From the New York Times...

Bobbie Gentry should be better well known for her other material than her massive hit "Ode to Billie Joe," and this newly released compilation points the way. The material seems to go beyond the parameters of country music at the time of the mid to late '60s; for example "Hurry, Tuesday Child" sounds more like a Burt Bacharach song sung by Dusty Springfield; "Mississippi Delta" is an aggressive rock-sounding tune; "Oklona River Bottom Band" sounds like trippy, swamp rock, and "Another Time, Another Place" is a relative cousin to the Carpenters' lush pop. Of course Gentry is always be forever associated with "Ode to Bille Joe," a gritty story song of love and suicide in the rural South, with the plucking of the guitar string juxtaposed an orchestral-like arrangement, a sound later replicated in a couple of other songs on this best-of. In hindsight Gentry was one of a kind-a more soulful, smoky-voiced singer than her contemporaries, and she wrote all her songs. Acts like Rosanne Cash and Lucinda Williams cite her as influence; hearing this 23-track collection shows how and why.

Bobbie Gentry Chickasaw County Child: The Artistry of Bobbie Gentry Shout Factory By David Chiu