Consumer Guide Album

The Judds: Greatest Hits [RCA Victor, 1988]
Although it recycles a full one third of their only worthwhile long player (their debut mini) and returns to life both "Love Is Alive" (". . . at the breakfast table" vomit) and "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" ("Did families really bow their heads to pray?" fuck goddamn), this is pretty close to a worthwhile long player itself. Even at their most neocon they sound confidently prog-trad, and they have a knack for finding tunes that transcend their titles. B+