Best of Billy Swan

Best of Billy Swan Artist: Billy Swan
Label: Sony
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 074646521823
EAN: 0074646521823
ASIN: B000002AI8


Release Date: 1998-01-27

Best of Billy Swan


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Tracks:

  1. I Can Help
  2. Shake, Rattle And Roll
  3. Stranger
  4. Lover Please
  5. Number One
  6. Don't Be Cruel
  7. (You Just) Woman Handled My Mind
  8. Everything's The Same (Ain't Nothing Changed)
  9. I Just Want To Taste Your Wine
  10. Venessa
  11. You're The One
  12. Do I Have To Draw A Picture
  13. I'm Into Lovin' You
  14. Stuck Right In The Middle Of Your Love
  15. With Their Kind Of Money And Our Kind Of Love
  16. Your Picture Still Loves Me (And I Still Love You)

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The prototypical journeyman, Billy Swan had a fleeting moment in the spotlight: "I Can Help," a good-natured throwaway Swan put together in a half-hour, became an out-of-the-blue country/pop crossover hit in 1974. While the jaunty rockabilly gem opens this 16-song survey of Swan's Columbia work, a low-key charm spans the album. Other standouts here include "Lover Please" (Swan composed the rock & roll staple in 1962 while still in high school; Clyde McPhatter took it to the charts) and "Don't Be Cruel" (slowed down and given an earnest reading). Following his short-lived moment in the sun, Swan returned to being a sideman for the likes of Kris Kristofferson and T-Bone Burnett, making him that rarest of performers: an artist keenly aware of his limitations. This collection proves, however, that he deserves to be more than a name that turns up in '70s trivia contests. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Very Enjoyable........2002-04-24

This album needs to revisited if you haven't heard it for awhile. His biggest pop/country hit 'I Can Help' is here as is Kris Kristoffersons' 'Stranger' which is a very good rendition. (he has toured with Kris several times). His own version of 'Lover Please' (he wrote it) is different than Clyde Mcphatter but worth a listen. A totally different version of 'Don't Be Cruel' sounds strange the first time you hear it, but after a couple of times it really sounds good. (it's down tempoed'}. A real surprise I had never heard before was the final cut of this album 'Your Picture Still Loves Me' which is very nice indeed.

4 out of 5 stars Truly Swan's best.......2001-06-20

This sixteen track set rounds up all of Swan's best work on the Monument label in the mid `70s as well as Epic in the early `80s (both now conveniently affiliated with Sony/Columbia). Swan's biggest hit was also his first: the instantly appealing rockabilly plea "I Can Help," which topped both the pop and country charts. "I Can Help" is the epitome of the Swan sound, with his thin voice and not particularly deep subject matter more than compensated for by his charismatic exuberance and an engaging beat. This allure is especially notable on his early Monument covers of Bill Haley ("Shake, Rattle, and Roll"), Buddy Holly ("You're The One"), and Elvis Presley (a nicely slowed-down "Don't Be Cruel").

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