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Red Hot Boxed Set

Advantages: long track listing, 13 CDs, bonus songs, nice box
Disadvantages: not all original studio albums

...hits compilations. I bought Box Of Fire as soon as I saw it, and I never tire of any of the CDs, but that isn’t to say that it will be to everyone’s taste. I would recommend that first time Aerosmithers pick up a copy of ‘Big Ones’ or ‘A Little South Of Sanity’ and sample the flavour of Aerosmith before going the whole hog and buying this. If you have a spare £70-odd burning a hole in your pocket and you can hum ...

psrose78 13.03.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Box Of Fire - Aerosmith

Playback

Advantages: 43, yes FORTY THREE new songs! A good bibliography
Disadvantages: No Traveling Wilbury songs

This is a great box set. Definately a must for any Tom Petty fan. It is basically a Greatest Hits album but seeing as Tom Petty is such a genius is it any surprise that there are nearly 100 songs on it? With so many songs it also shows how remarkably varied Tom Petty can be in his style. There is Rock 'N Roll, Punk, Psychadelia, Country, Soft Rock, Blues and a couple of crazy songs which just don't fit into any catagory atall. Half of them are all ...
...includes all of the greats from Breakdown to Free Fallin' which we all know to be excellent. If you're anything like me you'll say 'what is the point of getting a Greatest Hits album when I have all the songs on the main albums anyway?' But what makes this box set so special is that it gives you many of the outtakes and B-sides which were never on the albums, and as an added bonus you get a whole load of songs from TP's Mudcrutch years before the ...

RebelWilbury 03.09.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Playback - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

If You Love Them, Show Them That You Give A Damn

Advantages: classic 80s music
Disadvantages: people may not remember them

...special edition CD of their greatest hits, which is a long awaited addition for the fans. Who are Survivor? Well, the history of the band themselves is a little vague from what I’ve discovered to be honest with you. According to their website, www.survivormusic.com, they were formed in the winter of 1977 in Chicago, and its original members were Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik, Dave Bickler, Dennis Johnson, and Gary Smith. Their self-titled first ...
...now? After two Greatest Hits albums, they are still in the spotlight, though it’s a shame they have been somewhat forgotten. The album that I’m writing this review on is their 1993 G.H. album. They do not seem to be touring at the present time, but the bottom line is that they are all still together, which is certainly impressive for a band who has been around for over a quarter of a century. Does this compilation truly have all of the band’s greatest ...

eve6kicksass 13.12.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Greatest Hits - Survivor

Back in the Saddle

Advantages: A new style for old songs and a reunion
Disadvantages: Should be the full length of the original concert

After some 15 years, the original kings of rock and roll get together for a one-off concert. They are joined by the existing band members and at first sight, this does not seem to be a reunion at all. Peter and Ace come half way through and all hell erupts! Going through classic songs in the 'Unplugged' style adds a new twist to very old songs such as Comin' Home and Goin' Blind - both of which suffered from bad production on the original album. ...

pgarbutt 10.08.2000 · Read full review

Review of Unplugged - Kiss

If you own this your lucky!

Advantages: limited edition, previously unreleased material, excellent listening, lovely box, and the story of aerosmith cd.
Disadvantages: difficult to obtain

This box set truely is a little gem! Only 10,000 were ever produced so many people will never have the opportunity to own one, which is a shame because it reflects brightly on the american, Boston born rockers. It contains two cd's: The story of Aerosmith - which gives a detailed account of the bands history (very interesting)The second cd is a collaberation of the bands earlier numbers from the seventies, including: Sweet Emotion, Draw the line, ...
...Helter Skelter and All your love. You also get a nice certificate to say that you are one of only ten thousand lucky indiviuals to own this boxed set. Finally, i'd reccommend this set to any hardcore aerosmith fan, as it's a true collecters item and anyone lucky enough to stumble accross one. (valuable listening) ...

Truthfull 03.10.2000 · Read full review

Review of Pandora's Box - Aerosmith