Remembering Patsy Cline

I admit I am not up-to-date about what artist is signed with what label, so I must assume that all of the artists included on this CD are MCA artists appointed to make the project more cost-efficient; that would be the only acceptable excuse for this collection. Where are the women who can really do a good Patsy Cline cover? Dolly Parton...Loretta Lynn...Emmylou Harris...Juice Newton...Rosanne Cash...Lucinda Williams? Nowhere to be seen. Bad call, MCA Records.

Natalie Cole delivers an unforgivably bad version of "I Fall To Pieces," and Norah Jones (who I usually enjoy) performs a flat, emotionless reading of "Why Can't He Be You." And luminary k.d. lang (once purported to be the "new Patsy Cline") is D.O.A. with her hapless rendition of "Leavin' On Your Mind."

On the converse, Amy Grant, Terri Clark and Michelle Branch defy the odds and deliver the three best recordings. These three artists bring aspects to the songs that the other artists...Read more

I think this cd is getting a bad rap because people may be expecting imitations of Patsy Cline and not other interpretations of the songs she made famous. I love Patsy, but I think this cd has some wonderful artist's doing some wonderful covers. Each musician/singer brings a different perspective to each song. Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, kd Lang, and Norah Jones bring a jazz feel to the songs they sing and couldn't be done better. Michele Branch and Terri Clark give great performances that sound similar to Patsy's versions, but different enough to know that you aren't listening to Patsy herself. Amy Grant's version of Back in Baby's Arms is cute and fun. Patty Griffin and Jessie Alexander have the same sense of feeling the song as they sing it that Patsy did, even to the end of Faded Love and the gasp of breath that each include. Rebecca Lynn Howard and Lee Ann Womack sing beautifully. Martina McBride is also a beautiful singer, and this song is the only song on the whole cd...Read more

This is a travisty and a poor way to pay tribute to the worlds greatest female country singer. The artist presenting are good in their own genre but are severely embarrasing themselves in attempting to reproduce that which Patsy made infamous in her own right. I will definatley not recommend that anyone purchase this album.

Any devoted Patsy Cline fan I'm sure would feel the same.