Best Of Dave Edmunds, The - Dave Edmunds

Advantages: Plenty of good pop/dance numbers and one classic
Disadvantages: One or two dull ones

...You" was always a rather uninteresting song and she can't really do much for it, but we're all allowed the odd lapse. But in my opinion, the real 22-carat corker on this collection is her 1985 Top 20 hit, "Rage To Love", a superb rockabilly tune which, her vocals apart, sounds like the Stray Cats. It was remixed by none ther than the mighty Dave Edmunds - now, a Kim album with Dave producing, there's a thought!... Read review

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Advantages: Most of the songs are vintage Quo
Disadvantages: Poor production and tame sound

...Status Quo had disbanded indefinitely in 1984, notwithstanding a brief reunion for Live Aid the following year. Record company indifference to their solo projects was as responsible as anything else for their reforming the group in 1986, albeit with a new bassist and drummer. "In The Army Now", the first album by the 'new' group, was a disappointment. While the songs were by and large up to scratch, in other words typical Quo but with one or two surprises along the way, the sound wasn't. Dave Edmunds produced the tracks released as the first two singles, "Rollin' Home" and "Red Sky" (which Dave Lee Travis once introduced on Radio 1 as 'ZZ Quo!'), and Pip Williams the rest, but between them they gave the group a tinny, over-santized sound which compares badly with the no-frills, no messing around sound of their best 70s work... Read review

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Advantages: A lot of great tracks in one place
Disadvantages: Some tracks you may not like

.... Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 10. Dr Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman 11. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby 12. Mud - Oh Boy 13. New Seekers - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me 14. Pussycat - Mississippi 15. Pilot - January 16. Aithia & Donna - Up Town Ranking 17. Wizzard - Angel Fingers 18. Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking 19. Blondie - Sunday Girl 20. Suzi Quatro - Can The Can So you can see there are some good tracks in that lot, yes there a few that I don't like but that is nearly always the case with a compilation CD. Although the 80s are more my era I still remember some of these tracks from the above CD and the ones I didn't remember I have soon got to know and like. My favourite track from the whole CD is Blondie and Sunday Girl as it brings back fond memories from nights at our local... Read review

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