20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Jones, Vol.

Performer: George Jones
Artist: Tammy Wynette; Vince Gill; Waylon Jennings; Mark Chesnutt; Willie Nelson; Garth Brooks; Merle Haggard; Travis Tritt
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Full title: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of The 90's Vol. 2. Personnel includes: George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Johnny Counterfeit, Bobby Bare, Sammy Kershaw, Tammy Wynette, Vince Gill, Mark Chesnutt, Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt, Joe Diffie, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, T. Graham Brown, Patty Loveless, Clint Black. Producers: Emery Gordy Jr., Kyle Lehning, Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson, Brian Ahern. Compilation producer: Andy McKaie. Recorded between 1991 & 1998. Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: George Jones (vocals, guitar); Johnny Counterfeit, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Bobby Bare (vocals). Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle. Photographer: Peter Nash. Unknown Contributor Roles: Clint Black; Garth Brooks; Joe Diffie; Alan Jackson; Mark Chesnutt; Pam Tillis; Patty Loveless; T. Graham Brown; Travis Tritt; Vince Gill. 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Jones collects a dozen tracks from Jones' '90s albums for MCA, including "I Don't Need Your Rocking Chair," "Wrong's What I Do Best," "Never Bit a Bullet Like This," and "Honky Tonk Song." For the most part the collection stays in the upbeat, rollicking territory of his work -- as exemplified by "High-Tech Redneck," though there are a few ballads, such as "The Love in Your Eyes," for balance. Admittedly, these latter-day MCA albums aren't the finest releases of Jones' career; the glossy productions on them work against the material and Jones' character, but 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Jones is still a decent collection of his work from this period, and probably a better way for fans to investigate his '90s work than buying the individual albums. ~ Heather Phares

George Jones is the greatest of country singers but he has also been a victim of the infamous hard-living honky-tonk lifestyle. Though he's gone through several phases, from rockabilly to honky-tonk to countrypolitan, his melismatic, Lefty Frizell-influenced style has remained at the core of his unique sound. His stormy marriage to Tammy Wynette (1969-75) included duet albums of love songs and bitter recriminations. By the late '70s, his drinking and cocaine addiction had made him so unreliable that he was known as "No Show Jones." In 1979 he received medical treatment and staged a significant comeback with I AM WHAT I AM, which included his greatest single, "He Stopped Loving Her Today."

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