Marty Robbins' All-time Greatest Hits

Robbins, Marty

1. El Paso 2. Streets Of Laredo 3. Ribbon Of Darkness 4. Love Is Blue 5. Big Iron 6. Devil Woman 7. Don't Worry 8. Tonight Carmen 9. You Gave Me A Mountain 10. Kaw-Liga 11. My Woman, My Woman, My Wife 12. Padre 13. The Hanging Tree 14. Red River Valley 15. Joli Girl 16. The Girl With Gardenias In Her Hair 17. It's A Sin 18. Maria (If I Could) 19. I Walk Alone 20. Aloha Oe (Farwell To Thee)

Marty Robbins has more greatest-hits compilations than most artists have hits. This 20-cut single-disc collection is one of the better values, with a representative selection that extends from gunfighter balladry such as "El Paso" (his 1959 chart-topper and biggest crossover success) and "Big Iron" to the calypso-tinged "Devil Woman" to his cover of Gordon Lightfoot's folkish "Ribbon of Darkness." Throughout his 30-year recording career, Robbins combined a tremulous tenor with canny commercial instincts, stretching the boundaries of country music while expanding his popular base. He was equally at home with a cowboy song ("Red River Valley"), a gospel tune ("You Gave Me a Mountain"), and a slice of Hawaiian exotica ("Aloha Oe"). Inexplicably, the album features the schmaltzy "Love Is Blue" at the expense of "A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)," a '50s pop smash that remained one of his biggest hits. --Don McLeese

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