CMT'S All Time top 40 albums - A question for the group

[Tom Kan PA]

There was another post about this list. I replied with a question but
I thought it might be appropriate for it's own thread.
On Feb 17, 11:28 pm, "Blue" <***@alltel.net> wrote:
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Sorta wonderin' why you would want that list? CMT hasn't got a clue
to the best country albums of all time in my opinion. Blue

There's a couple decent albums on the list, but "ALL TIME" is a long
time. And I have a hell of a lot of albums that go back a long time,
and none of them are on the list. Seriously, shouldn't there be at
least one Hank Sr. on the list? One Hank Snow? "Red Headed Stranger"
#1???
Here's a question for the group. Which album from the list would you
put at the number one position??
I have the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" is
loaded with classic songs and features a lot of guest artists. It
would be my number one.


· CMT 40 Greatest Albums

40 Kenny Rogers
The Gambler (1978)

39 Elvis Presley
Moody Blue (1977)

38 Various Artists - Film Soundtracks 2000-04
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

37 Charlie Rich
Behind Closed Doors (1973)

36 The Judds
Why Not Me? (1984)

35 Waylon Jennings
Dreaming My Dreams (1975)

34 Linda Ronstadt
Heart Like a Wheel (1974)

33 Gram Parsons
Grievous Angel (1974)

32 Alabama
Mountain Music (1982)

31 Alison Krauss
Now That I've Found You: A Collection (1995) [Compilation]

30 Reba McEntire
For My Broken Heart (1991)

29 Flatt and Scruggs
At Carnegie Hall! (1962)

28 Johnny Cash
American Recordings (1994)

27 Steve Earle
Guitar Town (1986)

26 Dolly Parton
Jolene (1974)

25 Buck Owens
The Carnegie Hall Concert (1966)

24 Dwight Yoakam
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (1986)

23 Rosanne Cash
Seven Year Ache (1981)

22 Rodney Crowell
Diamonds & Dirt (1988)

21 Bill Monroe
Bean Blossom (1973)

20 Emmylou Harris
Blue Kentucky Girl (1979)

19 Randy Travis
Storms Of Life (1986)

18 Loretta Lynn
Van Lear Rose (2004)

17 Merle Haggard
Okie From Muskogee (1969)

16 Hank Williams Jr.
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound (1979)

15 Dixie Chicks
Home (2002)

14 Clint Black
Killin' Time (1989)

13 Alan Jackson
A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love) (1992)

12 Faith Hill
Breathe (1999)

11 Tammy Wynette & George Jones
Golden Ring (1976)

10 Waylon Jennings
Honky Tonk Heroes (1973)

9 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1972)

8 Shania Twain
The Woman In Me (1995)

7 Waylon Jennings / Willie Nelson / Jessi Colter / Tompall Glaser
Wanted! The Outlaws (1976) [Compilation]

6 Kris Kristofferson
Me and Bobby McGee (1971)

5 George Strait
Ocean Front Property (1987)

4 Garth Brooks
No Fences (1990)

3 Johnny Cash
At Folsom Prison (1968)

2 Ray Charles
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)

1 Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger (1975)

[Volunteer Zeke]

Nvr owned an album---they was round wasnt they back b4 8 track tapes

Seriously I owned 1 by Johnny Cash

dont rem name

Had dont take your guns to town on it

was makinn 92 dollars a month when i bought it

[d***@webtv.net]

Hey Zeke, I call _any_ collection of several songs to be an "album",
whether it's on an LP, 8-track tape, cassette tape, CD, or whatever. Am
I wrong?? (Lost count of how many times I have been!) <g> -- Dick

[Tom Kan PA]

Post by d***@webtv.net
Hey Zeke, I call _any_ collection of several songs to be an "album",
whether it's on an LP, 8-track tape, cassette tape, CD, or whatever. Am
I wrong?? (Lost count of how many times I have been!) <g> -- Dick

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, you are right as rain!
Album (noun)
c. one or more recordings (as on tape or disc) produced as a single
unit

[Volunteer Zeke]

my ignorance is showin again
thks fer lettin me know
i got one of th best albums

Hanks box set--on cd


Re: CMT'S All Time top 40 albums - A question for the group

Group: alt.music.country.classic Date: Wed, Feb 21, 2007, 3:46am (EST-3)
From: ***@aol.com (Tom=A0Kan=A0PA)
On Feb 21, 2:37 am, ***@webtv.net wrote:
Hey Zeke, I call _any_ collection of several songs to be an "album",
whether it's on an LP, 8-track tape, cassette tape, CD, or whatever. Am
I wrong?? (Lost count of how many times I have been!) <g> -- Dick
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, you are right as rain!
Album (noun)
c. one or more recordings (as on tape or disc) produced as a single unit

[d***@webtv.net]

Hey Tom, that definition of "album" you quoted, i.e.,"one or more
recordings ....", would make 78s and 45s "albums" with only 1 (?) or 2
songs on them! Never heard one of them referred to as an album. And even
the occasional 4-song 45s with 2 songs per side never met my definition
of album, but what the hell do I know -- nothing, according to Esker <g>
-- Dick!

[d***@webtv.net]

Back in the days of 78s, an "album" was _not_ the music itself, but was
what the records were stored in, sort of akin to a stamp album. The
record albums were like large books, whose "pages" were basically
"sleeves" to put the 78's in I think each album held something like 10
records. I still have my 78's in 'em, but haven't counted pages lately.
Just a bit of trivia! -- Dick

[MrMiggs]

To be honest, not sure which one I would list as number one but I would
have to guess that I've listened to Johnny Cash's American Recordings
more than any other on this list.

Post by Tom Kan PA
Here's a question for the group. Which album from the list would you
put at the number one position??
I have the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" is
loaded with classic songs and features a lot of guest artists. It
would be my number one.