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1 Country Bar -- Mechanical Sheep Carrington 1:20
2 Going to Heaven Drunk Carrington 1:18
3 Good Woman -- "Lucky" Carrington :53
4 Wife at Garage Sales Carrington :50
5 Growing Up Poor -- Toughskins Jeans Carrington 1:26
6 Deer Hunting -- Snake Hunting Carrington 1:47
7 Walmart Carrington 2:24
8 Booby Trap Carrington 1:36
9 Baptist Revival Carrington 1:50
10 People Piss Ya Off Carrington 1:24
11 Rodney Scared Carrington 1:23
12 The Weenie Story Carrington 3:24
13 Chucky Cheese Carrington 1:21
14 Japanese Restaurants Carrington 3:16
15 Vacation Carrington 2:45
16 Hypochondriac Carrington 6:47
17 Tips on Marriage Carrington 3:32
18 Helicopter Carrington 2:15
19 All the Reasons Martin/Carrington 2:54
20 Don't Look Now Carrington 1:49
21 That Awful Day Carrington 1:54
22 Carlos, Man of Love Hoban/Carrington 1:41
23 It's Too Late Gross/Carrington 3:44
24 The Night the Bar Closed Down Gross/Carrington 2:47
25 Letter to My Penis Carrington 2:29
26 Titties and Beer Carrington 1:18
27 In Her Day Carrington 1:13
28 Gay Factory Worker Carrington 1:00
29 A Dozen Roses Carrington 3:28
30 Carlos Carrington 4:59
31 Morning Wood Carrington 1:57
32 More of a Man Hoban/Northern/Carr 2:39
33 Pickup Truck Carrington/Gross 1:11
34 Carlos Carrington :56
35 Grandpa Carrington :59
36 Sing You Bastards/Burning Sensation Carrington 2:06
37 Little Things Carrington 1:23
38 Dancing with a Man Carrington 2:44
39 Fred Carrington 2:03
40 Letter to My Penis Carrington 2:02
41 Put Your Clothes Back On Martin/Carrington 2:04
42 Things We Didn't Know Carrington 4:25
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Greatest Hits

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Capitol

Category: Easy Listening

Greatest Hits

UPC: 724359416427

Release Date: 02/24/2004

Original Release Date: 02/24/2004

Number of Discs: 2

Tracks: [Country Bar -- Mechanical Sheep, Going to Heaven Drunk, Good Woman -- "Lucky", Wife at Garage Sales, Growing Up Poor -- Toughskins Jeans, Deer Hunting -- Snake Hunting, Walmart, Booby Trap, Baptist Revival, People Piss Ya Off, Rodney Scared, The Weenie Story, Chucky Cheese, Japanese Restaurants, Vacation, Hypochondriac, Tips on Marriage, Helicopter, All the Reasons, Don't Look Now, That Awful Day, Carlos, Man of Love, It's Too Late, The Night the Bar Closed Down, Letter to My Penis, Titties and Beer, In Her Day, Gay Factory Worker, A Dozen Roses, Carlos, Morning Wood, More of a Man, Pickup Truck, Carlos, Grandpa, Sing You Bastards/Burning Sensation, Little Things, Dancing with a Man, Fred, Letter to My Penis, Put Your Clothes Back On, Things We Didn't Know]
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William Ruhlmann

Country comedian and comic singer Rodney Carrington hasn't had any hits, greatest or otherwise, in the conventionally accepted sense of the term. But Greatest Hits is a two-disc compilation drawn from four albums -- Hangin' with Rodney (its tracks licensed from Mercury Records), Morning Wood, Live: C'mon Laugh You Bastards, and Nut Sack. The first disc features Carrington's non-singing standup comedy, the second songs. Carrington has enjoyed commercial success with his albums by presenting redneck humor with a heavy complement of vulgar sexual commentary, poor taste (in "Growing Up Poor -- Toughskins Jeans," he makes fun of the Kennedy assassination), and bouts of intolerance toward Asian-Americans and, especially, homosexuals. Indeed, his obsession with gay people evidences an extreme homophobia that might benefit from therapy. But then, his comedy routines probably are that therapy, though they don't help him overcome his problems. He covers much the same ground in his songs, while introducing musical satires as he sets his lyrics to everything from Tex-Mex to Frankie Laine-style Western pop, and even (on one of two versions of "Letter to My Penis"), Frank Sinatra-style traditional pop swagger. Despite his vulgarity, Carrington reveals a wide streak of sentimentality, making it clear how dependent he is on his wife, and on the album-ending song "Things We Didn't Know," one of two new tracks, he drops the joking completely in favor of a sincere, and cloying, tribute to his family. But maybe that shouldn't be a surprise; he's spent a lot of the album demonstrating that, despite his potty mouth, he's really just a softie. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi