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1 My Pillow Miller 2:11
2 Poor Little John Miller 1:55
3 A Man Like Me Miller 2:25
4 The Wrong Kind of Girl Miller 2:15
5 Jason Fleming Miller 2:02
6 A World So Full of Love [#][Demo Version] Miller/Young 1:58
7 When a House (Is Not a Home) [Live][#] Miller 2:28
8 You Don't Want My Love Miller 1:59
9 When Two Worlds Collide Anderson/Miller 2:10
10 Sorry, Willie Miller 2:23
11 So Saith He the Lord [#][Demo Version] Miller 1:12
12 Lock, Stock and Teardrops Miller 2:25
13 Ain't That Fine Burnette/Robert 2:33
14 Less and Less [#] Miller 2:27
15 Chug-A-Lug Miller/Wilson/Usher 2:01
16 Lou's Got the Flu Miller 1:45
17 The Moon Is High (And So Am I) Miller 1:57
18 Dang Me Miller 1:47
19 It Takes All Kinds to Make a World Miller 2:36
20 Reincarnation Miller 1:58
21 Hard Headed Me Miller 2:29
22 Do-Wacka-Do Miller 1:44
23 Atta Boy Girl Miller 1:54
24 Our Hearts Will Play the Music Miller 2:00
25 King of the Road Miller 2:25
26 As Long as There's a Shadow Miller 2:03
27 You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd Miller 1:53
28 Heartbreak Hotel Presley/Durden/Axto 2:12
29 Big Harlan Taylor Miller 2:06
30 One Dyin' and a Buryin' Miller 2:01
31 The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me Miller 2:46
32 It Happened Just That Way Miller 1:51
33 Engine, Engine #9 Miller 2:17
34 Kansas City Star Miller 2:17
35 England Swings Miller 1:52
36 I've Been a Long Time Leavin' Miller 2:14
37 Husbands and Wives Miller 2:22
38 Train of Life Miller 2:06
39 Dad Blame Anything a Man Can't Quit Miller/Putman 2:06
40 You're My Kingdom Miller 2:31
41 My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died Miller 1:53
42 Home Miller 1:47
43 Absence Miller 2:34
44 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town Tillis 3:00
45 Walkin' in the Sunshine Merrill/Miller 2:37
46 A Million Years or So Miller 2:30
47 Pardon This Coffin Miller 2:18
48 Ballad of Waterhole #3 Grusin 2:17
49 Old Toy Trains Miller 2:02
50 Little Green Apples Russell 2:38
51 What I'd Give to Be the Wind Lane/Putman 2:37
52 Boeing Boeing 707 Miller 1:19
53 Treat Me Like a Human [#][Outtake] Miller 1:42
54 What Are Those Things (With Big Black Wings) [#] Frazier/Owens 2:07
55 Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line [#] Bryant 2:05
56 Swiss Cottage Place Newbury 3:27
57 Me and Bobby McGee Kristofferson/Foste 4:04
58 Where Have All the Average People Gone Linde 3:02
59 The Best of All Possible Worlds Kristofferson 2:56
60 Invitation to the Blues Miller 2:34
61 Tall Tall Trees Jones/Miller 2:13
62 Don't We All Have the Right Miller 1:57
63 That's the Way I Feel Gordy/Miller/Robins 1:50
64 Half a Mind Miller 2:46
65 Hoppy's Gone Slate/Henley/Lane 2:33
66 What Would My Mama Say Miller 3:08
67 Orange Blosson Special [Live][#] Christian/Maphis/Ro 3:28
68 Old Friends Miller 3:04
69 Guv'ment Miller 2:37
70 River in the Rain Miller 3:52
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King of the Road

Audio Compact Disc [Box Set]

Label: Mercury

Style: Comedy

King of the Road

UPC: 731452699329

Release Date: 08/22/1995

Original Release Date: 08/22/1995

Number of Discs: 3

Tracks: [My Pillow, Poor Little John, A Man Like Me, The Wrong Kind of Girl, Jason Fleming, A World So Full of Love [#][Demo Version], When a House (Is Not a Home) [Live][#], You Don't Want My Love, When Two Worlds Collide, Sorry, Willie, So Saith He the Lord [#][Demo Version], Lock, Stock and Teardrops, Ain't That Fine, Less and Less [#], Chug-A-Lug, Lou's Got the Flu, The Moon Is High (And So Am I), Dang Me, It Takes All Kinds to Make a World, Reincarnation, Hard Headed Me, Do-Wacka-Do, Atta Boy Girl, Our Hearts Will Play the Music, King of the Road, As Long as There's a Shadow, You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd, Heartbreak Hotel, Big Harlan Taylor, One Dyin' and a Buryin', The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me, It Happened Just That Way, Engine, Engine #9, Kansas City Star, England Swings, I've Been a Long Time Leavin', Husbands and Wives, Train of Life, Dad Blame Anything a Man Can't Quit, You're My Kingdom, My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died, Home, Absence, Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town, Walkin' in the Sunshine, A Million Years or So, Pardon This Coffin, Ballad of Waterhole #3, Old Toy Trains, Little Green Apples, What I'd Give to Be the Wind, Boeing Boeing 707, Treat Me Like a Human [#][Outtake], What Are Those Things (With Big Black Wings) [#], Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line [#], Swiss Cottage Place, Me and Bobby McGee, Where Have All the Average People Gone, The Best of All Possible Worlds, Invitation to the Blues, Tall Tall Trees, Don't We All Have the Right, That's the Way I Feel, Half a Mind, Hoppy's Gone, What Would My Mama Say, Orange Blosson Special [Live][#], Old Friends, Guv'ment, River in the Rain]
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The subtitle of Mercury Nashville's three-disc box set King of the Road is "The Genius of Roger Miller," a sentiment that listeners only familiar with his deliberately silly smashes would dispute, but as this three-disc, 70-track set plays out, it becomes clear that this is hardly hyperbole. If genius is a unique voice, either in writing or delivery, Miller certainly qualifies. If genius is an artist who displays a depth and variety of material, Miller fills the bill. If genius is creating a body of work unlike no other, Miller certainly fits the bill. Miller's genius lay in his command of small details, unassumingly witty wordplay, and seemingly effortless songcraft. Apart from "King of the Road," which developed an iconic status separate from his career, his hits were so funny, so easy, that it seemed his music was too light to withstand such an exhaustive retrospective, but that's hardly the case. Miller's hits were often wonderful, often the pinnacle of his talents, but look closer and it becomes clear that they happened to be the songs that were the singles; he often wrote songs that could have been as big as his hits, but weren't released as singles, or were tucked away on records to be discovered by diligent fans. It's a testament to his talent that not all of these are featured on this otherwise comprehensive box set; the 1991 Country Tunesmith collection alone contains many great songs that could have made the cut. They are missed, as are Miller's brilliant songs from Walt Disney's 1973 animated adaptation Robin Hood ("Not in Nottingham" is as lovely as anything he's done), but that doesn't mean that King of the Road doesn't work as a retrospective -- it just means that, like other great artists, he has more than enough great music to fit onto three CDs. The three CDs are filled with wonderful music -- songs that prove Miller is one of the great country songwriters, capable of songs wrenching in either their humor or pain, and one of the most distinctive voices in the genre. Needless to say, it's essential to any serious country collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi