Drifters Collection, The - Drifters (The)

Advantages: All the hits on one Album, Easy Listening, Value for Money
Disadvantages: Addictive

...'s Gold". 7. BABY IT'S YOU - THE SHIRELLES (1961) 8. PLEASE STAY - THE DRIFTERS (1961) 9. WHATS NEW PUSSYCAT - TOM JONES (1965) *This song hardly needs reviewing. I doubt there is anyone who hasn't heard this song. I personally dislike Tom Jones very much but I kinda have to admit that what's new pussycat is a great catchy song. Like many of Bacharachs songs, what's new pussycat was the signature tune to the Woody Allen film of the same name. Film critics deemed the film as decadent and immoral. The film was also Woody Allen's film debut and Tom Jones' second hit after it's not unusual. 10 TOWER OF STRENGTH - GENE MCDANIELS (1961) 11 (THE MAN WHO SHOT) LIBERTY VALANCE - GENE PITNEY (1962) This is a very bouncy song. Written by Gene Pitney with the music by Bacharach and Davis Hal. The song was written for the film... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing debut, groundbreaking lyrics
Disadvantages: Not abundantly available

...of subsequent singles. Discounting the two skits the remaining tracks are all astoundingly good on any scale. Standouts include '1979', 'Return Of The Drifter', 'High Plains Anthem', and 'The Trilogy', but really you can't fault any of them. Production is funky and dramatic in equal measures, always reflects the lyrical content of the track (most of them are produced by Jehst himself), and are just the sort of beat-fodder that fans of the 'golden age' (93/94, you know the score) will be eating up. Don't be put off by the fact that you haven't heard of him, or by the fact that he's English, if you're feeling tru-skool hip-hop then you can't go wrong with Jehst. Also check out his brilliant second LP 'Falling Down'.... Read review

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Advantages: A compilation of great songs from a great musician
Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!

...When James Marshall Hendrix died in September 1970 at the age of just 27, the world lost a great, talented musician who was a definite icon and innovator in music...and here comes a "definitive" greatest hits album of Hendrix's work - "Experience Hendrix". Released in the UK in 1997, the two-disc edition includes one CD of twenty of Hendrix's releases from numerous years of work... "Purple Haze" - 2:52 "Fire" - 2:43 "The Wind Cries Mary" - 3:20 "Hey Joe" - 3:30 "All Along the Watchtower" - 3:59 "Stone Free" - 3:36 "Crosstown Traffic" - 2:19 "Manic Depression" - 3:42 "Little Wing" - 2:25 "If 6 Was 9" - 5:34 "Foxy Lady" - 3:19 "Bold As Love" - 4:11 "Castles Made of Sand" - 2:47 "Red House" - 3:50 "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" - 5:12 "Freedom" - 3:25 "Night Bird Flying" - 3:50 "Angel" - 4:22 "Dolly... Read review

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