Ray Price | ||
| Allmusic Biography : Ray Price covered -- and kicked up -- as much musical turf as any country singer of the postwar era. He was lionized as the man who saved hard country when Nashville went pop, and vilified as the man who went pop when hard country was starting to call its own name with pride. Actually, he was no more than a musically ambitious singer, always looking for the next challenge for a voice that could bring down roadhouse walls. Circa 1949, Price cut his first record for Bullet in Dallas. In 1951, he was picked up by Columbia, the label for which he would record for more than 20 years. After knocking around in Lefty Frizzells camp for six months or so (his first Columbia single was a Frizzell composition), Price befriended Hank Williams. The connection brought him to the Opry and profoundly affected his singing style. After Hank died, Price started stretching out more as a singer and arranger. His experimentation culminated in the 4/4 bass-driven "Crazy Arms," the country song of the year for 1956. The intensely rhythmic sound he discovered with "Crazy Arms" would dominate his -- and much of country in general -- music for the next six years. To this day, people in Nashville refer to a 4/4 country shuffle as the "Ray Price beat." Heavy on fiddle, steel, and high-tenor harmony, his country work from the late 50s is as lively as the rock & roll of the same era. Price tired of that sound, however, and started messing around with strings. His lush 1967 version of "Danny Boy" and his 1970 take on Kris Kristoffersons "For the Good Times" were, in their crossover way, landmark records. But few of his old fans appreciated the fact. In the three decades following "For the Good Times," Prices career was often an awkward balancing act in which twin Texas fiddles were weighed against orchestras. Born in tiny Perryville, Texas, Price spent most of his youth in Dallas. It was there where he learned how to play guitar and sing. Following his high-school graduation, he studied veterinary medicine at North Texas Agricultural College in Abilene before he left school to join the Marines in 1942. Price stayed in the service throughout World War II, returning to Texas in 1946. After leaving the Marines, he initially returned to college, yet he began to perform at local clubs and honky tonks, as well as on the local radio station KRBC, where he was dubbed the Cherokee Cowboy. Three years later, he was invited to join the Dallas-based The Big D Jamboree, which convinced him to make music his full-time career. Shortly after joining The Big D Jamboree, the show began to be televised by CBS, which helped him release a single, "Your Wedding Corsage"/"Jealous Lies," on the independent Dallas label Bullet. Price moved to Nashville to pursue a major-label record contract in 1951. After auditioning and failing several times, Ray finally signed to Columbia Records, after A&R; representative Troy Martin convinced the labels chief executive, Don Law, that Decca was prepared to give the singer a contract. Previously, Law was uninterested in Price -- he turned him down 20 times and told Martin never to mention his name again -- but he was unprepared to give a rival company a chance at the vocalist. Just before "Talk to Your Heart" became a number three hit for Price in the spring of 1952, Ray met his idol, Hank Williams, who immediately became a close friend. Over the next year, Hank performed a number of favors for Price, including giving him "Weary Blues" to record and helping him join the Grand Ole Opry. Ray also became the permanent substitute for Hank whenever he was missing or too drunk to perform. Following Williams death in 1953, Price inherited the Drifting Cowboys. Following the success of "Dont Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" in the fall of 1952, Price was quiet for much of 1953. It wasnt until 1954 that he returned to the charts with "Ill Be There (If You Ever Want Me)," a number two hit that kicked off a successful year for Price that also included the Top Ten singles "Release Me" and "If You Dont, Somebody Else Will." Instead of capitalizing on that success, he disappeared from the charts during 1955, as he spent the year forming the Cherokee Cowboys. Over the course of those previous two years, he had realized that performing with the Drifting Cowboys made him sound too similar to Hank Williams, so he decided to form his own group. Originally, most of the members were lifted from Lefty Frizzells Western Cherokees, but over the years a number of gifted musicians began their careers in this band, including Roger Miller, Johnny Paycheck, Buddy Emmons, Johnny Bush, and Willie Nelson. Ray returned to the charts in 1956, first with "Run Boy" and then with "Crazy Arms," a driving honky tonk number that immediately became a country classic. The song was one of the first country records to be recorded with a drum kit, which gave it a relentless, pulsating rhythm. Until Price, most country artists were reluctant to use drums and the instrument was even banned from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. The blockbuster status of the single helped change that situation. Spending an astonishing 20 weeks at the top of the country charts, "Crazy Arms" not only crossed over into the lower reaches of the pop charts, but it also established