-BUFFALO ZONE
MARK CHESNUTT-TOO COLD AT HOME
KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS-ELECTRIC BARNYARD
JOHNNY CASH-AT SAN QUENTON
WILLIE NELSON-(too many to mention)
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER-C'MON C'MON
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL-TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF BOB WILLS and WESTERN STANDARD TIME
BOBBY BARE-SINGS LULLABYS, LEGENDS & LIES and DRUNK & CRAZY
THE IGUANAS-NUEVO BOOGALOO
THE MAVERICKS-MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS
TEXAS TORNADOS-ZONE OF OUR OWN
JUNIOR BROWN-GUIT WITH IT