Johnny Horton - The Spectacular Johnny Horton (1959)
BAND/ARTIST: Johnny Horton
- Title: The Spectacular Johnny Horton
- Year Of Release: 1959 / 2000
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Country, Rockabilly
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 36:26
- Total Size: 218 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
1. The Battle of New Orleans (02:30)
2. Whispering Pines (Album Version) (02:55)
3. The First Train Headin' South (02:18)
4. Lost Highway (Album Version) (02:33)
5. Joe's Been A-Gittin' There (Album Version) (02:38)
6. Sam Magee (Album Version) (02:29)
7. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) (Album Version) (02:34)
8. Cherokee Boogie (Album Version) (02:26)
9. All For The Love Of A Girl (Album Version) (02:44)
10. The Golden Rocket (Album Version) (02:06)
11. Mr. Moonlight (02:30)
12. Got The Bull By The Horns (Album Version) (02:09)
13. Counterfeit Love (Album Version) (02:08)
14. All Grown Up (01:53)
15. The Battle Of New Orleans (special version cut for England) (02:27)
1. The Battle of New Orleans (02:30)
2. Whispering Pines (Album Version) (02:55)
3. The First Train Headin' South (02:18)
4. Lost Highway (Album Version) (02:33)
5. Joe's Been A-Gittin' There (Album Version) (02:38)
6. Sam Magee (Album Version) (02:29)
7. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) (Album Version) (02:34)
8. Cherokee Boogie (Album Version) (02:26)
9. All For The Love Of A Girl (Album Version) (02:44)
10. The Golden Rocket (Album Version) (02:06)
11. Mr. Moonlight (02:30)
12. Got The Bull By The Horns (Album Version) (02:09)
13. Counterfeit Love (Album Version) (02:08)
14. All Grown Up (01:53)
15. The Battle Of New Orleans (special version cut for England) (02:27)
Horton's brief flurry of country-pop mega-stardom coincided with some of his less interesting music, as this 1960 album proves. Corny Americana became his meal ticket after "The Battle of New Orleans" (which leads off the disc), and more of the same follows on the gold-prospecting tales "Sam Magee" and "When It's Springtime in Alaska." Those songs are country-pop with a banjo for a whiff of (not quite genuine) authenticity. On several of the other tracks, he didn't bother with the banjo, leaving average or below-average country-pop balladry to remain. Yet he hadn't forgotten how to play and sing gutsy rockabilly cum honky tonk, as shown on the album's best cuts. His self-penned "The First Rain Headin' South" is certainly the best of the crop; the cover of "Cherokee Boogie," like Warren Smith's "Ubangi Stomp," flirts with imagery that will strike many as un-PC these days; and "Got the Bull by the Horns" and the cover of Hank Snow's "The Rocket" are respectable up-tempo numbers. Half a good album, then, and Horton wouldn't have a chance to resolve his conflicting directions, dying in the same year as the LP's release. © Richie Unterberger
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