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Ode To Bille Joe/Touch 'Em With Love (CD)

By: Bobbie Gentry (Artist)

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Bobbie Gentry Artist Snapshot:

Country/pop signer Bobbie Gentry is an anomaly in both genres. She broke into the scene in 1967 with the self-penned story-song "Ode to Billy Joe," about the events surrounding the suicide of a teenage boy in Choctaw, Mississippi. The song combined dirgy blues, pop hooks, and soulful vocals, and marked the arrival of a distinct new voice in music. Gentry would never again achieve the success of "Ode to Billy Joe," but she did score a few hits via her beloved collaborations with Glenn Campbell, and notch a few enduring standards, such as "Fancy." Gentry has maintained a cult following over the decades thanks to her mercurial amalgam of blues, country, soul, and Bacharach-style pop, and her hermit-like retirement in 1978.

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DISC 1 for Ode To Bille Joe/Touch 'Em With Love (CD) Album By Bobbie Gentry (Artist)
1   Mississippi Delta
2   I Saw An Angel Die
3   Chickasaw County Child
4   Sundays Best
5   Niki Hoeky
6   Pap, Won't You Let Me Go To Town With You
7   Bugs
8   Hurry, Tuesday Child
9   Lazy Willie
10   Ode To Billie Joe
11   Touch 'Em With Love
12   Greyhound Goin' Somewhere
13   Natural To Be Gone
14   Seasons Come, Seasons Go
15   Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing
16   I Wouldn't Be Surprised
17   Son of a Preacher Man
18   Where's the Playground, Johnny
19   I'll Never Fall In Love Again
20   You've Made Me So Very Happy
21   Scarlet Ribbons
22   Girl From Cincinnati, The
23   You and Me Together
24   Let It Be Me - (with Glen Campbell)
25   All I Have To Do is Dream - (with Glen Campbell)
26   Walk Right Back - (with Glen Campbell)
27   En Todas Partes (Here, There and Everywhere)
 
DISC 2 for Ode To Bille Joe/Touch 'Em With Love (CD) Album By Bobbie Gentry (Artist)
1   Touch 'Em WIth Love  
2   Greyhound Goin' Somewhere  
3   Natural To Be Gone  
4   Seasons Come, Seasons Go  
5   Glory Hallelujah  
6   How They'll Sing  
7   I Wouldn't Be Surprised  
8   Son Of A Preacher Man  
9   Where's The Playground, Johnny  
10   I'll Never Fall In Love Again  
11   You've Made Me So Very Happy  
12   Scarlet Ribbons  
13   Girl From Cincinnati, The  
14   You And Me Together  
15   Let It Be Me  
16   All I Have To Do Is Dream  
17   Walk Right Back  
18   En Todas Partes (Here, There And Everywhere)  
 

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Title Note

This two-for-one CD from the Australian reissue label Raven Records gathers Bobbie Gentry's first and fifth albums for Capitol Records, 1967's ODE TO BILLIE JOE and 1969's TOUCH 'EM WITH LOVE. Though terminally overshadowed by its iconic title track, ODE TO BILLIE JOE remains a startling debut throughout. Almost entirely self-penned (with the exception of a fine take on the folk standard "Niki Hoeky"), the folk-influenced hard country of these 10 songs features a novelistic lyrical sense that owes much to Gentry's fellow Mississippian, Eudora Welty. TOUCH 'EM WITH LOVE branches away from Gentry's original sparse country sound into lavishly arranged pop with soul and R&B influences, including impressive covers of "You've Made Me So Very Happy," "Son of a Preacher Man," and a gender-reversed take on Jimmy Webb's "Where's the Playground, Susie?"

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