Price as a star. After the success of the single, he remained at or near the top of the charts for the next ten years, racking up 23 Top Ten singles between 1956 and 1966. During this time, he recorded a remarkable number of country classics, including "Ive Got a New Heartache" (number two, 1956), "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (number one, 1957), "Make the World Go Away" (number two, 1963), and "City Lights," which spent 13 weeks at the top of the charts in 1958. The momentum of Prices career had slowed somewhat by the mid-60s; though he was still having hits, they werent as frequent or as big. His musical inclinations were also shifting, bringing him closer to the crooning styles of traditional pop singers. Ray abandoned the cowboy suits and brought in strings to accompany him, making him one of the first to explore the smooth, orchestrated sounds of late-60s and early-70s country-pop. While it alienated some hardcore honky tonk fans, the change in approach resulted in another round of Top Ten hits. However, it took a little while for the country audience to warm to this new sound -- it wasnt until 1970, when his cover of Kris Kristoffersons "For the Good Times" hit number one, that he returned to the top of the charts. Over the next three years, he scored an additional three number one singles ("I Wont Mention It Again," "Shes Got to Be a Saint," and "Youre the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"). By the mid-70s, the appeal of his string-laden country-pop hits had diminished, and he spent the rest of the decade struggling to get into the charts. In 1974, he left his longtime home of Columbia Records to sign to Myrrh, where he had two Top Ten hits over the next year. By the end of 1975, he had left the label, signing to ABC/Dot. Though he hadnt changed his style, his records became less popular around the same time he signed to ABC/Dot; only 1977s "Mansion on the Hill" gained much attention. In 1978, he switched labels again, signing with Monument, which proved to be another unsuccessful venture. In 1980, Price reunited with his old bassist Willie Nelson, recording the duet album San Antonio Rose, which was a major success, spawning the number three hit "Faded Love." San Antonio Rose reignited Rays career, and in 1981 he had two Top Ten singles -- "It Dont Hurt Me Half as Bad" and "Diamonds in the Stars" -- for his new label, Dimension. Price left Dimension in 1983, signing with Warner Records. He remained at the label for one year, and by that time, his new spell of popularity had cooled down considerably; by now, he was having trouble reaching the Top 40. That situation didnt remedy itself for the remainder of the decade, even though he signed with two new labels: Viva (1983-1984) and Step One (1985-1989). By the late 80s, Price had stopped concentrating on recording and had turned his efforts toward a theater he owned in Branson, Missouri. For most of the 90s, he sang and performed at his theater in Branson, occasionally stopping to record. Of all of his 90s records, the most notable is the 1992 album Sometimes a Rose, which was produced by Norro Wilson. Among his handful of full-length albums during the 2000s, two were collaborations: 2003s Run That by Me One More Time with Willie Nelson, and 2007s Last of the Breed with Nelson and Merle Haggard. Both albums appeared on the alt-country label Lost Highway, and the latter also sparked a tour featuring the trio of country heavyweights. In early 2012, Price announced that he had pancreatic cancer, although chemotherapy appeared to be successful and he hoped to return to the road and record an album of love songs dedicated to his wife. He was briefly hospitalized again in May 2013, however, and in December of that year, he entered hospice care. Ray Price died at his home in Texas on December 16, 2013. The album dedicated to his wife, Beauty Is... The Final Sessions, arrived posthumously in 2014. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 17 Title: Ray Prices Greatest Hits Released: 1961 Tracks: 12 Duration: 32:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Crazy Arms (02:32) 2 You Done Me Wrong (02:23) 3 City Lights (03:00) 4 Invitation To The Blues (02:48) 5 Ive Got A New Heartache (02:43) 6 Wholl Be The First (02:53) 7 Heartaches By The Number (02:57) 8 The Same Old Me (02:44) 9 Release Me (02:41) 10 One More Time (02:45) 11 My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You (02:36) 12 Ill Be There (When You Get Lonely) (02:50) |
| Ray Price's Greatest Hits : Allmusic album Review : Sonys budget Ray Price Greatest Hits compilation includes many of the legendary country crooners biggest hits, including "Crazy Arms," "City Lights," and "Invitation to the Blues." While the material itself is good, theres a lot more to the man than 12 songs. Mega-fans looking for a more comprehensive Price chronicle would be better off picking up Bear Familys insane ten-disc Honky Tonk Years (1950-1966). | ||
 | Album: 2 of 17 Title: San Antonio Rose: A Tribute to the Great Bob Wills Released: 1962 Tracks: 12 Duration: 34:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 San Antonio Rose (04:22) 2 A Maidens Prayer (02:58) 3 My Confession (02:42) 4 Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now (02:36) 5 Roly Poly (02:13) 6 Bubbles in My Beer (02:38) 7 Home in San Antone (02:44) 8 You Dont Love Me (But Ill Always Care) (02:48) 9 You Dont Care What Happens to Me (02:40) 10 Time Changes Everything (02:52) 11 The Kind of Love I Cant Forget (02:22) 12 Hang Your Head in Shame (03:21) |
 | Album: 3 of 17 Title: Night Life Released: 1963 Tracks: 12 Duration: 37:35 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Introduction and Theme / Night Life (06:48) 2 Lonely Street (03:01) 3 The Wild Side of Life (02:59) 4 Sittin and Thinkin (02:47) 5 The Twenty Fourth Hour (02:53) 6 A Girl in the Night (02:49) 7 Pride (02:39) 8 Theres No Fool Like a Young Fool (02:58) 9 If She Could See Me Now (02:42) 10 Bright Lights and Blonde-Haired Women (02:26) 11 Are You Sure (02:23) 12 Let Me Talk to You (03:05) |
| Night Life : Allmusic album Review : Depending upon which lens of the historical perspective you view this through, this 12-song collection is the last gasp of true honky tonk, the first stab at mainstreaming it into the Nashville sound of the 1960s, or country musics first concept album. In 1962, Ray Price was at the peak of his form as a honky tonker of major repute. His regular touring band, the Cherokee Cowboys, were the finest of their kind and Prices voice was an instrument of wonder, full of reflection with every lyrical reading. As a traveling musician, Price knew well of the "night life" depicted in Willie Nelsons title track, a life spent on the road full of hotels, bar rooms, one-night stands, heartache, and regrets. This album, full of well-written songs paying homage to that sinful life and its road to nowhere, evokes the sound, feel, and ambience of classic honky tonk music like few others do. As the decade wore on, Price would go on to major superstardom as a mellow balladeer, working with full string sections, reaching audiences that never heard this music or the other honky tonk classics that preceded it. Mores the pity, for this album just may be Prices defining moment as an artist. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 17 Title: Burning Memories Released: 1964 Tracks: 12 Duration: 32:26 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Burning Memories (02:29) 2 Here Comes My Baby (02:42) 3 Make The World Go Away (02:32) 4 Are You Sure (02:23) 5 Soft Rain (02:52) 6 Release Me (02:43) 7 Together Again (02:17) 8 You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind) (03:06) 9 A Thing Called Sadness (02:47) 10 Walk Me To The Door (03:05) 11 Thats All That Matters (02:21) 12 Let Me Talk To You (03:03) |
| Burning Memories : Allmusic album Review : Holy hillbilly fiddlers, Batman! Ray Price left the honky tonk and hooked up with a string section! At least thats what country fans must have been thinking when they heard Ray Prices Burning Memories. Here, the only identifying country marker is the corny cowboy hat hes wearing on the cover. While its easy to see why Price took so much guff from country diehards because this is a radical change from his Ernest Tubb-influenced honky tonk persona, its still a badass country record, full of Floyd Cramer and Pig Robbins pianos, Buddy Emmons pedal steel, and Prices awesome baritone voice in its finest form ever. Begun in 1962, Burning Memories was the beginning of the Price transition from hillbilly singer to serious crossover smash. This is the album that boasts the stellar, timeless, and unforgettable "Make the World Go Away" by Hank Cochran and Eddie Millers mind-blowing "Release Me," two Price signature tunes. In addition, there are amazing reads of Buck Owens "Together Again," Conway Twittys "Walk Me to the Door," and Willie Nelsons "Are You Sure," among others -- including Harlan Howards fearsome nugget "You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Take Her Off My Mind)." Truth be told, Burning Memories holds no filler, which is astonishing for a country record from that era. Frank Jones production is full of space and slippery genre blurs, and allows Prices ambition to soar without abandoning his strengths. Burning Memories, masterpiece that it is, is only available on CD as part of a two-fer series by Audium. The other record? The amazing follow-up, Touch My Heart. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 17 Title: The Other Woman Released: 1965 Tracks: 12 Duration: 36:05 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Other Woman (03:00) 2 Dont You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me (02:48) 3 After Effects (From Loving You) (02:32) 4 Too Much Love Is Spoiling You (02:48) 5 An Eye for an Eye (03:16) 6 Unloved Unwanted (03:23) 7 Funny How Times Slips Away (03:37) 8 Born to Lose (03:31) 9 Just Call Me Lonesome (02:30) 10 This Cold War With You (02:58) 11 Rose Colored Glasses (02:21) 12 The Last Letter (03:17) |
