Overview
Gene Watson was very much a major league artist within the genre of country
music when this compilation album of material ('The Best of Gene Watson,
Volume 2') was released.
'The Best of Gene Watson, Volume 2' compilation album is a celebration
of Gene's country music career up to 1981 & includes tracks from the
albums 'Beautiful Country' (1977), 'Reflections'
(1978), 'Should I Come Home' (1979) & 'No
One will Ever Know' (1980).
'The Best of Gene Watson, Volume 2' also includes the track 'Cowboys
don't get lucky all the time', which was included on the soundtrack of
the Sam Peckinpah-directed 'Convoy' movie in 1980.
'The Best of Gene Watson,
Volume 2' (compilation) album achieved a chart position of
Number on the Billboard Top Country Album Chart in 1981.
'The Best of Gene Watson, Volume 2'
Capitol Records SN16241 (1981)
Track Listing
1 'No one will ever know'
•
Written by M.
Foree &
Fred Rose
Published by
Milene Music Inc. / ASCAP
2
'Pick the wildwood flower' ••
Written by
Joe Allen
Published by
Tree Publishing
Company Inc. / BMI
3 'Should I come home (or should I go crazy)'
•••
Written by Joe Allen
Published by
Tree Publishing
Company Inc. / BMI
4 'Bedroom ballad' •••
Written by Joe Allen
Published by
Tree Publishing
Company Inc. / BMI
5 'Nothing sure looked good on you' •••
Written by
Jim Rushing
Published by
Coal Miners
Music Inc. / BMI
6 'I
can't help it (if I'm still in love with you)' •••
Written by
Hank Williams Senior (RIP)
Published by
Fred Rose
Music Inc. / BMI
7
'Raisin' cane in Texas' •
Written by Joe Allen & D. Lay
Published by
Joe Allen Music Inc. / BMI
8 'Cowboys don't get lucky all the time'
*
Written by Dallas Harms
Published by
Doubleplay
Music / BMI
9 'Farewell party' ••
Written by
Lawton Williams
Published by
Western Hills Music Inc/BMI
10 'That evil child' •••
Written by
Wayne Carson
Published by
Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc/BMI
'No
one will ever know' & 'Raisin' cane in Texas'
(tracks
indicated thus •)
were originally included on the 'No One
will Ever Know' album,
which was released on Capitol Records
(ST 12102) in 1980.
'Pick the Wildwood Flower' &
'Farewell party' (tracks
indicated thus ••)
were originally included on the 'Reflections' album, which was released on Capitol Records (SW 11805) in 1978.
'Should
I come home (or should I go crazy)',
'Bedroom ballad', 'Nothing sure
looked good on you',
'I can't help it
(if I'm still in love with you)' &
'That evil child' (tracks indicated
thus •••)
were originally included on the 'Should I
Come Home' album, which was released on Capitol Records (ST 11947)
in 1979.
'Cowboys
don't get lucky all the time' (track indicated thus
*)
was originally included on the 'Beautiful
Country' album, which was released on Capitol Records
(ST 11715) in 1977.
'Cowboys
don't get lucky all the time' (track indicated
thus *)
was also included on the 'Convoy' soundtrack album, which was released on United Artists Records (UA-LA910-H)
in 1978.
The track was included on the soundtrack album upon
the recommendation of fellow country music artist Kris Kristofferson, who starred in the Sam Peckinpah-directed
film, alongside Ali McGraw.
'The
Best of Gene Watson, Volume 2'