Wanted - The Outlaws (RCA, 1996)

Twenty years ago, RCA released this landmark record of The Outlaws, aka Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessi Colter, thus beginning the �Outlaw� movement in country music and sending notice that the Nashville Sound was about to change forever.

The Outlaw Movement introduced country to a new group of younger, more urban fans and helped to make household names of the quartet.

This 21-song CD contains all of the original classics: �A Good Hearted Woman,� �Suspicious Minds,� �Put Another Log on the Fire,� �I�m Looking for Blue Eyes� and �Yesterday�s Wine.� There are also nine previously unreleased cuts. As icing on the cake, Steve Earle�s �Nowhere Road,� recorded last year by Waylon and Willie, is included.

This album is a collector�s item for any country fan or any fan of Waylon or Willie. The main weakness was that it did not feature enough of Glaser�s music as only two of his songs are included. The CD also has a stiff production quality. Nonetheless, it represents a real milestone in the evolution of the country music art form and is still a lot of fun to listen to.