RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2012The third and fourth studio albums from Country legend Ricky Van SheltonFeaturing 1990’s ‘RVS III’, a success that most artists could only dream of. The album hit No 1 and the hit singles just poured out of it.Including: chart topper ‘I’ve Cried My Last Tear For You’, the ‘50s-style crooning of ‘Statue Of A Fool’ and‘I Meant Every Word He Said’ which both made it to No 2, and ‘Life’s Little Ups and Downs’ which peaked at No 4.‘Backroads’, released in 1991, was another huge success charting at No 3, going on to become platinum. The first three singles from the record all hit the top of the charts.Including: ‘Rocking Years’, a duet with Dolly Parton (which also appeared on Parton’s ‘Eagle When She Flies’ album that same year), ‘I Am A Simple Man’ and ‘Keep It Between The Lines’.Few stars of country music have risen as fast and shone as brightly as Ricky Van Shelton. Between 1987 and 1992 he released more than 20 hit singles – including 10 #1’s, five of them consecutive – and five Top 10 albums, three of which also made #1. His records were played continuously on country radio, and he went from winning the Country Music Association’s “Horizon Award” for best newcomer in 1998 to becoming their “Male Vocalist Of The Year” just 12 months later.