| The Other Woman : Allmusic album Review : The Other Woman was Ray Prices follow-up to his classic Night Life album and on it he continued to work the seasoned Texas honky tonk he and the Cherokee Cowboys had been perfecting since the mid-50s -- this in the midst of his initial foray into the country pop style he would eventually embrace. With Cherokee alumni Buddy Emmons on guitar and pedal steel, Tommy Jackson on fiddle, and Buddy Harmon handling the drums, Price works some choice country terrain including a lazy shuffle rendition of the perennial "Born to Lose" and a show-stopping version of Floyd Tillmans "This Cold War With You." He turns in a smoldering version of the classic, blues-tinged "Funny How Time Slips Away," penned by one-time Cherokee Cowboy Willie Nelson. Prices famous shuffle beat style is still intact here, too, on the chart-topping title track, Hank Cochrans codependency nugget "Dont You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me," and a pair of Fred Carter gems -- "Too Much Love is Spoiling You" and "Rose Colored Glasses" -- all benefiting from Emmons stellar pedal steel work. The album is rounded out by a touching version of the Patsy Cline hit "Unloved, Unwanted" and the beautiful waltz "The Last Letter." The Other Woman does not quite match the variety or song quality of Night Life, but the steady delivery of fine country material as well as the spacious Grady Martin production make for very enjoyable listening. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 17 Title: For The Good Times Released: 1970 Tracks: 11 Duration: 09:43 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 For The Good Times (04:05) 2 Gonna Burn Some Bridges (?) 3 Crazy Arms (02:34) 4 Ill Go To A Stranger (?) 5 Black And White Lies (?) 6 Grazin In Greener Pastures (?) 7 Help Me Make It Through The Night (?) 8 Lonely World (?) 9 You Cant Take It With You (?) 10 A Cold Day In July (?) 11 Heartaches By The Number (03:03) |
 | Album: 7 of 17 Title: San Antonio Rose Released: 1980 Tracks: 13 Duration: 42:49 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 San Antonio Rose (03:44) 2 I’ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) (02:43) 3 I Fall to Pieces (03:17) 4 Crazy Arms (02:44) 5 Release Me (03:07) 6 Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) (03:42) 7 This Cold War With You (03:21) 8 Funny How Time Slips Away (03:52) 9 Night Life (04:05) 10 Deep Water (02:47) 11 Faded Love (03:51) 12 Just Call Me Lonesome (03:24) 13 My Life’s Been a Pleasure (02:08) |
| San Antonio Rose : Allmusic album Review : Fans of Ray Price or Bob Wills wont want to miss the Prices 1961 album, San Antonio Rose: A Tribute to the Great Bob Wills. Price, who acknowledged Wills as a primary influence, became the first of many to devote an album to covering the songs of the renowned master of Southwestern dance music. Price recorded the album in a nine-hour period, utilizing many of Nashvilles best musicians, including guitarist Grady Martin, fiddler Tommy Jackson, pedal steel specialist Jimmy Day and pianist Pig Robbins (in one of his first Nashville sessions). Also sitting in on acoustic guitar was a new Music City arrival, a little-known songwriter named Willie Nelson, who had just been hired to crank out songs for Prices publishing company. The record finds Price crooning with smooth, easy richness while the band lets it fly. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 17 Title: The Essential Ray Price Released: 1991 Tracks: 20 Duration: 53:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 If Your Ever Lonely Darling (02:34) 2 The Road of No Return (02:42) 3 Talk To Your Heart (02:43) 4 Move On In And stay (02:24) 5 Ill Be There (02:31) 6 Release Me (03:37) 7 I Cant Go Home Like This (02:15) 8 You Done Me Wrong (02:25) 9 Falling Falling Falling (02:30) 10 Wasted Words (02:31) 11 Crazy Arms (02:37) 12 Ive Got A New Heartache (02:45) 13 My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You (02:37) 14 Invitation To The Blues (02:27) 15 City Lights (03:05) 16 Heartaches By The Number (03:02) 17 The Same Ole Me (02:45) 18 One More Time (02:44) 19 Heart Over Mind (02:45) 20 Pride (02:36) |
| The Essential Ray Price : Allmusic album Review : There was a previous Ray Price compilation on Columbia/Legacy, The Essential Ray Price: 1951-1962, with an almost identical title to this 2007 release. This one is an entirely different anthology, however; not only is it merely titled The Essential Ray Price, but its considerably bigger and its chronological span is much wider, as the two-CD, 40-track set covers material from 1950 to 1980. An astonishing 31 of these recordings were Top Ten country hits, which alone makes it a valuable summary of Prices most well known music. Of more importance, however, is how it charts Prices artistic journey from a fairly raw honky-tonker to one of countrys most popular country-pop crooners. Hard country fans, of course, will be most impressed by the honky tonk sides (especially on disc one, all of which was cut in 1950-1961), and those who know Price primarily for smoothies like "For the Good Times" (which is on disc two, of course) will be surprised by the relatively hard-kicking tracks from his early years (including huge hits like "Heartaches by the Number" and "Crazy Arms"). Theres a mixed blessing to a Price comp that covers thirty years, though; for all the success of his later work, theres no denying that it helped paved the way for bland countrypolitan, particularly when he started piling on strings and vocal choruses. Even in those years, however, he was recording songs by top composers like Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, the team of Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant, and (on his 1970 smashes "For the Good Times" and "Id Rather Be Sorry") Kris Kristofferson. The Essential Ray Price: 1951-1962 is probably essential enough for those who prefer to remember Price in his honky-tonkiest days, but this two-disc anthology gives a more complete view of why he was a country music giant, without sacrificing much from the early years in which he was truest to his roots. | ||
