Consumer Guide Album

Mel McDaniel: Greatest Hits [Capitol, 1987]
McDaniel's marginal distinction doesn't depend on the marginal cleverness of songsmiths, but if his hits don't equal his high points, they're not his low points either. "Hello Daddy, Good Morning Darling" is a heart-tugger that would work for anybody from Ronnie Milsap to George Strait, but his commercial specialty is the mild raunch of "Louisiana Saturday Night," "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," and "Stand Up," where he invites all the mild raunch fans to testify and tempts non-believers to forgive "Do You Want to Say Goodbye." B+