[.ca] Rose Garden//You're My Man

Golden age of country:
This CD combines Lynn Anderson's albums Rose Garden and You're My Man. Besides her own hits like Rose Garden, You're My Man and Nothing Between Us, it's mainly a collection of country covers of pop hits from the late 1960s and early 1970s and Anderson's interpretations are enjoyable. Backed by a lush, string-driven country pop sound, she delivers memorable and engaging renditions of classics like For The Good Times, I Don't Want To Play House, Proud Mary, Snowbird and It's Only Make Believe. I also love her versions of Dawn's huge 1971 hit Knock Three Times and Flying Machine, Cliff Richard's minor hit from the same year. She even makes Three Dog Night's Joy To The World her own, although I don't think she succeeds so well on Kris Kristofferson's Sunday Morning Coming Down. Somehow I just can't imagine Lynn Anderson stumbling down the stairs with a hangover on a Sunday morning, although to be fair, everybody covered this song at one time or another. Other very listenable numbers include I Can Spot A Cheater, Cry Cry Again, the gospel song Put Your Hand In The Hand and Help Me Make It Through The Night. She has a strong and warm country voice and the backing is beautiful in that early 1970s way. I love this album as it really evokes the spirit of that golden age of song.

• Rose Garden
• For the Good Times
• Another Lonely Night
• I Don't Want to Play House
• Snowbird
• Your Sweet Love Lifted Me
• Sunday Morning Coming Down
• I Still Belong to You
• I Wish I Was a Little Boy Again
• It's Only Make Believe
• Nothing Between Us
• You're My Man
• I Can Spot a Cheater
• I'm Gonna Write a Song
• Cry, Cry Again
• Knock Three Times
• Flying Machine
• Proud Mary
• Help Me Make It Through the Night
• Put Your Hand in the Hand
• Joy to the World
• I Might as Well Be Here Alone