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Big, lantern-jawed Glen Campbell, erstwhile session guitarist and fill-in Beach Boy, had an image problem for years: staple of Seventies Radio 2 and the dream of the everyday housewife. More recently, his best recordings have again been appreciated for their majesty and massive emotional power. 20 Golden Greats is as comprehensive a hits compilation as one could hope for, covering the mid-Sixties to the mid-Seventies and missing little of worth, and to listen and not be affected would require arthritis of the soul. "Rhinestone Cowboy" is pretty cool, if a little camp, but the really great Glenmore… Campbell tracks are invariably Jimmy Webb's songs: Campbell's rich, sensitive tenor and the low boom-and-twang of his guitar dovetail perfectly with Webb's stately songs of torment and regret, haloed with those luscious country strings. The combination yielded the best and best-remembered hits: "Galveston", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "Where's The Playground, Suzie?" and the timelessly moving "Wichita Lineman"; schmaltzy, nostalgic, quietly profound and one of the great American songs of the century. --Taylor Parkes

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Music > Albums

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CD

Release Type:

Retail

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Title:

Glen Campbell - 20 Golden Greats (1990) Retail CD

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Back

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1036 x 800 px

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