Pretty Girls City Lights (Rebel REB-CD-1760, 2000) is Ralph Stanley II's second solo album for Rebel, recorded at Maggard Studios in April and May 1999. Ralph Stanley II (lead vocals, lead guitar) fronts a Clinch Mountain Boys lineup that includes Ralph Stanley Sr. (banjo) — stepping in for Steve Sparkman — alongside Jack Cooke (bass), James Allen Shelton (guitar), Junior Blankenship (guitar), John Rigsby (fiddle), and James Price (fiddle). The album deepens Ralph II's reputation as a fine singer in the classic Stanley mold, influenced equally by Carter Stanley, Roy Lee Centers, and Keith Whitley, with a somewhat softer country feel than most Stanley-tradition recordings. It marks an important chapter in his ongoing effort to carry the Clinch Mountain sound forward.
Tracklist
- 1 Pretty Girls, City Lights 2:27
- 2 Home In The Mountains 3:08
- 3 All I Ever Loved Was You alt version 3:12
- 4 The Angels Are Singing 4:12
- 5 It Sure Gets Cold This Time Of Year 2:21
- 6 I'll Remember You In My Dreams 2:07
- 7 Think of What You’ve Done alt version 2:08
- 8 Sea Of Regret 3:05
- 9 It’s Raining Here this Morning alt version 3:37
- 10 I Don’t Want Your Rambling Letters alt version 3:14
- 11 Pathway Of Danger 3:23
- 12 I'll Just Catch A Train And Ride 2:42
