The Best Of Brenda Lee: 20th Century Masters Of The Millennium Collection

Performer: Brenda Lee
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Producer: Owen Bradley. Compilation producer: Andy McKaie. Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo. Digitally remastered by Doug Schwartz (Audio Mechanics, Los Angeles, California). This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series. Composer: Brenda Lee. Like any record company worth their salt, MCA knows a good gimmick when they see it, and when the millennium came around, 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection wasn't too far behind. Supposedly, the millennium is a momentous occasion, but it's hard to feel that way when it's used as another excuse to turn out a budget-line series. But apart from the presumptuous title, 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection turns out to be a very good budget-line series. True, it's impossible for any of these ten-track collections to be definitive, but they're nevertheless solid samplers that don't feature a bad song in the bunch. For example, take Brenda Lee's 20th Century volume. Yes, there are some great songs missing, but what's here is terrific, including "I'm Sorry," "Sweet Nothin's," "I Want to Be Wanted," "That's All You Gotta Do," "Emotions," "Break It to Me Gently," "Dum Dum," "Everybody Loves Me but You," and "All Alone Am I." Serious fans will want something more extensive and neophytes would be best-served by better-chosen collections, but this disc is quite entertaining, considering its length and price. That doesn't erase the ridiculousness of the series' title, but the silliness is excusable when the music and the collections are good. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

With over 100,000,000 records sold, Brenda Lee resides in the pantheon of most successful recording artists of all time, right up there with Elvis Presley, who was an early supporter. Her precocious talent, grown-up voice, and passionate stage performances earned her the nickname Little Miss Dynamite as a million-selling teenage recording artist. When the British Invasion of the early '60s put a halt to the careers of many performers of the previous decade, Lee made an ultimately successful return to her country roots.

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