The Best of Pure Prairie League

the best of pure prairie league

Track Listings

1. Amie

2. Falling in and Out of Love

3. That'll Be the Day

4. Two Lane Highway

5. Let Me Love You Tonight

6. I'm Almost Ready

7. I Can't Stop This Feelin'

8. Still Right Here in My Heart

9. You're Mine Tonight

10. I'll Be Damned

11. Don't Keep Me Hangin'

12. Something in the Night

13. Janny Lou [*]

14. Tell Me One More Time [*]

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
The Pure Prairie League never repeated the phenomenal success of their love song, "Amie," but that never stopped legions of the adoring from religiously following the band. The Best of the Pure Prairie League is a good introduction to latecomers, as well as a sort of "pocket guide" for the faithful--an easy way to carry around the songs that are favorites without being weighed down by a bunch of jewel boxes. While others in their era were putting the emphasis on "rock" in the tag "Southern rock," Pure Prairie League chose to keep it as a driving element, but also mixed in a fair amount of bluegrass, country, and Southern boogie. "Two Lane Highway" and "I'll Be Damned" were always live faves and lose none of their appeal here. The tenderness that was stitched into "Amie" is worn on the band's collective sleeves in "Still Right Here in My Heart." --Steve Gdula

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The Best of Pure Prairie League

Average customer rating:

Rare CDs
Nice collection of their hits: nothing more nothing less
Who's idea was it to put Amie first and Fallin' after?
"Two Lane Highway" one of the greats!
Vince with PPL

The Best of Pure Prairie League
Pure Prairie League
Manufacturer: Mercury Nashville
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001EGS
Release Date: 1995-08-08

Tracks:

Amie
Falling In And Out Of Love
That'll Be The Day
Two Lane Highway
Let Me Love You Tonight
I'm Almost Ready
I Can't Stop This Feelin'
Still Right Here In My Heart
You're Mine Tonight
I'll Be Damned
Don't Keep Me Hangin'
Something In The Night
Janny Lou
Tell Me One More Time

Amazon.com

The Pure Prairie League never repeated the phenomenal success of their love song, "Amie," but that never stopped legions of the adoring from religiously following the band. The Best of the Pure Prairie League is a good introduction to latecomers, as well as a sort of "pocket guide" for the faithful--an easy way to carry around the songs that are favorites without being weighed down by a bunch of jewel boxes. While others in their era were putting the emphasis on "rock" in the tag "Southern rock," Pure Prairie League chose to keep it as a driving element, but also mixed in a fair amount of bluegrass, country, and Southern boogie. "Two Lane Highway" and "I'll Be Damned" were always live faves and lose none of their appeal here. The tenderness that was stitched into "Amie" is worn on the band's collective sleeves in "Still Right Here in My Heart." --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews:

Rare CDs.......2007-01-15

Too bad that stores no longer have OBSCURE rock like Pure Prairie League, but luckilly, Amazon had it and it was new. And it sounds great.

Nice collection of their hits: nothing more nothing less.......2005-07-17

I have to be honest with you: the only reason I bought this cd a couple years ago was the song 'Amie' which sounded like a Bread song (one of my all time favourites!) and frankly that's the only song that really gets me everytime I play it. I was a bit dissapointed really that a gifted singer/songwriter like Graig Fuller (also a member of the lesser known band American Flyer) didn't have any more songs that could stick in your mind. So why three stars then? It's clear and simple: if you want a quick overview of what this group was capable off in all its forms this is the cd to buy. Just don't expect anything more than that one crown jewel and a lot of fake juwellery: nice and shiny at times, but certainly not the real deal...

Who's idea was it to put Amie first and Fallin' after?.......2004-01-09

This is one of my alltime favorite albums because I fell in love with PPL just before the Vince Gill era and then I loved them even more as they created two fantastic albums featuring him (ladies, he was sweetly chunky with long beautiful dark brown hair and beautiful green eyes and you would have loved him like you do now anyway - heaven knows I did).

That said, there are only 3 small problems with this album, which honestly folks, do not stop it from being a MUST OWN for every country music fan. Here are the problems...the first one is a crucial mistake to me and should be to all true PPL fans.

1) Helloooooo? The song, "Fallin' In and Out of Love" should come immediately before "Amie" and NOT, no NEVER, after it?!?! Is it possible that the original members of PPL had nothing to do with the release of this compilation? Why in the world did the producers put these songs in the WRONG order when they got it right on every other PPL album?

2) Even though I consider myself a HUGE PPL fan, I have always HATED their version of "That'll Be the Day" so I have to program my CD player to skip it after I program it to play the #1 & #2 tracks in the appropriate order (see 1 above).

3) You cannot call this the best of PPL and leave out "I'll Fix Your Flat Tire Merle". The great song that puts the phenomenal egoed, once-great Merle Haggard gently and humorously in his place is sorely missing from this compilation and other "Greatest Hits" treatments for this band.

Otherwise and ANYWAY, buy this album! Vince Gill never sounded better than on "Still Right Here In My Heart" and "I'll Be Damned" (although Janny Lou is a little embarrassing nowadays since the name Amy Grant doesn't rhyme in the same way). "Amie" and "Two Lane Highway" are still fabulous after all these years and not even retro-vintage fabulous, but just plain fabulous in their own rights.

Finally, let me just say that the wanna be bands out there like Alabama and Lone Star could have learned a thing or two from the obvious joy PPL took in doing what they did so well regardless of whether the money rolled in or not. It is a crying shame for those of us who love PPL and could have truly enjoyed a greater volume of their music that they were poorly handled and marketed when they were at their peak. So, bottom line? Enjoy this stuff folks. It's all there is and it doesn't get any better than this!!

"Two Lane Highway" one of the greats!.......2003-12-24

How can we forget that it was Larry Goshorn who sang "Amie" on tour? Craig Fuller may have written it, but he was no longer with the group when this song became a hit. It was Larry who sang this song and helped make it the hit that it became. I give Craig his 'Props", but lets not forget the beautiful sound of Larry's voice. He did at least 7 albums with PPL and his melodic voice will always be my favorite. "Kentucky Moonshine", "Memories" and other songs by Larry were some of the groups best. Period.

Vince with PPL.......2001-11-29

Love the album. It's a wonderful tribute to the early days of Vince's career. His voice was ringing out loud and clear even in those days. What a sweet voice! Love, Debbie Vince and Amy's Sister In Christ

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