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- ASIN: B000057KC2
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- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Most music fans in Britain and most listeners to FM commercial radio over the past 20 years or so will be famliar with Vancouver's Martha and the Muffins through their only British hit 'Echo Beach'.
This was a catchy and original New Wave offering which sounds as good as it did in 1980 as it does today. I was interested to find a compilation album listed on Amazon of the first three albums, 'Metro Music', 'Trance' and 'This is the Ice Age'. I purchased it expecting that the tracks on the album, which I hadn't heard (all but 'Echo Beach') would be up to the same standard. I was not disappointed. One thing that struck me listening to the songs I hadn't heard was that they were both as catchy as 'Blondie' (who I love), but more accessible than the New Yorkers on the first listen. Perhaps this is physchological due to the band being from the Commonwealth and having a British producer and consequently a sound similar to 'Pretenders'. This album is the first one I have listened to all the way through for a long time as it is so accessable. Martha Ladly has a pleasant, listenable style and I enjoy the way the sax and organ have been used as lead instruments on some tracks as well as guitars. The songs have a no nonsense feel which makes them simple but effective, and very little dated in the present music climate.
The songs are original, especially 'Insect Love' (Interspecies romance, anyone?) and the cover of 'Motorbikin'' is well done. Buy this album and get turned on to a great band that was unfairly passed over, and really needs to be appreciated today. The only fault is that the liner notes should have some more information for budding M+M fans like myself. Recommended!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album that I brought as a download comprises of the entire Metro Music album in a well mastered version together with tracks from the currently unavailable Living In The Ice Age album.
This can be recommended to all 'New Wave' fans of all ages for the melodic but passionate playing being more than just rewrites of Echo Beach.
It is cheaper than the straight downloaded remaster of Metro Music too (shh).
This can be recommended to all 'New Wave' fans of all ages for the melodic but passionate playing being more than just rewrites of Echo Beach.
It is cheaper than the straight downloaded remaster of Metro Music too (shh).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is worth buying for 'about insomnia' alone, a track which I fell in love with back in the eighties when it was a single that mystifyingly flopped. I consider it a better song than echo beach which in itself is a great track.
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Echo Beach re-visited
I always liked the track 'Echo Beach' back in the 80's, so it was great to hear it again and listen to other Martha & The Muffins tracks. Read more
Published 20 months ago by A. Culley
Don't stop now, Amazon, eh!?
Dear Amazon,
Thank you for suggesting that I write a review for this album which I have ordered but which you know very well I'm not going to receive for another 3 weeks. Read more
Thank you for suggesting that I write a review for this album which I have ordered but which you know very well I'm not going to receive for another 3 weeks. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2005 by dotdotdotcomma
At last a best of worth the title
This is great. I can't be in a minority having been pushed into buying this on the basis of only a single track. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2002 by Daniel Dalton
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