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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This lot announced themselves with the classy 'Dance Hall Days' in the mid eighties. I reckon if they'd been around in the late seventies they would have sounded a lot better, as they had more in common with the likes of The Cars than their synth-oriented contemporaries. The first three tracks on this compilation are their best known and all are worth having. Unfortunately the coming of the digital age was a blight on many bands and the lesser compositions on here are bland and plastic. The beaty 'Wait' and 'Let's Go!' both have merit, but the rest is at best average. A decent CD as long as you can get it cheap.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Listening to this album takes my back 20 years, to my youth and to the music that made me turn up the stereo and annoy my parents. You may never have heard of Wang Chung but if you liked mid-eighties soft rock and the then music of Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Europe etc. you may like to give this a go.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I Love Wang Chung Forever!
29 Mar 2005
Format:Audio CD
I have always liked Wang Chung and Dance Hall Days was my very favourite song. I can't believe i've waited 20 years to actually buy their CD as i've missed out on all those classic tracks. I love Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Let's Go, Dance Hall Days and Praying to a New God. All the tracks are danceable and fun, which is what Wang Chung is all about, I think. This is a fantastic pop albumn which typifies 80's music. I love it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Can You Tell Me What a Wang Chung Is?
8 Dec 2010
Format:Audio CD
In their evolution from arty new-romantic band to pop-song duo, Wang Chung recorded a string of cool singles and some memorable MTV videos. While starting life as a four-piece and the name Huang Chung, the core pair of vocalist/guitarist Jack Hues and bassist Nick Feldman remained intact through five albums.
The first album is left off this set (likely because of being on Arista records in the USA as opposed to Geffen, and either "Ti Na Na" or "Rising in The East" would have been nice to have), but when the band name took on a W and they released "Points of a Curve" in 1984, the hits began coming. The breakout was "Dance Hall Days," whose video featured the walking suitcase that hatched from a mirror ball. "Don't Be My Enemy" and the other charting single, "Don't Let Go," make their appearance on this collection.
The song "Wait" caught the attention of William Freidken, who used it for his thriller, "To Live and Die In LA." He also approached the band for more music and the band returned with the full movie soundtrack. The title song barely missed the top 40 and began to show the band moving towards more conventional (even if atmospheric) pop.
"Mosaic" jumped on board the pop train completely after "To Live And Die In LA." Now down to a duo of Hughes and Feldmen, "Mosaic" ditched new wave synths for dance-pop and scored the band's biggest hit with "Everybody Have Fun Tonight." Quite possibly one of the only times a band has reinvented their name as a verb, the insanely catchy song and its spazzy, stop motion video catapulted to number two and remains an unforgivable earworm. "Let's Go" also hit the Top 10 and "Hypnotize Me" made it as the theme to the Dennis Quaid/Martin Short comedy "Innerspace."
However, "The Warmer Side of Cool" was so homogenized that it pretty much vanished on release. The punchy "Praying to a New God" and the OK "What's So Bad About Feeling Good" made it to this set, and the ballad "Big World" should have. There's one more track from the Wang Chung's one off session in '97, "Space Junk." That fills up this set, which is pretty much as much Wang Chunging as you probably need to have on a casual basis.
The first album is left off this set (likely because of being on Arista records in the USA as opposed to Geffen, and either "Ti Na Na" or "Rising in The East" would have been nice to have), but when the band name took on a W and they released "Points of a Curve" in 1984, the hits began coming. The breakout was "Dance Hall Days," whose video featured the walking suitcase that hatched from a mirror ball. "Don't Be My Enemy" and the other charting single, "Don't Let Go," make their appearance on this collection.
The song "Wait" caught the attention of William Freidken, who used it for his thriller, "To Live and Die In LA." He also approached the band for more music and the band returned with the full movie soundtrack. The title song barely missed the top 40 and began to show the band moving towards more conventional (even if atmospheric) pop.
"Mosaic" jumped on board the pop train completely after "To Live And Die In LA." Now down to a duo of Hughes and Feldmen, "Mosaic" ditched new wave synths for dance-pop and scored the band's biggest hit with "Everybody Have Fun Tonight." Quite possibly one of the only times a band has reinvented their name as a verb, the insanely catchy song and its spazzy, stop motion video catapulted to number two and remains an unforgivable earworm. "Let's Go" also hit the Top 10 and "Hypnotize Me" made it as the theme to the Dennis Quaid/Martin Short comedy "Innerspace."
However, "The Warmer Side of Cool" was so homogenized that it pretty much vanished on release. The punchy "Praying to a New God" and the OK "What's So Bad About Feeling Good" made it to this set, and the ballad "Big World" should have. There's one more track from the Wang Chung's one off session in '97, "Space Junk." That fills up this set, which is pretty much as much Wang Chunging as you probably need to have on a casual basis.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
woo hoo Wang Chung ... !
12 April 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This CD has all the best tracks from Wang Chung - just look at the track listing. Best of all, NO stupid re-dubs to waste your time. All the songs are the original 80's versions (except they are digital now). All the lyrics are what and where they ought to be, and all the beats make your feet MOVE ... everybody BETTER Wang Chung tonight! Love the 80's? Get your copy of this CD a.s.a.p. - you'll be glad you did!
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