Shadows' Greatest Hits - Shadows (The)

Advantages: Fantastic!
Disadvantages: None!

...Frightened City', 'The Savage' and 'Guitar Tango'. These Top-10 songs were interspersed with four No.1 hits: 'KonTiki', 'Wonderful Land', 'Dance On' and 'Foot Tapper'. The Shadows charted consistently during 1963 and1964 with 'Atlantis', 'Shindig', and 'The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt', but their appeal lessened and they agreed to split in 1968. In 1975, after years apart, they were back in the UK Top-10 for with an instrumental reading of 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina', followed months later by 'Theme From The Deer Hunter'. To have so many hits and to then come back from a split, means there must be something extra special about this band, and by selling so many records and becoming so big all over the world including Japan, it just shows that their consistant, excellent quality of music really is a work of genius. How Does It Compare... Read review

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Advantages: A CD that can be listened to anytime, anywhere.
Disadvantages: Just a couple of weak tracks

...In this CD we have what is arguably the very best of Shadows music. Originally released in 1961 and 1962 respectively, what we have here is their first two albums rolled into one, THE SHADOWS and OUT OF THE SHADOWS, making it good value for money. The first album sees the group with their original line-up of Hank Marvin,Jet Harris,Bruce Welch and Tony Meehan; while in the second Jet and Tony are replaced by Brian Bennett on drums and Brian Locking on bass guitar. It was this change of line-up that altered the Shadows sound to what we recognise today. Previous to this the group had a raw, rocky edge to it, emphasised by Jet Harris's style of bass playing, and Tony Meehan's penchant for playing a highly-tuned snare drum. The bass playing of Brian Locking never matched the dynamics of Harris, and Brian Bennett's style was... Read review

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Advantages: More music for fans of the band members, decent album overall
Disadvantages: inconsistent, different to what you'd expect from the group

...The Last Shadow Puppets is a 3 piece indie rock band fronted by Arctic Monkeys lead singer, Alex Turner. His sideline group is made up by James Ford on Drums and Miles Kane on Bass if i remember rightly. Both of these musicians met Alex Turner when Miles Kane's other band, 'The Rascals' supported the Arctic Monkeys. The album is called 'The Age of The Understatement' and consists of 12 Tracks and runs to almost 35 minutes. Fans of either band will have to be open-minded as The Last Shadow Puppets do seem to be a little more downbeat than Arctic Monkeys and more contemporary and conventional than The Rascals. The Tracks [Track 1 - The Age of The Understatement] The album screeches into an early crescendo with its title track, also a prominent yet simple bassline present early on. It may lead some Arctic Monkeys fans... Read review

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