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Advantages: All the best songs in one place Disadvantages: Not worthwhile for the aged-old fan
channels and maybe it does get the odd bit of 'extra' airtime. (E.g. "Close To Me" being on a BBC Three programme...it's name escapes me, but it may have been the 'Smoking Room'? Answers on a postcard...)
Their 'greatesthits' album, released in 2001 through Fiction Records and only done so on the basis that Smith could choose the tracks himself is 19 tracks that show a chronological tale of the band and their music through the years. (Although two of the tracks are brand new!)
Opening track "Boys Don't Cry" was released in June 1979, eight years before I was born. Yet with it's instantly recognisable guitar riff it's something that the countless bands since then that have idolised and 'taken influence' from the Cure could take the rest of time to improve on. I believe the saying is along the lines of put some monkeys in a room ...
Advantages: Great tracks old and new Disadvantages: None
I am a big fan of Whitney Houston, I think she has a beautiful, moving voice that has not been beaten since. I have already done a review on her first album, Whitney Houston but by far my favourite album of hers has to be Whitney, The GreatestHits!
Just a little background on the queen of pop herself incase you haven't heard of her:
Whitney Houston was born on August 9th, 1963 and is an extremely successful recording artist and actress. She comes from a very successful family and upbringing, her aunt is Dionne Warwick and her godmother is Aretha Franklin. Music was in the blood and she starting singing gospel music in her local church at aged 11. In the words of Clive Davis, written on one of the booklets that comes with the CD's, "For the next generation, there's a singer that combines the fiery gospel of Aretha Franklin ...
Advantages: Brilliant, wonderful rock songs Disadvantages: ...Erm...not for people who like dance music...misses their newer stuff
So going through a pile of my mums CD I spot Westlife, Madonna, Avril Lavigne, Athelete then Aerosmith's greatesthits...well doesn't take a genius to work out which I'm going to take a listen to does it. The plastic cased cover has a nice that when the case is opend "flat" looks rather attractive, the inlay book is album history and credits (why no lyrics?) and the back of the case has the song list.
This world famous band, who've been together for well over 30 years, are considered one of the staple's of American rock, the band led by the always charismatic Steven Tyler (Mick Jagger lookey likey or what?) have managed a longevity many modern bands would be happy with and more so, they have been performing at a high level for the marjority of it.
So now back onto the album, the opening track "Dream on" was sampled by Eminem in his ...
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Product details
Title
Greatest Hits [Remastered]
Performer
Pete Seeger
Genre
Folk
Release Date
03/06/2002
Recomended Retail Price
8.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1987
Label / Distributor
Legacy / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Mixed
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5099750603628
Catalogue Number
5060362
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Pete Seeger (vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo). Producer: John Hammond. Compialtion producer: Lawrence Cohn. Recorded between April 28, 1962 and March 22, 1967. Includes liner notes by Pete Seeger and Arthur Levy. All tracks have been digitally remastered. As a solo performer and with his band the Weavers, Pete Seeger had many big hits from the late '40s through the early '60s, by which time he was attracting more attention for his social activism than he was for his music. The 12-track GREATEST HITS collects Seeger's most popular tunes, and in so doing emphasizes his musical strengths over his political beliefs, though there's undeniable social commentary to be found in the suburbia satire "Little Boxes," the anti-war ballad "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," and the union anthem "Which Side Are You On." Other highlights include the original versions of "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "The Bells of Rhymney," both later popularized by the Byrds, and "Wimoweh," which the Tokens later adapted into the pop hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
Album Reviews
Q (9/02, p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Seeger's reedy voice and banjo pluckings may have been rudimentary, but his belief in the power of song...is always moving..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Little Boxes
2.
Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
3.
Where Have All The Flowers Gone
4.
Abi Yoyo
5.
Bells Of Rhymney
6.
Turn Turn Turn
7.
Talking Union
8.
Which Side Are You On
9.
We Shall Overcome
10.
Living In The Country
11.
Darling Corey
12.
Guantanamera
13.
Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
14.
Barbara Allen
15.
This Land Is Your Land
16.
Michael Row The Boat Ashore
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