Greatest Hits

This CD of Ray Stevens hits consists of new recordings of Ray's biggest hits. They are very close to the originals; however, there are some extra lyrics in some of the songs. The song, "It's Me Again, Margaret" has some additional words along with a comment from Margaret to the jailer at the end! "Jeremiah Peabody's Pills" is all right but you can tell it is a new version if you are familiar with the original hit that Ray had when he began his career. All in all, if you are a real Ray Stevens fan, you will probably like this release.

This collection from CURB Records is basically a 10 song collection culled from their BOX SET on Ray from 2005. It is sub-titled 50th Anniversary Collection because 2007 marked Ray's 50th year as a recording artist and this collection from CURB was released back in the summer of 2008 before the 50th year mark had ended. He is currently in his 52nd year of recording.

Anyway, this collection features ten songs. Nine of them are re-recordings of his older hit songs that can be found on the 2005 BOX SET, released by CURB. The only song that isn't a re-recording is "Osama Yo' Mama" from 2002, it's hard to believe 7 years has went by since that single from Ray came out.

It should be noted, though, that although these songs are all re-recordings from a few years ago, each of them are still listenable and enjoyable because he puts so much into them, unlike a lot of artist's who re-record their original hits and just record them without much life put into them...Read more

This CD has all of his greatest hits some I have never heard. As you would Expect it very funny!