Now That's What I Call ACM Awards
50 Years
[S.I.] : UMG Recordings, [2015]
Format: Music CD
Edition: Fiftieth anniversary edition.
Description: 2 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
While this 34-track compilation celebrates the half-centennial of the Academy of Country Music Awards, its contents don't go back quite that far. Moreover, it goes in reverse chronological order, so fans of contemporary country can hear their favorite hits on the set's first disc. This basically addresses the tradition's split into two camps -- the modern era that began in 1991 (with Brooks & Dunn in some historical revisionism), and everything that came before. Interestingly enough, Garth Brooks, the man who unintentionally caused the rift, is nowhere represented. Disc one features smash hits by Lady Antebellum ("Need You Now"), Taylor Swift ("Mean"), Miranda Lambert "The House That Built Me"), Lee Brice ("I Drive Your Truck"), Lee Ann Womack ("I Hope You Dance"), Kenny Chesney ("The Good Stuff"), Faith Hill ("This Kiss"), and Tim McGraw ("Live Like You Were Dyin'"), to name a few. Disc two starts in 1989 with Clint Black's "Better Man," revisits 1987 with Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever Amen" and the Highwaymen in 1985 with their signature theme, 1983's Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton duet ("Islands in the Stream"), and Willie Nelson in 1982 ("Always on My Mind"). Before these are Alabama and the Oak Ridge Boys, George Jones, Don Williams, Glen Campbell, and Charlie Rich, and going all the way back to Merle Haggard with his 1969 novelty song "Okie from Muskogee," which closes out the set. ~ Thom Jurek
Other Authors:
Bryan, Luke, performer.
Shelton, Blake, performer.
Swift, Taylor, 1989- performer.
Lambert, Miranda, 1983- performer.
Paisley, Brad, performer.
Urban, Keith, 1967- performer.
McEntire, Reba, performer.
Clarkson, Kelly, 1982- performer.
Strait, George, 1952- performer.
Underwood, Carrie, 1983- performer.
McGraw, Tim, performer.
Chesney, Kenny, performer.
Womack, Lee Ann, performer.
Hill, Faith, 1967- performer.
Jackson, Alan, 1958- performer.
Black, Clint, performer.
Travis, Randy, performer.
Parton, Dolly, performer.
Rogers, Kenny, performer.
Nelson, Willie, 1933- performer.
Frizzell, David, performer.
West, Shelly, performer.
Jones, George, 1931-2013, performer.
Gatlin, Larry, performer.
Williams, Don, 1939-2017, performer.
Campbell, Glen, 1936-2017, performer.
Rich, Charlie, performer.
Lynn, Loretta, performer.
Twitty, Conway, performer.
Haggard, Merle, performer.
Williams, Hank, Jr., 1949- performer.
Alabama (Musical group), performer.
Academy of Country Music.
Lady Antebellum (Musical group)
Brooks & Dunn (Musical group), performer.
Highwaymen (Country music group), performer.
Judds (Musical group), performer.
Oak Ridge Boys, performer.
Gatlin Brothers, performer.
Bryan, Luke, performer.
Shelton, Blake, performer.
Swift, Taylor, 1989- performer.
Lambert, Miranda, 1983- performer.
Paisley, Brad, performer.
Urban, Keith, 1967- performer.
McEntire, Reba, performer.
Clarkson, Kelly, 1982- performer.
Strait, George, 1952- performer.
Underwood, Carrie, 1983- performer.
McGraw, Tim, performer.
Chesney, Kenny, performer.
Womack, Lee Ann, performer.
Hill, Faith, 1967- performer.
Jackson, Alan, 1958- performer.
Black, Clint, performer.
Travis, Randy, performer.
Parton, Dolly, performer.
Rogers, Kenny, performer.
Nelson, Willie, 1933- performer.
Frizzell, David, performer.
West, Shelly, performer.
Jones, George, 1931-2013, performer.
Gatlin, Larry, performer.
Williams, Don, 1939-2017, performer.
Campbell, Glen, 1936-2017, performer.
Rich, Charlie, performer.
Lynn, Loretta, performer.
Twitty, Conway, performer.
Haggard, Merle, performer.
Williams, Hank, Jr., 1949- performer.
Alabama (Musical group), performer.
Academy of Country Music.
Lady Antebellum (Musical group)
Brooks & Dunn (Musical group), performer.
Highwaymen (Country music group), performer.
Judds (Musical group), performer.
Oak Ridge Boys, performer.
Gatlin Brothers, performer.
Contents:
Disc one. The only way I know (Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan & Eric Church) ; I drive your truck (Lee Brice) ; Country girl (Shake it for me) (Luke Bryan) ; Honey bee (Blake Shelton) ; Mean (Taylor Swift) ; Need you now (Lady Antebellum) ; The house that built me (Miranda Lambert) ; Start a band (Brad Paisley & Keith Urban) ; Because of you (Reba & Kelly Clarkson) ; Give it away (George Strait) ; Jesus take the wheel (Carrie Underwood) ; Live like you were dying (Tim McGraw) ; The good stuff (Kenny Chesney) ; I hope you dance (Lee Ann Womack) ; This kiss (Faith Hill) ; Chattahoochee (Alan Jackson) ; Boot scootin' boogies (Brooks & Dunn) -- Disc two. Better man (Clint Black) ; There's a tear in my beer (Hank Williams Jr.) ; Forever and ever amen (Randy Travis) ; Highwayman (The Highwaymen) ; Why not me (The Judds) ; Islands in the stream (Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers) ; Always on my mind ( Willie Nelson) ; Love in the first degree (Alabama) ; Elvira ( Oak Ridge Boys) ; You're the reason God made OK (David Frizzell & Shelly West) ; He stopped loving her today (George Jones) ; All the gold in California (Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Bros.) ; Tulsa time (Don Williams) ; Rhinestone cowboy (Glen Campbell) ; Behind closed doors (Charlie Rich) ; Lead me on (Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty) ; Okie from Muskogee (Merle Haggard).
UPC: 600753591451
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CD COUNTRY Now | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Music CD | In |
CD COUNTRY Now | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Music CD | In |
CD COUNTRY Now | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Music CD | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
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