George Jones (View Discography)

Release Info

Raven’s 2011 two-fer combines George Jones’ 1972 album George Jones (We Can Make It) with 1977’s I Wanta Sing -- the latter never previously released on CD -- adding a bunch of bonus cuts from 1973-1976 plus the 1977 “Leaving Love All Over the Place” to bring the CD up to a generous 28 tracks. Five years separate these two albums, so they don’t make the smoothest companions -- appropriately enough considering their titles, We Can Make It leans toward the melodramatic and I Wanta Sing is lighter, boasting a great novelty in “Old King Kong.” They may have different tones but the bonus tracks bridge the gap between the two albums and, as a package, this offers a lot of prime ‘70s George. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracks

1. We Can Make It
3. Kiss an Angel Good Morning
4. All the Praises
6. The Last Letter
7. Loving You Could Never Be Better
8. The King
10. One of These Days
12. That Singing Friend of Mine
13. On the Back Row
14. Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)
15. Borrowed Angel
16. Memories of Us
17. Her Name Is...
18. I Wanta Sing
22. I Love You So Much It Hurts
23. Rest in Peace
24. Bull Mountain Lad
25. Old King Kong
28. Leaving Love All Over the Place