 | Album: 9 of 17 Title: Sometimes A Rose Released: 1992-03-24 Tracks: 10 Duration: 32:11 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Somebody Almost Loved Me (02:59) 2 I Apologize (03:10) 3 Theres Not A Dry Eye In The House (03:36) 4 You Need A Lady In Your Life (03:38) 5 When The Blues Hit Town (03:45) 6 What Am I Gonna Do Without You (03:22) 7 A Way To Free Myself (02:21) 8 Sometimes A Rose (03:36) 9 Look What Followed Me Home (03:02) 10 Please Dont Leave Me (02:36) |
 | Album: 10 of 17 Title: Portrait Of A Singer Released: 1994-01-21 Tracks: 20 Duration: 57:27 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Youre Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (02:56) 2 Once In A While (03:33) 3 Sentimental Journey (03:18) 4 Because Of You (02:55) 5 Youll Never Know (03:14) 6 All The Way (02:29) 7 Smile (02:27) 8 Bummin Around (02:38) 9 You Always Hurt The One You Love (02:30) 10 It Had To Be You (02:57) 11 I Cant Give You Anything But Love (02:04) 12 Im Confessing (03:10) 13 Always (02:55) 14 Mona Lisa (03:07) 15 Young At Heart (02:53) 16 Im In The Mood For Love (03:03) 17 Love Me Tender (02:27) 18 As Time Goes By (03:50) 19 Dont Get Around Much Anymore (02:25) 20 Please Dont Talk About Me When Im Gone (02:27) |
 | Album: 11 of 17 Title: The Ray Price Christmas Album Released: 1995-10-10 Tracks: 11 Duration: 27:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Jingle Bells (01:43) 2 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (02:24) 3 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (02:19) 4 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (02:04) 5 O Little Town of Bethlehem (02:19) 6 The Little Drummer Boy (03:59) 7 The Lords Prayer (02:31) 8 O Come All Ye Faithful (02:38) 9 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (02:54) 10 Happy Birthday to You, Our Lord (02:23) 11 Silent Night, Holy Night (02:24) |
| The Ray Price Christmas Album : Allmusic album Review : Originally issued in 1969, this collection of seasonal favorites was recorded at the peak of Ray Prices country-pop period, resulting in lush readings of holiday chestnuts including "Jingle Bells," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and "The Little Drummer Boy." | ||
 | Album: 12 of 17 Title: Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys Released: 1995-11-08 Tracks: 266 Duration: 12:19:26 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Jealous Lies (02:36) 2 Your Wedding Corsage (02:36) 3 If Youre Ever Lonely Darling (02:34) 4 I Saw My Castles Fall Today (02:25) 5 Youve Got My Troubles Now (02:42) 6 I Get the Short End Every Time (02:43) 7 Hey La La (03:04) 8 The Answer to the Last Letter (03:06) 9 Till Death Do Us Part (02:41) 10 Beyond the Last Mile (02:58) 11 Heartaching Blues (03:01) 12 Weary Blues (From Waiting) (03:01) 13 I Made a Mistake and Im Sorry (03:01) 14 We Crossed Our Heart (02:49) 15 Your Heart Is Too Crowded (03:04) 16 I Lost the Only Love I Knew (02:34) 17 Ive Got to Hurry, Hurry, Hurry (02:23) 18 Talk to Your Heart (02:42) 19 I Know Ill Never Win Your Love Again (03:00) 20 The Road of No Return (02:38) 21 Youre Under Arrest (For Stealing My Heart) (02:16) 22 Move on in and Stay (02:26) 23 I Cant Escape From You (02:32) 24 Wont You Please Be Mine (03:06) 25 Dont Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes (02:46) 26 My Old Scrapbook (02:41) 1 The Price for Loving You (02:58) 2 Thats What I Get for Loving You (02:12) 3 Cold Shoulder (02:20) 4 You Werent Ashamed to Kiss Me Last Night (02:14) 5 The Wrong Side of Town (02:45) 6 Time (02:45) 7 Start the Music (02:19) 8 Gone Again (02:27) 9 The Way Youve Treated Me (02:47) 10 Time (02:34) 11 The Wrong Side of Town (02:47) 12 Who Stole That Train (02:20) 13 Let Your Heart Decide (02:46) 14 You Always Get By (02:21) 15 Leave Her Alone (02:59) 16 The Wall Around Your Heart (02:26) 17 Release Me (02:43) 18 Ill Be There (If You Ever Want Me) (02:29) 19 The Last Letter (02:41) 20 Much to Young to Die (02:09) 21 I Love You So Much, I Let You Go (03:00) 22 I Could Love You More (02:08) 23 What If He Dont Love You (03:01) 24 If You Dont, Somebody Else Will (02:12) 25 Im Alone Because I Love You (02:28) 26 Oh Yes, Darling (02:30) 27 One Broken Heart (Dont Mean a Thing) (02:23) 1 Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes (02:46) 2 The Way She Got Away (02:13) 3 Let Me Talk to You (03:03) 4 Call the Lord and Hell Be There (02:12) 5 A Man Called Peter (02:35) 6 As Strange as It Seems (I Still Love You) (02:24) 7 I Cant Go Home Like This (02:15) 8 Dont You Know Me Any More (02:21) 9 I Dont Want It on My Conscience (02:35) 10 Run Boy (02:45) 11 You Never Will Be True (02:57) 12 Dont Tempt Me (02:16) 13 Slowly Dying (03:10) 14 Crazy Arms (02:34) 15 You Done Me Wrong (02:26) 16 Wild and Wicked World (02:59) 17 Crazy (02:14) 18 Are You Wasting My Time (02:28) 19 Fallin, Fallin, Fallin (02:24) 20 Wasted Words (02:32) 21 Fallin, Fallin, Fallin (02:31) 22 Wasted Words (02:44) 23 Ive Got a New Heartache (02:46) 24 Dont Do This to Me (02:13) 1 Letters Have No Arms (02:57) 2 Ill Sail My Ship Alone (02:46) 3 A Mansion on the Hill (02:30) 4 I Cant Help It (02:08) 5 