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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've had a look at a bunch of compilations and none of them have all the obvious highlights which I've been told are: Don't Pay the Ferryman, Spanish Train, A Spaceman Came Travelling, Patricia the Stripper and Crusader.
This compilation had more of those tracks on it than any of the others so I gave it a shot. Some songs are blandly middle of the road but there are some good songs on here.
Spectrum specialise in cheap compilations were they take two or three well known hits and then pad out the rest of the disc with obscure album tracks. I don't know De Burgh's back catalogue so I can't say if this is a good selection of songs, but I think it was a good purchase (although I felt dirty about it for weeks afterwards).
Don't conform, decide for yourself about this much maligned musician. I liked most of it. Lots of nice ambient keyboards and his voice has a coarsely smooth quality to it. Spanish Train (God & Devil play poker for a man's soul) is a truly great song. A Spaceman Came Travelling is a strange sci-fi take on the nativity and Patricia the Stripper is a funny 20's set story about a courtcase involving a stripper. And there's no Lady In Red on this compilation.
Note 8/5/07: I have since bought another compilation called Notes From Planet Earth. Don't Pay the Ferryman is nothing great, Ship To Shore is dreadful and Lady In Red is decent, if unremarkable. I would still recommend this Spectrum compilation over any others currently available.
Spanish Train keeps on getting better with every listen. Iron Maiden could cover it and no one would bat an eye lid as long as they don't look up the writing credits.
This compilation had more of those tracks on it than any of the others so I gave it a shot. Some songs are blandly middle of the road but there are some good songs on here.
Spectrum specialise in cheap compilations were they take two or three well known hits and then pad out the rest of the disc with obscure album tracks. I don't know De Burgh's back catalogue so I can't say if this is a good selection of songs, but I think it was a good purchase (although I felt dirty about it for weeks afterwards).
Don't conform, decide for yourself about this much maligned musician. I liked most of it. Lots of nice ambient keyboards and his voice has a coarsely smooth quality to it. Spanish Train (God & Devil play poker for a man's soul) is a truly great song. A Spaceman Came Travelling is a strange sci-fi take on the nativity and Patricia the Stripper is a funny 20's set story about a courtcase involving a stripper. And there's no Lady In Red on this compilation.
Note 8/5/07: I have since bought another compilation called Notes From Planet Earth. Don't Pay the Ferryman is nothing great, Ship To Shore is dreadful and Lady In Red is decent, if unremarkable. I would still recommend this Spectrum compilation over any others currently available.
Spanish Train keeps on getting better with every listen. Iron Maiden could cover it and no one would bat an eye lid as long as they don't look up the writing credits.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having attended a Chris de Burgh concert I am now catching up on allbums I have missed or that I have on vinyl, this is a great listen!!!
Format:Audio CD
Some great classic individual tracks alongside some over sentimental soppy contrived tracks in my opinion.
Worth it for the good ones though as i skip the few that i dislike. Always liked that voice though and those that have a stronger stomach will no doubt disagree on the rest. Maybe would have given it more if i hadn't had to listen to those others in the first place :)
Worth it for the good ones though as i skip the few that i dislike. Always liked that voice though and those that have a stronger stomach will no doubt disagree on the rest. Maybe would have given it more if i hadn't had to listen to those others in the first place :)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not normally my type of music but so well written
Not normally my type of music but so well written, so well played, so well sung, so well produced. I really don't know what there is not to like. Read more
Published 9 months ago by ColinD
Good Budget Priced introduction
An ideal budget priced introduction to the earlier work of Chris De Burgh......if that's your sort of thing!
Published on 12 Aug 2009 by S. W. Ladd
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