Dizzy - Tommy Roe

Advantages: The biggest selling records from a memorable musical era
Disadvantages: No Beatles, No Rolling Stones, No Elvis

...- Georgie Fame Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann Cinderella Rockafella - Esther and Abi Ofarim Legend of Xanadu - Dave Dee, Dozy Beacky, Mick and Tich Lady Madonna - Beatles Congratulations - Cliff Richard What a wonderful world / Cabaret - Louis Armstrong Jumpin Jack Flash - Rolling Stones Baby Come Back - Equals I Pretend - Des O'Connor Fire - Crazy world of Arthur Brown I've gotta get a message to you - Bee Gees Hey Jude - Beatles Those were the days - Mary Hopkin With a little help from my friends - Joe Cocker The good, the bad and the ugly - Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra Ob-la-di-ob-la-da - Marmalade Blackberry Way - Move (If paradise is) half as nice - Amen Corner I heard it through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye Israelites - Desmond Dekker and the Aces Get Back - Beatles with Billy Preston Dizzy - Tommy Roe Ballad of John & Yoko - Beatles... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: The song Slide is excellent
Disadvantages: Cheesy, candyfied MOR pap.

...Dizzy Up The Girl is the Goo Goo Dolls sixth album and its the worst so far. John Rzeznik's previous soulful songwriting runs the gamut from the weedy, simple, repititive guitar refrain of Acoustic #3 to the loud but not proud opener Dizzy. Iris (which unjustifiably became a massive hit by being on the soundtrack to an equally soulless film), is the album's sickly sweet hit - equal parts cooey ballad and cheesy rocker. Only Slide even comes to close to hitting the right emotional notes. Bassist Robby Takac's contributions (on which he also handles lead vocals) have a harder, more refined edge to them, but are equally as worthless. It might only be August as I write this but Dizzy is most likely to be worst album I've heard this year.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: The biggest selling records from a memorable musical era
Disadvantages: No Beatles, No Rolling Stones, No Elvis

...- Georgie Fame Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann Cinderella Rockafella - Esther and Abi Ofarim Legend of Xanadu - Dave Dee, Dozy Beacky, Mick and Tich Lady Madonna - Beatles Congratulations - Cliff Richard What a wonderful world / Cabaret - Louis Armstrong Jumpin Jack Flash - Rolling Stones Baby Come Back - Equals I Pretend - Des O'Connor Fire - Crazy world of Arthur Brown I've gotta get a message to you - Bee Gees Hey Jude - Beatles Those were the days - Mary Hopkin With a little help from my friends - Joe Cocker The good, the bad and the ugly - Hugo Montenegro and his Orchestra Ob-la-di-ob-la-da - Marmalade Blackberry Way - Move (If paradise is) half as nice - Amen Corner I heard it through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye Israelites - Desmond Dekker and the Aces Get Back - Beatles with Billy Preston Dizzy - Tommy Roe Ballad of John & Yoko - Beatles... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Purely a fantastic listen
Disadvantages:

...The Goo Go Dolls' album is simple fantastic. It is a permanent feature in my stereo. I went out on a limb when I bought this album but I wasn't disappointed. I had only heard the song Iris from Dizzy Up The Girl and nothing else, but a friend recommended it to me and I wanted to try something different, and I loved it. On my first listen I have to be honest I wasn't to keen, but each time I played it after that I loved it more and more. Each track is unique and ranges from soft rock ballads to rock. It blasts on to your stereo with the title track Dizzy and leaves at the end, feeling satisfied, with the bonus track Name. The best track and the most well known is Iris which features in the film City of Angels. Written by the lead singer John Rzeznik it is simple a beautiful song. You can't fault this album. The more you listen... Read review

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