Remember Me (Im the One Who Loves You) (02:37) 6 I Saw My Castles Fall Today (02:41) 7 Let Me Talk to You (02:36) 8 Please Dont Leave Me (03:08) 9 Blues Stay Away From Me (02:30) 10 Pins and Needles (In My Heart) (02:11) 11 I Love You Because (02:35) 12 Many Years Ago (03:25) 13 Ill Be There (When You Get Lonely) (02:53) 14 Its All Your Fault (02:27) 15 My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You (02:20) 16 Faded Love (02:53) 17 Gone (02:18) 18 Bye Bye Love (02:17) 19 Four Walls (03:25) 20 A Fallen Star (02:26) 21 Its All Your Fault (02:49) 22 My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You (02:37) 23 Dont Do This to Me (02:14) 24 Wall of Tears (02:34) 25 Curtain in the Window (02:33) 26 Talk to Your Conscience (02:20) 1 Therell Be No Teardrops Tonight (02:47) 2 Driftwood on the River (03:06) 3 Deep Water (02:39) 4 Ill Keep on Loving You (02:28) 5 I Love You So Much, It Hurts (03:06) 6 I Told You So (02:36) 7 Ice Cold Heart (02:09) 8 Ive Gotta Have My Baby Back (02:30) 9 Please Dont Leave Me (02:10) 10 Talk to Your Heart (02:30) 11 Im Tired (01:55) 12 Wondering (02:16) 13 Walkin the Floor (02:25) 14 Invitation to the Blues (02:51) 15 Ive Got to Know (02:08) 16 Heartaches Must Be Your Name (02:18) 17 City Lights (03:01) 18 Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold) (02:44) 19 Thats What Its Like to Be Lonesome (02:49) 20 Punish Me Tomorrow (03:02) 21 Heartaches by the Number (03:01) 22 Wild and Wicked World (02:23) 23 Beyond the Last Mile (02:52) 24 The Same Old Me (02:46) 25 Under Your Spell Again (03:04) 26 Broken Hearts Will Haunt Your Soul (02:22) 27 One More Time (02:50) 28 Wholl Be the First (02:56) 29 City Lights (02:53) 1 The Old Rugged Cross (03:00) 2 In the Garden (03:12) 3 How Big Is God (03:56) 4 Until Then (04:04) 5 Help Through My Unbelief (04:00) 6 When I Take My Vacation in Heaven (02:40) 7 Faith (02:54) 8 Rock of Ages (02:41) 9 Softly and Tenderly (03:20) 10 When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (03:02) 11 Just as I Am (02:36) 12 Where He Leads Me (I Will Follow) (03:26) 13 Now the Day Is Over (02:51) 14 I Cant Run Away From Myself (02:42) 15 I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today (02:42) 16 Heart Over Mind (02:47) 17 The Twenty-Fourth Hour (02:55) 18 Walkin Slow (And Thinking Bout Her) (02:45) 19 Soft Rain (02:53) 20 Here We Are Again (02:47) 21 Youre Stronger Than Me (02:26) 22 This Cold War With You (03:01) 23 Soft Rain (02:49) 24 Imaginations a Wonderful Thing (02:43) 25 Walking Slow (And Thinking Bout Her) (02:53) 26 Soft Rain (02:47) 1 Intro / San Antonio Rose (04:22) 2 A Maidens Prayer (02:58) 3 My Confession (02:41) 4 Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now (02:37) 5 Roly Poly (02:14) 6 Bubbles in My Beer (02:38) 7 Home in San Antone (02:43) 8 You Dont Love Me (But Ill Always Care) (02:48) 9 You Dont Care What Happens to Me (02:40) 10 Time Changes Everything (02:50) 11 The Kind of Love I Cant Forget (02:19) 12 Hang Your Head in Shame /Outro (03:21) 13 Intro / Night Life (06:54) 14 Lonely Street (03:05) 15 The Wild Side of Life (03:01) 16 Sittin and Thinkin (02:49) 17 A Girl in the Night (02:52) 18 Theres No Fool Like a Young Fool (03:00) 19 If She Could See Me Now (02:44) 20 Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women (02:28) 21 Are You Sure (02:26) 22 Let Me Talk to You (03:06) 23 This Cold War With You (03:40) 24 Ive Just Destroyed the World (Im Living In) (02:25) 25 Walkin Slow (And Thinking bout Her) (02:42) 26 Pride (02:36) 1 Big Shoes (02:45) 2 Walk Me to the Door (03:09) 3 You Took Her Off My Hands (03:09) 4 Be a Good Girl (02:38) 5 Make the World Go Away (02:25) 6 Ill Find a Way (To Free Myself of You) (02:32) 7 Make the World Go Away (02:35) 8 Let Me Talk to You (03:07) 9 Ill Find a Way (To Free Myself of You) (02:23) 10 Ive Still Got Room (For One More Heartache) (02:41) 11 Thats All That Matters (02:25) 12 Burning Memories (02:32) 13 Each Time (03:01) 14 A Way to Free Myself (02:15) 15 How Long Is Forever (02:36) 16 This Cold War With You (03:00) 17 Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go) (02:01) 18 All Right (Ill Sign the Papers) (02:33) 19 I Fall to Pieces (02:52) 20 Please Talk to My Heart (02:58) 21 Cold, Cold Heart (03:46) 22 Still (02:44) 23 I Dont Know Why (I Keep Loving You) (03:04) 24 Same Old Memories (02:31) 25 Here Comes My Baby Back Again (02:45) 26 Together Again (02:21) 27 A Thing Called Sadness (02:51) 28 Soft Rain (02:56) 29 Release Me (02:44) 1 Devils Dream (02:16) 2 Linda Lou (02:38) 3 Crazy Arms (02:34) 4 Lil Liza Jane (02:31) 5 Rubber Dolly (03:05) 6 Burnt Fingers (02:59) 7 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (02:44) 8 Maidens Prayer (03:15) 9 Your Old Love Letters (02:49) 10 Spanish Two Step (02:38) 11 Liberty Bells (02:25) 12 Sing a Sad Song (02:26) 13 The Other Woman (03:00) 14 Tearful Earful (02:49) 15 The Last Letter (03:19) 16 Born to Lose (03:32) 17 Just Call Me Lonesome (02:31) 18 Dont You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me (02:48) 19 Funny How the Time Slips Away (03:38) 20 Rose Colored Glasses (02:21) 21 Unloved, Unwanted (03:24) 22 An Eye for an Eye (03:16) 23 Too Much Love Is Spoiling You (02:49) 24 After Effects (From Loving You) (02:33) 25 Let Me Talk to You (03:10) 26 Im Not Crazy Yet (02:47) 27 A Way to Survive (03:01) 1 Another Bridge to Burn (02:56) 2 A Legend in My Time (02:34) 3 Take These Chains From My Heart (02:30) 4 Dont Touch Me (03:25) 5 Go Away (02:15) 6 Id Fight the World (02:52) 7 I Want to Hear It From You (02:24) 8 It Should Be Easier Now (03:02) 9 Dont You Believe Her (02:40) 10 Healing Hands of Time (02:28) 11 Too Late (03:17) 12 Each Time (03:23) 13 Touch My Heart (03:38) 14 There Goes My Everything (03:04) 15 Its Only Love (03:17) 16 You Took My Happy Away (02:50) 17 I Lie a Lot (02:50) 18 Enough to Lie (02:47) 19 Swinging Doors (03:05) 20 Am I That Easy to Forget (02:24) 21 The Same Two Lips (03:16) 22 Just for the Record (02:56) 23 Touch My Heart (03:09) 24 Im Still Not Over You (04:03) 25 I Let My Mind Wander (02:36) 26 Danny Boy (04:58) |
