Containing a generous 24 tracks and spanning 17 years, from their first duet in 1971 to their final one in 1988,
Mercury Nashville
's 2005 compilation
The Definitive Collection
does indeed come close to being the final word on
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
's classic duets. Not only does this contain all of their big hits --
"After the Fire Is Gone,"
"Lead Me On,"
"Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man,"
"As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone,"
"The Letter,"
"I Can't Love You Enough,"
"You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly"
among them -- it also contains album tracks from
Conway
and
Loretta
albums, making this an excellent overview of one of the best, most iconic duets in
country
music history. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine