America's Country (2002)

Product Summary Label: SONY CUSTOM MARKETING GROUP UPC: 00886972444024 Release Date: 7/12/2008 Buy.com Sku: 208429523 Item#: M4C27L Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Song of the Patriot ~ Johnny Cash ------ 2. Let Freedom Ring ~ Charlie Daniels ------ 3. Bridge Over Troubled Water ~ Willie Nelson ------ 4. Somebody's Prayin' ~ Ricky Skaggs ------ 5. America the Beautiful ~ Charlie Rich ------ 6. Eagle, The ~ Waylon Jennings ------ 7. Tattoos & Scars ~ Montgomery Gentry ------ 8. Fightin' Side of Me, The ~ Merle Haggard ------ 9. Star Spangled Banner, The ~ Ricochet ------ 10. There's a Hero ~ Billy Gilman ------ 11. Home ~ Joe Diffie ------ 12. Some Gave All ~ Billy Ray Cyrus ------ 13. City of New Orleans, The ~ Willie Nelson ------ 14. Where I'm Bound ~ Patty Loveless ------ 15. God Bless the U.S.A. ~ Lee Greenwood ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info All tracks have been digitally remastered. This compilation of patriotic and inspirational country music clearly is intended to respond to the national mood in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It is for the most part a label sampler of recordings from Sony's Columbia and Epic labels. The material has been assembled from existing sources rather than being newly written and recorded, and ranges from generalized statements of fraternal support like "Bridge over Troubled Water" to diatribes like "The Fightin' Side of Me." ~ William Ruhlmann This compilation of patriotic and inspirational country music clearly is intended to respond to the national mood in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It is for the most part a label sampler of recordings from Sony's Columbia and Epic labels. The material has been assembled from existing sources rather than being newly written and recorded, and some of it fits uneasily into the overall concept, ranging from generalized statements of fraternal support like "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to diatribes like "The Fightin' Side of Me" that were written in reaction to Vietnam War protests and do not transfer successfully to Muslim fundamentalists. The patriotism promulgated by Nashville has always had a disturbingly jingoistic tone that is made no more palatable by the national crisis. Much of this music is harmless enough, but it is more "Country's America," a simple-minded take on nationalism, than "America's Country." ~ William Ruhlmann   Technical Info Release Date : n/a Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 86481 Label : Columbia (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00886972444024    Related Videos Lost Highway: Willie Nelson