 | Album: 13 of 17 Title: Prisoner of Love Released: 2000-05-16 Tracks: 12 Duration: 40:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Better Class of Losers (02:35) 2 Prisoner of Love (03:34) 3 Soft Rain (03:38) 4 Ramblin Rose (02:48) 5 If Its Love (Then Bet It All) (04:01) 6 In My Life (03:31) 7 Fly Me to the Moon (03:13) 8 Body & Soul (03:11) 9 Ive Got a New Heartache (02:42) 10 The Only Bridge (02:50) 11 I Wish I Was Eighteen Again (04:28) 12 What a Wonderful World (03:38) |
| Prisoner of Love : Allmusic album Review : Prisoner of Love is the first release from Ray Price since 1992s Sometimes a Rose. Here the Cherokee Cowboy continues his mixture of lush string arrangements with his outstanding ability to project melancholy lyrics. These 12 tracks are divided between the country side of his repertory "Ive Got a New Heartache" and "Better Class of Losers" along with standards like "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Body and Soul." | ||
 | Album: 14 of 17 Title: Run That by Me One More Time Released: 2003-07-01 Tracks: 11 Duration: 31:11 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Deep Water (02:36) 2 This Cold War With You (02:45) 3 Im So Ashamed (03:04) 4 Ive Just Destroyed the World Im Living In (02:39) 5 It Wouldnt Be the Same Without You (02:45) 6 Home in San Antone (02:37) 7 Something to Think About (02:21) 8 Run That by Me One More Time (02:42) 9 Soft Rain (03:31) 10 Ill Keep on Lovin You (02:14) 11 Im Still Not Over You (03:57) |
| Run That by Me One More Time : Allmusic album Review : Willie Nelson and Ray Price reconvene for a second outing of Texas honky tonk and Western swing tunes, 23 years after their first duet recording, the venerable San Antonio Rose. Recorded and engineered by Joe Gracey at the World Headquarters studios in Luck, TX, Run That By Me One More Time was produced by Nelson and Price. It features 11 really glorious selections that run the gamut from the classic Fred Rose numbers "Deep Water," which opens the album, and "Home in San Antone" to a sentimental reading of Floyd Tillmans "This Cold War With You" and co-writes like the amazing "Ive Just Destroyed the World Im Living In," by the dynamic duo itself. While Price wrote the beautiful and moving "Soft Rain" that appears here, a pair of Nelson cuts -- "Im So Ashamed" and "Im Still Not Over You" -- are the finest things on the record. Both of them have appeared on Nelson outings available only on the Internet, but with Prices voice added to the mix, they have a deeper resonance. With the exception of Roses "Home in San Antone," which appears in the dead center of the recording, the album is comprised of nothing but broken love songs offering a counterweight to the good-time feel of the disc. Speaking of feel, the sound of this album is quite remarkable. Its been a while since Willies guitar playing has been given this kind of showcasing or has sounded so rich and full, and the Texas fiddle band setup is recorded as such without a boatload of embellishment. Prices voice, considerably more ragged but even more right, lends texture, warmth, and a kind of west Texas edge to the sound of the band here, as does David Zettners pedal steel. Of all the Willie Nelson recordings out there from 2000 to the present, this is easily the best of them. Its consistent and full of warmth, good-natured looseness, and absolutely killer songs. | ||
 | Album: 15 of 17 Title: Last of the Breed Released: 2007-03-20 Tracks: 22 Duration: 1:12:08 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 My Lifes Been a Pleasure (03:04) 2 My Mary (03:14) 3 Back to Earth (03:25) 4 Heartaches by the Number (03:04) 5 Mom and Dads Waltz (03:27) 6 Some Other World (03:27) 7 Why Me (03:44) 8 Lost Highway (02:54) 9 I Love You a Thousand Ways (02:58) 10 Please Dont Leave Me Any More Darlin (03:34) 11 I Gotta Have My Baby Back (03:13) 1 Goin Away Party (03:25) 2 If I Ever Get Lucky (04:11) 3 Sweet Memories (03:24) 4 Pick Me Up on Your Way Down (03:16) 5 I Love You Because (03:03) 6 Sweet Jesus (03:38) 7 Still Water Runs the Deepest (02:40) 8 I Love You So Much It Hurts (03:10) 9 That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine (03:25) 10 Ill Keep on Loving You (03:05) 11 Night Watch (02:47) |
