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(More customer reviews)this album contains random singles that George recorded between 1972 and 1989. there's 16 songs as the title suggests so how can anyone look at a 17 year span and pick out just 16? i know that Epic/Sony has a series of CDs under the "16 Biggest Hits" banner but when it comes to George Jones it's hard to compile hits collections on him because even the singles that didn't fly up the charts were still outstanding. Epic picks the obvious hits ( 1974's "The Grand Tour" and "The Door"; 1980's "He Stopped Loving Her Today"; 1981's "Still Doin' Time"; and 1985's "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?") and sprinkles in late '80s hits that usually get overlooked (1986's "Wine Colored Roses" and "The Right Left Hand"; 1989's "The King is Gone") on other collections. still, this album is only for people who haven't found a CD copy of his 1982 album "Anniversary:Ten Years of Hits". the CD DOES contain "She's My Rock" but his other 1984 Top-10 hit "You've Still Got a Place In My Heart" is once again not spotlighted. the great "Radio Lover" {recorded in 1983 and it can be found on the JONES COUNTRY album but it wasn't released as a single until 1989!} WAS a chart hit (it peaked at #62 on Billboard i think?). notable singles they left off that should have gotten included: 1976's "Her Name Is..."; 1977's "If I Could Put Them All Together"; 1987's "The Bird", "I'm a Survivor", and "The Old Man No One Loves"; 1982's duets with Merle Haggard "Yesterday's Wine" and "C.C. Waterback"; 1989's "I'm a One Woman Man"; 1985's "The One I Loved Back Then"; 1988's duet with Shelby Lynne on "If I Could Bottle This Up"; and the list goes on and on of the material during 1972-1989 that they had the tough job to choose from. all in all an excellant CD but not a "must-have" by any means.
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