The Definitive Collection

by Brenda Lee

Overview

Like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and only a few others, Brenda Lee could sound equally wonderful whether she was tearing into an upbeat rock & roll number or crooning a melancholy countrypolitan ballad. The fact that she demonstrated ample knowledge of both even before getting halfway through her teenage years made her achievements much more special. MCA's The Definitive Collection befits its title in one area: it's the definitive collection of her Billboard chart history, where most -- but not all -- of her artistic excellence occurred. The disc includes a full 28 tracks, but dispatches her early history as a rock firebrand with only three songs (when even ten wouldn't have been overdoing it), and moves quickly to her decade-long mastery of the forlorn, love-scorned ballad. It's a fact that most new listeners with a potential appreciation for Lee's talents would be drawn to her earlier rockabilly material, not her balladry, so this is a lost opportunity that some other collection will have to remedy. (In fact, the two-disc Anthology [1956-1980] proves that there's enough excellent Brenda Lee material to fill two discs.) ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	01/10/2006
Label:	Mca Nashville / Universal
UPC:	0602498821879
Rank:	6714

Tracks

1. Dynamite
2. Sweet Nothin's
3. I'm Sorry
4. That's All You Gotta Do
5. I Want to Be Wanted (Per Tutta la Vita)
6. Emotions
7. I'm Learning About Love
8. You Can Depend on Me
9. Dum Dum
10. Fool #1
11. Anybody But Me
12. Break It to Me Gently
13. Everybody Loves Me But You
14. Heart in Hand
15. All Alone Am I
16. Your Used to Be
17. Losing You
18. My Whole World Is Falling Down
19. I Wonder
20. The Grass Is Greener
21. As Usual
22. Is It True?
23. Too Many Rivers
24. Coming on Strong
25. Nobody Wins
26. Big Four Poster Bed
27. Tell Me What It's Like
28. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Brenda Lee   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ron Chancey   Audio Production,Producer
Owen Bradley   Audio Production,Producer
Charles Carpenter   Composer
Ronnie Self   Composer
Jerry Reed   Composer
Mel Tillis   Composer
Raymond Leveen   Composer
Earl Hines   Composer
Mike Anthony   Composer
Mickie Most   Composer,Producer
Mike Ragogna   Digital Imaging
Mort Garson   Composer
Tom Glazer   Composer
Alex Zanetis   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Cecil Gant   Composer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Jack Keller   Composer
Barry Mann   Composer
Grady Martin   Composer
John Carter   Composer
Howard Greenfield   Composer
Adam Starr   Product Manager
Arthur Altman   Composer
Alberto Testa   Composer
Jerry Crutchfield   Composer
David Redfern   Photography
Giuseppe Spotti   Composer
Beth Stempel   Production Coordination
Ramsey Kearney   Composer
Ryan Null   Photo Coordination
Dub Allbritten   Composer
Pierre Havet   Composer
Jean Gaston Renard   Composer
Kenneth Alan James Hawker   Composer
John Nicholas Shakespeare   Composer
Jean Ioannidis   Composer
Sharon Sheeley   Composer
Shel Silverstein   Composer
Johnny Marks   Composer
Andy McKaie   Compilation Producer
Bill Anderson   Composer
Paul Cohen   A&R
Robert K. Oermann   Essay
Jackie DeShannon   Composer
Kim Gannon   Composer
Manos Hadjidakis   Composer
Ben Peters   Composer
Joe Seneca   Composer
David Wilkins   Composer
Erick Labson   Digital Remastering
Louis Innis   Composer
Diane Lampert   Composer
Louis Dunlap   Composer
Kathryn R. Fulton   Composer
Jean Marie Renard   Composer
Mike Fink   Design
Brenda Lee   Photo Courtesy
Brian Smith   Photography