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Title: The Definitive Collection
Release date: 22 June, 2004
Record label: Hip-O
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Perhaps country's most musically rebellious artist is The Mavericks, whose mix of country, rock, Latin, rockabilly, pop, alternative and more turned the Nashville formula inside out. Nowhere is that better heard than on the group's most expansive compilation to date, The Mavericks - The Definitive Collection (MCA Nashville/UMe), released June 22, 2004.
Included among the album's 20 digitally remastered tracks are all six of the group's Top 30 country hits, their Nick Lowe-produced "Blue Moon" contribution to the 1995 Apollo 13 soundtrack and two rarities. Previously unreleased in the U.S. is 1998's live "Rancho Grande"; making its U.S. album debut is the 1996 recording "I Don't Care (If You Love Me Anymore)."
The Mavericks were, well, mavericks from the start, forming in the unlikely locale of Miami in the late '80s. After a 1990 indie album, they made their MCA debut two years later with From Hell To Paradise, the title of singer-songwriter Raul Malo's compelling ballad chronicling his family's journey from Cuba. "This Broken Heart" and a supercharged cover of Hank Williams' "Hey Good Lookin'" also graced the critically acclaimed album.
But it was 1994's What A Crying Shame that proved a sensation. Amid the "hat acts" who dominated the charts, the album went platinum and spun off four Top 30 hits: "There Goes My Heart," "I Should Have Been True," Jesse Winchester's "O What A Thrill" and the title track. Also featured was a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "All That Heaven Will Allow."
1995's Music For All Occasions embraced "The Writing On The Wall," a honky-tonk shuffle; "Here Comes The Rain" (Top 30) and "Missing You," homages to '60s era Roy Orbison, and "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" (Top 20), a Tejano rocker featuring legendary accordionist Flaco Jimenez. The album went gold and "Here Comes The Rain" earned a Grammy. They also won the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year Award for both 1995 and 1996, and similar Academy of Country Music kudos.
1998's Trampoline yielded "Dance The Night Away," "Dream River" and "To Be With You," but proved less commercial. The next year they moved to Mercury Nashville where the tongue-in-cheek titled Super Colossal Smash Hits Of The '90s/The Best Of The Mavericks spotlighted covers of two disparate '60s hits--Buck Owens' "Think Of Me (When You're Lonely)" and the Cat Stevens-penned "Here Comes My Baby," a hit for The Tremeloes.
The Mavericks then went on hiatus as its members pursued other projects, but reunited for a 2003 indie disc and 2004 tour. No matter what the future holds, The Mavericks will forever be remembered for shaking up country music.
A new series dedicated to country artists, the first slate of The Definitive Collection releases includes compilations for The Mavericks, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sammy Kershaw, and Don Williams.
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