Top 5/Bottom 5: Marty Stuart

[Ten Pound Hammer]

I'm pretty sure we haven't gotten to him yet.

TOP
1. Tempted
2. Burn Me Down
3. Arlene
4. The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
5. Hey Baby
6. Hillbilly Rock
7. Till I Found You
8. High on a Mountain Top
9. Kiss Me, I'm Gone
10. Red Red Wine and Cheatin' Songs
11. If There Ain't, There Oughta Be
12. This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)

BOTTOM
1. Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best (more like "least good" than "bad", still an all right song)

[onebuffalo]

What about Western Girls and Little Things?

[tim]

I really enjoyed revisiting Marty Stuart's discography and forgot how much I really enjoy his music.

Favorites:
1. Tempted
2. Burn Me Down
3. Western Girls
4. You Can't Stop Love
5. Hey Baby
6. High On A Mountain Top
7. Little Things
8. Red, Red Wine and Cheatin' Songs
9. Now That's Country
10. Hillbilly Rock
11. The Likes of Me
12. Mirrors Don't Lie
13. Sweet Love

Least Favorites:
1. If I Ain't Got You
2. Kiss Me, I'm Gone
3. Cry, Cry, Cry
4. Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best
5. Thanks To You
6. This One's Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time)

Favorite Album Cuts:
Tempted - "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome"
This One's Gonna Hurt You - "The King Of Dixie" and "Just Between You and Me"
Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best - "Country Girls," "Shelter From the Storm," "I'll Be There For You," "Rocket Ship," and "So Many People"

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Marty had some of the best production in the early 90s. I loved the use of bells, timpani, heavy guitar, and reverb/flanger on the vocals on a lot of his work. It really stood out even when I was 5 and hearing "Tempted" on the radio. And I still think it holds up a lot better than most other 90s production tricks. Hard to believe that Tony Brown produced his albums, since he was usually dependable but rarely creative.

The only other artists I can think of who had even remotely similar production styles are The Mavericks, James House, and George Ducas, but they all came around the time Marty stopped having hits.

[Andy]

I need some more time to think about this, but I will say Marty is one of my favorites.

Also, I seem to be in the minority in that I really like "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best", lol.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

^ To me, HTWIDB just seems like Marty and Travis were trying a little too hard to make "The Whiskey Ain't Workin' 2.0" and didn't quite pull it off. It just didn't seem as "natural" as their other duets.