Golden Hits, The - Platters (The)

Advantages: All hits
Disadvantages: ???

...contained 'Walk On By', there version of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song. as a result when the song was released it only made it to no.21. 'X-Certs' was live album released in the period between 'Black and White' and 'The Raven'. 'the Raven' was another success and produced the song 'duchess'. their career reached its lowest point after this and released two non album songs which just made the top 40, 'Bear Cage' and 'who Wants The World?' and to top it all while in America all their equipment which was customised was stolen. 'The Gospel According To The Meninblack' was recorded at this time and released in 1981. No tracks from the album were released, but their second album of the year 'La Folie' contained the song that most people think of when you mention the Stranglers, 'Golden Brown', was released at the begining of 1982... Read review

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Advantages: many historic songs in just one CD
Disadvantages: if you only like originals

...as recorded at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley, a version that made it all the wa to UK's No1 YOU DON'T FOOL ME is my favorite track of the album. It was first recorded in the early '80s but wasn't released until 1995 and it was one of the first remixed queen songs becoming a major hit in clubs allover Europe HEAVEN FOR EVERYONE is another track from "made in heaven" album and was originally conceived for Roger Taylor's solo album LAS PALABRAS DE AMOR (THE WORDS OF LOVE) was written at the beginning of a very successful tour in Latin America and is partly sung in Spanish DRIVEN BY YOU is probably the most popular Brian May's solo singles to date. You might also remember it from a tv ad for Ford cars LIVING ON MY OWN a solo single released by Freddie Mercury in 1985, here reproduced LET ME LIVE is a classic Queen-like track... Read review

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Advantages: A cheap way to get all the hit singles on one CD
Disadvantages: Some weak tracks and it is out of date now

...This was released in 1996 and it features all the biggest Simply Red hits from the UK. The songs are in random order where it might have been better to have them listed chronologically. Here's the list. 1. Holding Back The Years 2. Money's Too Tight To Mention 3. Right Thing 4. It's Only Love 5. New Flame 6. You've Got It 7. If You Don't Know Me By Now 8. Stars 9. Something Got Me Started 10. Thrill Me 11. For Your Babies 12. So Beautiful 13. Angel 14. Fairground The first track "Holding Back The Years" is a bad start to the album. It's a long moody track that I've never liked and it seems endless. The singing is superb - Mick's full range is on display - but this isn't the most cheery start to a hits collection. The classic "Money's Too Tight To Mention" is next. This was Simply Red's first hit from 1986... Read review

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