400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #200-#176
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
The hits come from all over the place here. Breakthrough hits from Trace Adkins and Carlene Carter join one-hit wonders Brother Phelps and George Ducas. And alongside crafty covers of songs by sixties rock band The Searchers and nineties country artist Joy Lynn White, you can also find tracks from three diamond-selling country albums.
400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #200-#176
#200
Carrying Your Love With Me
George Strait
1997 | Peak: #1
A traveler gets through his lonely nights on the sheer strength of love. It’s perhaps a little too saccharine for some, but the sweet melody and Strait’s understated vocals make the record work. – Tara Seetharam
#199
Nothing’s News
Clint Black
1990 | Peak: #3
A man sits around in a bar “talking ’bout the good old times, bragging on how it used to be.” Standard premise, but Black’s melancholy performance lifts the record to Haggardly heights. – Dan Milliken (more…)
Category Back to the Nineties
Tags: Alabama, Alan Jackson, Brother Phelps, Carlene Carter, Clint Black, Dixie Chicks, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, George Ducas, George Strait, Joy Lynn White, Julie Reeves, Kathy Mattea, Keith Whitley, Lee Roy Parnell, Mark Chesnutt, Martina McBride, Montgomery Gentry, Pam Tillis, Ricky Van Shelton, Shania Twain, Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence, Wynonna

