Vern Gosdin

Set 'Em Up (1995)


Vern Gosdin
Set 'Em Up
1995 Sony Music Special Products 24195
Country
320kbps

10 songs selected as the best of covering some of Gosdin's great while with Sony/Columbia.



TrackList:

01. Set 'Em Up Joe
02. Tanqueray
03. I'd Better Write It Down
04. It's Not Over, Yet
05. Garden, The
06. Once and for All
07. Take Me Home to Alabama
08. Who Are You Gonna Blame It on This Time
09. I Knew My Day Would Come
10. That Just About Does It





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Vern Gosdin: The Voice (1998)

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Vern Gosdin has had an awful lot of hits (19 in the Top Ten alone) for someone whose name recognition is probably very low. He has never been anything other than 100-percent pure country, which means his chances of having more hits aren't as good as they ought to be. His phrasing and type of material have pretty much kept Gosdin in George Jones' big shadow, which isn't such a bad place to be.

In the past, Gosdin could at times have been mistaken for Jones, but his voice isnot as deep here. His debt to Jones is still made obvious by the inclusion two of Jones' past hits, "We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds" and "A Picture Of Me (Without You)." Those are two of four duets with newcomer Lacey Lynne, who complements him well.

But it's Gosdin who carries the album's load, and with quality material like the swing number "Back In The Swing Of Things" and the Jones-ish "Baby That's Cold," the voice is more than up to it. This is a solid album for anyone craving "real" country music. by Joel Bernstein

Personnel:
Vern Gosdin (background vocals);
Brent Rowan (guitar);
Blue Miller (acoustic guitar);
Mike Douchette (steel guitar);
Larry Franklin (fiddle);
Eddie Bayers (drums);
Tony King (background vocals).



TrackList:

01. Back in the Swing of Things
02. Baby That's Cold
03. Streets of Gold
04. Chip off the Chip off the Old Block
05. How Can I Believe You (When You'll Be Leavin' Me)
06. Let's Don't and Say We Did
07. Fire in Our Bedroom
08. We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds
09. Maybe Then I'll Be over You
10. I Know What It's Like (To Be Alone)
11. Picture of Me, A (Without You)
12. Would These Arms Be in Your Way





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Vern Gosdin: Super Hits (1993)

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Super Hits collects all of the biggest hits Vern Gosdin had on Columbia Records in the late '80s, including all of his Top 10 hits and the number ones "I'm Still Crazy" and "Set 'Em Up Joe." ~ Thom Owens


TrackList:

01. Set 'Em Up Joe
02. Chiseled in Stone
03. Do You Believe Me Now
04. That Just About Does It
05. This Ain't My First Rodeo
06. Tanqueray
07. I'm Still Crazy
08. Who You Gonna Blame It on This Time
09. Right in the Wrong Direction
10. Is It Raining at Your House





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Vern Gosdin: 24 Karat Heartache (2003)

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On his second album in 1997 and his first for the American Harvest Recording Society after leaving Columbia, Vern Gosdin enlisted Ron Oates as co-producer. This is the most melancholy and dark record he's ever issued. It's also the most beautiful and tender. In fact, given how many albums he's issued, this is one of the true classics in his catalog. Having written everything here, Gosdin claims they were written for one woman who left him; he also says quite honestly that when she left these songs became hard to sing, and he did the best he could. Damn! Gosdin's protagonists take full responsibility for their folly in losing the women they love. This is plain on "The Number," where two men meet in a bar -- one claims to know the best lover in town and the protagonist gets his number from the boaster, only to find it's his own and blame himself for her going bad. And this is just the beginning. The title cut, in classic Gosdin ballad style, is about a woman whose wedding ring becomes a "24 Karat Heartache" 24 hours a day. "Three or Four Times a Day" is the silky Gosdin honky tonk trademark. Without the slickness of his Columbia productions, the true depth of Gosdin's voice comes bursting forth from the mix in pure country-soul grandeur. "All the Way Through" is a midtempo love song with a dynamite chorus, accented rhythm section, and backing vocal by Dennis Wilson. The hard-driving "Wettest Dry County" is badass outlaw country with kicking guitars and pedal steel. "What I Threw Away" is the most devastating, self-incriminating confession Gosdin's ever written. On the last two tracks, "I'm Where a Memory (Can Die for a Night)" and "Where Do We Take It from Here," Gosdin shows listeners both sides of the coin of escapism and the wish to transcend the present state of separation and resolve it all one way or another. But in the grain of Gosdin's voice, it feels like this is a futile exercise, whispered by a ghost. There are few records as consistently fine in country music. There are few singers who could pull off a set like this without sounding forced or hackneyed, but then, Gosdin is the Smokey Robinson of country music, and what else would you expect? ~ Thom Jurek


TrackList:

01. Tell The Number
02. I’ll Understand
03. 24 Karat Heartache
04. Three Or Four Times A Day
05. All The Way Through
06. Runnin’ Out Of Reasons To Leave
07. Who I Came To Forget
08. The Wettest Dry County
09. What I Threw Away
10. I’m Where A Memory (Can Die For A Night)
11. Where Do We Take It From Here





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