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The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young (CD)

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Faron Young Artist Snapshot:

Shreveport, LA native Faron Young first gained attention via the popular Louisiana Hayride radio program in the early 1950s. After working with fellow honky tonk artist Webb Pierce, he began recording on his own in 1951, and joined the Grand Ole Opry two years later. After a stint in the army, he came back to Nashville and began scoring hit after country hit. Young was always able to move easily between hardcore honky tonk ("Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young") and more pop-oriented crossover ballads ("Sweet Dreams"). Young continued to be a hit-making artist into the 1970s, but by the '80s his alcoholism and increasingly erratic behavior got him into more and more trouble, and in 1996, depressed and in ill health, he shot himself, ending a long, impressive career.

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DISC 1 for The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young (CD) Album By Faron Young (Artist)
1   Goin' Steady
2   I Can't Wait (For The Sun To Go Down)
3   Place For Girls Like You, A
4   If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')
5   Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
6   Forgive Me, Dear
7   All Right
8   Go Back You Fool
9   It's A Great Life (If You Don't Weaken)
10   For The Love Of A Woman Like You
11   You're Still Mine
12   I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night
13   Sweet Dreams
14   Until I Met You
15   Turn Her Down
16   I'll Be Satisfied With Love
17   I Miss You Already (And You're Not Even Gone)
18   I'm Gonna Live Some Before I Die
19   Shrine Of St. Cecilia, The
20   Love Has Finally Come My Way
21   Alone With You
 
DISC 2 for The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young (CD) Album By Faron Young (Artist)
1   Everytime I'm Kissing You
2   That's The Way I Feel
3   I Hate Myself
4   Long Time Ago, A
5   Last Night At A Party
6   That's The Way It's Gotta Be
7   Country Girl
8   I Hear You Talkin'
9   Riverboat
10   Face To The Wall
11   Your Old Used To Be
12   There's Not Any Like You Left
13   Forget The Past
14   World So Full Of Love, A
15   Hello Walls
16   Congratulations
17   Backtrack
18   Three Days
19   Comeback, The
20   Down By The River
 

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Title Note

Personnel includes: Faron Young (vocals, guitar); The Hubert Long Choir, The Jordanaires.

Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.

This is a truly excellent double-disc collection by one of the great, unjustly overlooked honky-tonkers. From his first hit, "Goin' Steady," in 1952, to "The Comeback" 10 years later, Faron Young recorded a steady stream of singles for Capitol, most of which reached the country charts, making Young a superstar. Despite a deep debt to Hank Williams ("Goin' Steady," though credited to Young, is actually a Williams song; Williams gave it to Young after stealing his girlfriend), Young stakes his claim to the genre with a half-hillbilly/half-pop singing style and a masterful command of his material.

All of Young's biggest hits are here, including the impossibly catchy "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young," Young's self-penned "All Right," the jaunty "Alone with You," the Elvis-inspired "Country Girl," and his timeless take on Willie Nelson's "Hello Walls" (Young was one of the first to record Nelson's work). Though cleaner and more commercial than some of the raw-edged honky-tonk that preceded him (and that followed him in later roots revivals), Young's performances are of a remarkably high caliber, making this set an essential addition to any traditional-country library.

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