Electra Glide In Blue - Guana Batz (The)

Advantages: This best of comes with two cd's! One disc is live. You get more for your money.
Disadvantages: There arent any!

...This album is a must for anyone diving into the big bad world of psychobilly; this album includes an excellent choice of songs by the Guana Batz and includes a live disc which has a few covers by the Stray Cats and Cliff Richard! I urge you to buy this album, as all the songs are solid; this is a real psycho band to get yer teeth into! You get your fast, raging songs with (excellent double bass playing may I add) to your slower, more acoustic rock and roll songs, either way you can't lose, this album hasn't got a bad track and becomes increasingly enjoyable the more you listen. This album cannot fail you, whether you're listening to the live or studio tracks! The live tracks are excellent, fabulous recording, almost better than the studio tracks. There isn't a bad word to say about this album.... Read review

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Advantages: Classic early rockin' album... the roots of Psychobilly!
Disadvantages: Too rockabilly for hard-core Psychobilly fans.

...Though clearly a Rockabilly outfit, The Ricochets had a harder-edge and lyrically their sound was a lot tougher than many of their peers at the time. They brought the excitement and energy of Punk to this album while still maintaining their rockin' roots. The Ricochets roughhouse style shakes this album and the darker lyrical style, which would become a Psychobilly standard, is particularly noticeable in tracks such as 'Witchcraft', Migraine', 'Runnin Wild' and 'Hitman'. Openly baring their influences, the cover versions include 'Brand New Cadillac' and the Generation X Punk anthem 'King Rocker'. Despite the quality on offer on this debut, the band never released another album until reforming and recording 'On Target' over two decades later. Although members of the band continued into the UK Psychobilly scene (with Guana Batz... Read review

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Advantages: Good mix of different styles
Disadvantages: You might not love every single track

...Electro Glide in Blue is an awesome and ecclectic mix of two styles - hard-hitting dub/big beat tracks and really chilled ambient tracks. The album cuts between the two styles all the way through, and whilst some may find this difficult to listen to, I like the unpredictability. Musical comparisons are always a little dodgy, but I will dare to compare this album with the mighty Leftfield - Leftism album. It has the same style of cutting between fast, hard-hitting dance tracks and mellow chill-out tunes. If you like Leftfield, or maybe even Fatboy Slim, buy this album. If you're a fan of Apollo's later, more mainstream 'pop' music, I'm not so sure you'll like this album - you'll like a few of the more upbeat tracks like "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub" and "Carrer Rapida", but most of the other tracks have a much more ambient flavour... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful