Cracker Barrel Serves Up Country Gold On New Vinyl Compilations

UMe/UMG Nashville’s pair of country compilations on vinyl, I Love 80’s Country and I Love 90’s Country have been released and are available at Cracker Barrel Country Store locations nationwide and online at shop.crackerbarrel.com.

I Love 80’s Country highlights the music of 12 superstars who have collectively sold a staggering 200 million albums. Included in the chart-toppers on this collection are Reba McEntire on “Whoever’s In New England,” The Oak Ridge Boys’ signature song “Elvira,” Lee Greenwood’s patriotic anthem “God Bless The U.S.A.,” Kathy Mattea’s truck driver’s retirement tale, “Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses,” and Barbara Mandrell‘s “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,” that features George Jones and was recorded in Nashville in 1981.

I Love 90’s Country features the hits of a dozen country superstars including another performance by Reba McEntire on her cover of Bobbie Gentry’s anthem “Fancy,” Billy Ray Cyrus’ chart-topping debut “Achy Breaky Heart,” Trisha Yearwood’s “She’s In Love With The Boy,” Shania Twain’s “The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You),” and Vince Gill’s “I Still Believe In You.”

Love 80’s Country
Side A
1.  The Oak Ridge Boys: “Elvira”
2.  Kathy Mattea: “Eighteen Wheels and A Dozen Roses”
3.  Lee Greenwood: “God Bless The U.S.A.”
4.  Don Williams: “Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good”
5.  Eddie Rabbit Featuring Crystal Gayle: “You And I”
6.  Conway Twitty: “That’s My Job”

Side B
1.  Patty Loveless: “Timber I’m Falling in Love”
2.  Reba McEntire: “Whoever’s In New England”
3.  Dan Seals: “Bop”
4.  The Oak Ridge Boys: “(I’m Settin’) Fancy Free”
5.  T. Graham Brown: “Hell and High Water”
6.  Barbara Mandrell Featuring George Jones: “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool”

I Love 90’s Country
Side A
1.  Billy Ray Cyrus: “Achy Breaky Heart”
2.  Deana Carter: “Strawberry Wine”
3.  Trisha Yearwood: “She’s in Love with The Boy”
4.  David Lee Murphy: “Dust on The Bottle”
5.  Shania Twain: “The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)”
6.  Reba McEntire: “Fancy”

Side B
1.  Tanya Tucker: “Two Sparrows in A Hurricane”
2.  Vince Gill: “I Still Believe In You”
3.  Tracy Byrd: “The Keeper of The Stars”
4.  Mark Chesnutt: “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”
5.  Mark Collie: “Even the Man in The Moon Is Crying”
6.  Lee Ann Womack Featuring Jason Sellers: “A Little Past Little Rock”

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at [email protected].

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