| Last of the Breed : Allmusic album Review : The title Last of the Breed speaks with a defiance that, for the most part, the music on this album does not, and thats just as it should be -- while Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Ray Price are indeed among the last functioning practitioners of pure, unadulterated Western swing, honky tonk, or countrypolitan blues in the classic manner, on this album they seem less concerned with fighting the changing face of country music than with playing this music with the easy confidence and quiet conviction thats been the hallmark of their respective careers. For the most part, Last of the Breed finds these three friends and occasional collaborators working through a set of old-school country classics (Haggard is the only member of the trio to bring any original material to the sessions, and delivers one of the albums best performances on his new song "If I Ever Get Lucky"), and they treat chestnuts like "Heartaches by the Number," "I Love You Because," "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine," and "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" with both strength and familiarity -- these guys could probably sing these numbers in their sleep after all these years, but they also approach them like pros, realizing these old standards gained their status as classics because they endure and people love them, and they give them the respect and care that they deserve. Haggard is in fine voice on this set, and Nelson sounds good though his phrasing occasionally lags behind the melodies a shade more than is comfortable. As for Price, time has added a slight wobble to his instrument, once one of the most impressive in country music, but he still projects a dignity and commendable emotional warmth, and when he joins voices with his pals Willie and Merle, its a stirring reminder of just how much these artists still have to offer. Legendary producer Fred Foster supervised these sessions, with a band of seasoned Nashville veterans backing the singers (and the Jordanaires adding harmonies on several numbers), and at its best Last of the Breed really sounds the way these things did in the old days, and Nelson, Haggard, and Price achieve something more than nostalgia -- they offer a stirring reminder of the strength of this music when country music spoke to something deeper than just a marketing demographic. | ||
 | Album: 16 of 17 Title: The Classic Songs of Ray Price Released: 2007-06-26 Tracks: 18 Duration: 03:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 For the Good Times (?) 2 She Wears My Ring (?) 3 Crazy Arms (?) 4 City Lights (?) 5 I Wont Mention It Again (?) 6 Ill Be There (If You Ever Want Me) (?) 7 Im Still Not Over You (?) 8 Burning Memories (?) 9 Heartaches By The Number (03:03) 10 The Other Woman (?) 11 Diamonds in the Stars (?) 12 Release Me (?) 13 Soft Rain (?) 14 Night Life (?) 15 Dont You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me (?) 16 Touch My Heart (?) 17 A Way to Survive (?) 18 Youre the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (?) |
| The Classic Songs of Ray Price : Allmusic album Review : If youre a country artist who had a handful of hits in the 50s and 60s, theres an excellent chance someone has persuaded you to re-record your hits for another label so you can earn a new payday from the old material, and the new label has a proven commodity in their catalog. Ray Price is only one of the dozens of noteworthy acts whove taken the bait and re-cut their hits, and The Classic Songs of Ray Price features 18 tunes, most major hits for Price in the past, that the Cherokee Cowboy has recorded anew with a band of Nashville session cats anchored by the great pedal steel player Buddy Emmons and fiddler Buddy Spicher. The players generally echo the mood and approach of the original hit versions of the tunes, if not the letter of the arrangements, so honky tonk numbers like "Crazy Arms" and "City Lights" maintain their barroom 2-step feel, while the slicker, string-laden numbers like "For the Good Times" and "I Wont Mention It Again" remain polished and heavily orchestrated. If the production here lacks a bit of the detail and panache of the original recordings of these tunes, these sessions have still been put together with care and love for the material, and most importantly of all, Ray Price is on hand to sing these songs. Prices voice on these re-cuts shows a bit more wear than it did on the hit versions, but his instrument is still in impressive shape, and he can still kick up some dust on the honky tonk sides, while he actually sounds more soulful and heartfelt on the more measured numbers. Prices orchestral sides have sometimes been given short shrift by fans as countrypolitan sellout stuff, but the depth of feeling and skillful phrasing he displays on these sessions is enough to convince most listeners just how compelling an artist Price can be regardless of his surroundings. The Classic Songs of Ray Price is no substitute for a good collection of his superb recordings for Columbia (try The Essential Ray Price), but it does find Price still working magic in the studio, and fans who give it a listen wont be disappointed. | ||
 | Album: 17 of 17 Title: Beauty Is...The Final Sessions Released: 2014-04-15 Tracks: 12 Duration: 41:34 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Beauty Lies in the Eyes of the Beholder (04:00) 2 This Thing of Ours (02:59) 3 I Can See You (04:05) 4 It Always Will Be (03:27) 5 No More Songs to Sing (02:55) 6 An Affair to Remember (03:52) 7 Senses (03:21) 8 Until Then (03:11) 9 Beautiful Dreamer (03:12) 10 I Wish I Was 18 Again (03:33) 11 Among My Souvenirs (04:08) 12 I Believe (02:44) |