Hank Williams / The Ultimate Collection
Artist Hank Williams
Album Title: The Ultimate Collection
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Primary Genre Country: General Country
Format CD (2)
Released 08/23/2002
Label UTV Records
Catalog No 088 170 268-2
Bar Code No 0 08817 02682 4
Packaging Digipack
Tracks
The Ultimate Collection [disc 1]
1. I Saw The Light (2:44)
(Hank Williams)
2. A Mansion On The Hill (2:35)
(Hank Williams, Fred Rose)
3. Honky Tonkin' (2:44)
(Hank Williams)
4. Move It On Over (2:45)
(Hank Williams)
5. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) (2:57)
(Hank Williams)
6. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (2:47)
(Hank Williams)
7. Mind Your Own Business (2:55)
(Hank Williams)
8. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (2:33)
(Clarence Williams)
9. Long Gone Lonesome Blues (2:38)
(Hank Williams)
10. Cold, Cold Heart (2:44)
(Hank Williams)
11. Howlin' At The Moon (2:43)
(Hank Williams)
12. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (2:24)
(Hank Williams)
13. Hey, Good Lookin' (2:55)
(Hank Williams)
14. Ramblin' Man (as Luke The Drifter) (3:02)
(Hank Williams)
15. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night (as Luke The Drifter) (3:01)
(Fred Rose)
16. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (2:26)
(Hank Williams, Jimmie Davis)
17. Honky Tonk Blues (2:11)
(Hank Williams)
18. Half As Much (2:44)
(Curley Williams)
19. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (2:53)
(Hank Williams)
20. Settin' The Woods On Fire (2:36)
(Fred Rose, Ed Nelson)
21. I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (2:26)
(Hank Williams, Fred Rose)
22. You Win Again (2:36)
(Hank Williams)
The Ultimate Collection [disc 2]
1. Your Cheatin' Heart (2:42)
(Hank Williams)
2. Please Make Up Your Mind (2:49)
(Hank Williams)
3. Kaw-Liga (2:34)
(Hank Williams, Fred Rose)
4. Take These Chains From My Heart (2:38)
(Fred Rose, Hy Heath)
5. Rockin' Chair Money (2:05)
(Lonnie Glossom, Bill Carlisle)
6. Please Don't Let Me Love You (2:16)
(Ralph Jones)
7. Someday You'll Call My Name (2:13)
(Eddie Hill, Jean Branch)
8. Cool Water (3:45)
(Bob Nolan)
9. First Year Blues (2:26)
(Ernest Tubb)
10. Alone And Forsaken (2:00)
(Hank Williams)
11. The Angel Of Death (2:22)
(Hank Williams)
12. Ready To Go Home (1:48)
(Hank Williams)
13. There's A Tear In My Beer (2:48)
(Hank Williams)
14. Weary Blues From Waitin' (2:28)
(Hank Williams)
15. Why Don't You Love Me (2:17)
(Hank Williams)
16. Moanin' The Blues (2:25)
(Hank Williams)
17. I'm A Long Gone Daddy (2:31)
(Hank Williams)
18. Lost Highway (3:04)
(Leon Payne)
19. I Can't Get You Off My Mind (1:41)
(Hank Williams)
20. Lovesick Blues (3:02)
(Cliff Friend, Irving Mills)
Date Acquired 04/20/2006
Personal Rating
Acquired from Roadrunner Records
Purchase Price 23.53

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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Mercury/UTV Records' 2002 release The Ultimate Collection does not follow a strict chronological running order over the course of 42 songs and two discs, but that's not a problem since the sequencing flows easily and is logical to the ear. Besides, the other "best introduction/summary" to Hank Williams -- 1978's 40 Greatest Hits -- didn't run chronologically, either. That collection is still the best choice for an introduction, even if it doesn't have the remastered sound this boasts, because it has a better song selection. True, all of the stone-cold essentials are here, but there are many songs that really should have been here -- "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy," "Nobody's Lonesome for Me," "Dear John," "Baby, We're Really in Love," for instance -- yet aren't since the compilers favor a slight revisionist bent that will appeal to alt-country fans (more gloom and doom, not as much fun). It should be noted that this complaint is a minor one, applicable to those who already have a lot of Williams, and, overall, this is an excellent summary of his greatest work, one that will satisfy most listeners, or will convert those who have yet to realize why Hank is a legend.

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