Time's Makin' Changes (The Best Of Tesla) - Tesla

Advantages: Comprehensive collection
Disadvantages: A few space fillers

...James Spader into a music op? If You Leave was probably OMD's biggest Stateside hit when it was used in John Hughes' Pretty In Pink (the hilarious dancing to it at the prom is frankly reason enough to watch the film!). It does mark something of a change to OMD musically... if before they had moved from attempted Brechtian uber-electronica to pop, they were now moving from electropop to standard smoother 80s offerings, with far less of the characteristic edge of the early part of the decade. For me, this is when I first heard and made sense of OMD, at about 6 years old, and obviously this orchestral (no pun intended), dramatic offering was more palatable at that age than some of the earlier tracks, and I think that people introducing themselves to OMD for the first time would probably take to this more easily. This is as close to a power... Read review

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Advantages: Loads of songs 2 CDS
Disadvantages: NONE

...This cd is wicked for anyone that enjoys most of the old rock music it contains about 40 tracks all together spread over a few CDS. It contains songs by alot of different artists the track list is: 1. Crazy Crazy Nights - Kiss 2. Poison - Cooper, Alice 3. Girls Girls Girls - Motley Crue 4. Cherry Pie - Warrant 5. Waiting For An Alibi - Thin Lizzy 6. California Girls - Roth, David Lee 7. Wind Of Change - Scorpions 8. We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister 9. Spirit Of Radio - Rush 10. Nowhere - Therapy 11. Word Up - Gun 12. Bitch School - Spinal Tap 13. Gypsy Road - Cinderella 14. Beat The Bullet - Vain 15. Sex Action - LA Guns 16. I Alone - Live 17. Everything About You - Ugly Kid Joe 18. Final Countdown - Europe 19. Won't Get Fooled Again - Who 20. Down Down - Status Quo 21. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive 22... Read review

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Advantages: All the classics from their early years are featured
Disadvantages: Only covers 1979-1988, the 3 omitted singles could have been included instead of the two dodgy extended 12" mixes which take up almost 15 minutes between them

...of the band broke away to form Heaven 17 - and OMD (thank God for abbreviations) were the first really successful exponents of the genre in this country. Fast-forward to 1988, and OMD had amassed enough singles to warrant a Best Of collection. 18 of them feature on this Greatest Hits CD - only 14 on vinyl, though that's almost an irrelevant fact now of course - with the remaining three of their 21 UK releases (up to that point) omitted. It begins with Electricity, which never managed to grace the charts at the time. The song is, however, a perfect example of early OMD. Lyrics about energy sources (Nuclear, HEP, Solar) were set to a bustling mix of real bass guitar, synthetic rhythms and rather plinkety synths. This blueprint was repeated with Messages, their breakthrough Top 40 hit single in early 1980, but with added oomph in all departments... Read review

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