Best Of The Michael Schenker Group 1980-1984, The - Michael Schenker Group

Advantages: Holds many classics
Disadvantages: None

...This man needs no introduction, whether you love or hate him there are not many people who have never heard of him. His career has sup parsed 10 years, where his music has stunned and excited many people of all sexes, ages and races. This man first appeared with his four brothers in the first “boy group” The Jackson Five. Michael the youngest of four brothers (at the time) held, and led the group to incredible success, not only musically, but the Jackson 5 also starred in their own Television cartoon show. When describing this success you would assume that Michael Jackson was in his twenties, not the tender age of just nine years old. As with most successful groups, the Jackson 5 began to lose popularity and the spilt with their original record label Motown did not help this problem. Not only did the loss of popularity... Read review

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Advantages: Great vocals, Superb
Disadvantages: None

.... This is also a stripped down track much like Never Go Away, just a guitar and their vocals. I love the intimacy of this song and it is beautifully sung and is one of their best tracks that they have done like this. A great end to the album. **Overall** This is a fabulous album with some awesome songs sung with passion, verve, vigour and grace not to mention superbly recorded. One of their best albums they have released so far and I doubt many R&B groups around can claim to have many better songs than the best on Nathan, Michael, Shawn, Wanya. I have seen them three times and cant wait to see them for a fourth time when they tour their new album early next year. Also on dooyoo as Lakerfanster... Read review

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Advantages: Great value for money
Disadvantages: Some better material has been missed out

...a coat you wear, twice a year". It's a very angry track. 5) One More Try My second favourite George Michael track. It's a beautiful ballad and the tone is very odd. It's about giving up and the stages we go through when we love someone. When is the best time to just call it a day? Who knows but this song is trying to answer those questions. "Maybe, just one more try". 6) A Different Corner A very unstructured ballad which seems to reflect the jarring feeling that being used by someone you thought loved you can bring. "I should go back to being lonely and confused". This was number one in 1985 and deservedly so. 7) Waltz Away Dreaming Toby Bourke has the most fantastic, gritty, gravelly voice. It's everything George's isn't and the contrast works really well. This is almost a cover version in that Toby wrote it... Read review

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