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Genre: Country
Release Date: 08/01/2006

To get an idea of exactly how many Ronnie Milsap collections are on the market, just turn to the back page of the booklet for RCA/Legacy's 2006 double-disc set The Essential Ronnie Milsap, where it lists other Ronnie albums you might also enjoy. There are ten listed, all but one of them a compilation (that would be his very, very good 2006 comeback, My Life). Which begs the natural question, is The Essential Ronnie Milsap needed? Especially since there is already another compilation called The Essential Ronnie Milsap (dating from 1995), and there already was an excellent double-disc set called 40 #1 Hits released six years earlier? The answer is, yes it is, particularly since 40 #1 Hits has fallen out of print. Of course, it also helps that Essential is an expertly chosen and sequenced collection of Milsap's best work, from 1973's "(All Together Now) Let's Fall Apart" and running all the way to 1989's "A Woman in Love." Most of this material was on 40 #1 Hits, so if you already own that, there's not much need for this, but this has a slight edge over the previous comp because it has a greater concentration of his prime material and is very listenable; its non-chronological sequencing works for it, since it emphasizes the consistently high quality of his hits singles. So, even if there is a surplus of Milsap collections out on the market, this superb set indeed proves that there's always room for another good one.

~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Ronnie Milsap - Producer
Ronnie Milsap - Original Recording Producer
Rob Galbraith - Producer
Rob Galbraith - Original Recording Producer
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Kyle Lehning - Producer
Kyle Lehning - Original Recording Producer
Cam Mullins - String Arrangements
Bergen White - Horn Arrangements
Bergen White - String Arrangements
Jack D. Johnson - Producer
Jack D. Johnson - Original Recording Producer
Rich Kienzle - Liner Notes
Burt Stein - Management
Norman Seeff - Photography
Norman Seeff - Cover Photo
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Vic Anesini - Mastering
Jim McGuire - Photography
Raeanne Rubenstein - Photography
Snuff Garrett - Producer
Snuff Garrett - Original Recording Producer
Jeremy Holiday - Artist Coordination
Bob Jones - Design
Big Tom Collins - Producer
Big Tom Collins - Original Recording Producer
Rob Santos - Compilation Producer
Jim Parham - Project Director

9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
    Dolly Parton / CD / 1980
The Essential Alabama [1998]
    Alabama / CD / 1998
Ultimate Ronnie Milsap
    Ronnie Milsap / CD / 2004
The Definitive Collection
    Don Williams / CD / 2004
Angels & Outlaws, Vol. 1
    The Bellamy Brothers / CD / 2005
The Essential Alabama [2005]
    Alabama / CD / 2005
Best of Glen Campbell [Direct Source]
    Glen Campbell / CD / 2006

Release Date: 08/01/2006
Genre: ctry