Lefty Frizzell - That's the Way Life Goes: The Hit Songs 1950-1975

Title: That's the Way Life Goes: The Hit Songs 1950-1975 Artist: Lefty Frizzell Release Date: 8/24/2004 Label: Raven Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 612657019528 Genre: Country Styles: Traditional Country, Honky Tonk Moods: Bittersweet, Cheerful, Earnest, Earthy, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Plaintive, Poignant, Wistful, Confident, Laid-Back/Mellow, Relaxed, Searching, Warm, Yearning, Carefree, Fun, Reflective, Whimsical, Joyous, Light, Melancholy, Passionate, Playful, Reserved, Rustic, Sad, Soothing, Weary, Gentle, Lively, Rollicking, Sentimental, Amiable/Good-Natured Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)
2. I Love You a Thousand Ways
3. Look What Thoughts Will Do
4. Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)
5. I Want to Be with You Always
6. Always Late (With Your Kisses)
7. Mom and Dad's Waltz
8. Travelin' Blues
9. Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)
10. How Long Will It Take (To Stop Lovin' You)
11. Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)
12. Forever (And Always)
13. I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)
14. (Honey, Baby, Hurry!) Bring Your Sweet Self Back to Me
15. Run 'Em Off
16. I Love You Mostly
17. Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More)
18. Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
19. The Long Black Veil
20. Saginaw, Michigan
21. She's Gone, Gone, Gone
22. I Can't Get Over You to Save My Life
23. I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)
24. That the Way Love Goes
25. Railroad Lady
26. Lucky Arms
27. Life's Like Poetry
28. Falling

Year Type Label Catalog # 2004 CD Raven 195

No other editions were found for this album.

There have been many Lefty Frizzell compilations over the years, most of them excellent, but few surpass Columbia/Legacy's comprehensive, listenable 1997 double-disc set Look What Thoughts Will Do, which covers nearly his entire career, stopping short of his last hits in the mid-'70s. Raven's 2005 set That's the Way Life Goes 1950-1975 contends with the Legacy compilation by covering more territory while simultaneously being more concise. It's a single-disc set running a generous 28 tracks, beginning with his first big hit, "If You Got the Money I've Got the Time," and ending a quarter a century later with such marvelous latter-day singles as "That's the Way Love Goes," "I Never Go Around Mirrors," and "Life's Like Poetry." In between, all of his big hits and signature songs are present, including "I Love You a Thousand Ways," "Look What Thoughts Will Do," "Always Late (With Your Kisses)," "Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)," "Run 'Em Off," "The Long Black Veil," and "Saginaw, Michigan." Since most of the music Lefty recorded was at the very least very good, more extensive sets like Look What Thoughts Will Do have more great music to offer -- there's simply more of it there -- but as an introduction and overview to Frizzell's career, That's the Way Life Goes is the best compilation yet. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Don Gant Producer Don Law Producer Frank Jones Producer Glenn A. Baker Preparation Ian McFarlane Preparation Keith Glass Concept, Compilation, Annotation Kevin Mueller Preparation Peter Shillito Concept, Compilation, Preparation Warren Barnett Mastering