1. Jeremiah Peabody's Poly Unsaturated Quick Dissolving Fast
2. Acting Pleasant Tasting Green And Purple Pills
3. Ahab The Arab
4. Harry The Hairy Ape
5. Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band)
6. Mr. Businessman
7. Gitarzan
8. Everything Is Beautiful
9. Turn Your Radio On
10. The Streak
11. Misty
12. Shriner's Convention
13. Would Jesus Wear A Rolex
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ray Stevens
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2004-03-09)
- Publisher: Hip-O Records
- Label: Hip-O Records
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Studio: Hip-O Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 4 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #51602
Avg. Customer Review:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Ray Stevens at his outrageous best! 2008-08-10
Comment: Ray Stevens is a true talent for about 50 years now. From his humourous parodies of Ahab the Arab and The Streak to the touching Everything is Beautiful this collection offers something for everyone. I have admired his music for quite a while. Great stuff!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Skimpy Collection 2007-04-27
Comment:
Although all of these tracks were hits, this collection is far from comprehensive and there are many better compilations available. Still, it might be the right place to start for the casual investigator as it contains the characteristic blend of styles that comprises the work of Ray Stevens.
There are the comic novelty songs like Ahab (1962), Harry The Hairy Ape (1963), Gitarzan (1969) and The Streak (1974), pop ballads like the upbeat Everything Is Beautiful (1970) and the serious Mr Businessman (1968), gospel like Turn Your Radio On (1972) and the country/bluegrass hit Misty from 1975.
The greatest omissions are the beautiful ballads Sunday Morning Coming Down and America Communicate With Me, the buoyant ditty Bridget The Midget which was a UK number 2 hit in 1971 and later songs from the 1980s like It's Me Again Margaret and The Mississippi Squirrel Revival.
So this one does provide a good cross-section of Stevens' styles and some big hits, but for those who want more of this talented and versatile artist, there are numerous Best Of and Hits collections that offer all of the aforementioned songs plus much more.
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Summary: Original early singles 2005-12-13
Comment: The important thing to note about this collection is that it contains the original Mercury singles of Ahab The Arab and Harry The Hairy Ape. However, this does not contain the original single version of Freddie Feelgood, as the one included here has a dubbed laugh track (although otherwise it is the same version). It's too bad that if you want a complete collection of Ray's original recordings from the Sixties, you have to bite the bullet and buy two CDs, but this one sounds great and is the less pricey alternative for the original Ahab and Harry.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: 12 of Ray's best 2004-03-17
Comment: like most of the other Millennium Collection titles, this one did on Ray Stevens is also essential because it captures 12 of the comedian's best known songs. being a Ray Stevens nut like i am, i'd prefer obscure and little known album tracks too because they were just as good as the singles. but the 12 compiled here are chart dictated: only two singles didn't reach Top-40 status, 1966's #91 pop hit "Freddy Feelgood" and the closing song called "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex?" from 1987 fell one position short, peaking at #41 on the country chart. ironically, this CD doesn't have "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" or "It's Me Again, Margaret"...two of his most requested songs and the squirrel song actually hit the Top-40 too: peaking at #20 in early 1985. Ray's pop hits dominate the CD since the bulk of his classic singles of the '60s and '70s charted pop. it wasn't until the mid '70s that he started hitting the country chart with more frequency, and having bigger hits with that format as the decade closed. "Shriner's Convention", his final Top-10 hit released in 1980, reached #7 and it's ALSO one of his most requested songs. that hilarious story that made Bubba, Coy, and Room 321 catch-phrases is track 11. the obvious hit singles are here: "Ahab the Arab", "Gitarzan", "Everything is Beautiful", "The Streak", "Misty", and his big 1971 gospel hit "Turn Your Radio On". all in all, this is a great CD for people to have, even though the songs are available on other collections out there. for those that don't want album tracks, no matter how good they might be, this is the CD for you to have!
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