- Audio CD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Fat Boy
- ASIN: B0000071Y0
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 26,247 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Marmalade were a wonderful British pop group of the late sixties and early seventies, best remembered in their homeland for Ob-la-di Ob-la-da (the Beatles song), which topped the UK charts around Christmas 1968. Indeed, it was number one in many countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. My favorite Marmalade song is Reflections of my life, a top three UK hit that became their only top ten American hit.
Their first single, I see the rain, was a hit in Holland but failed to chart in Britain despite some critical acclaim. Their first British hit was Lovin' things, a cover of an American song. However, the British tradition of covering American hits was dying out and subsequent hits were all with original material except for Ob-la-di Ob-la-da.
Rainbow, Baby make it soon, Cousin Norman, Radancer, My little one and Wait for me Mary Anne were their other major British hits and all are included here.
This is a nice collection of Marmalade music containing all the essentials and a few other tracks but the import price is a deterrent. You can obtain much better value from one of the other compilations listed here, hence only 3 stars - I've given this CD 5 stars in the USA where the prices are different.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
All the essentials
10 Oct 2003
Format:Audio CD
The Marmalade were a wonderful British pop group of the late sixties and early seventies, best remembered in their homeland for Ob-la-di Ob-la-da (the Beatles song), which topped the UK charts around Christmas 1968. Indeed, it was number one in many countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. My favorite Marmalade song is Reflections of my life, a top three UK hit that became their only top ten American hit.
Their first single, I see the rain, was a hit in Holland but failed to chart in Britain despite some critical acclaim. Their first British hit was Lovin' things, a cover of an American song. However, the British tradition of covering American hits was dying out and subsequent hits were all with original material except for Ob-la-di Ob-la-da.
Rainbow, Baby make it soon, Cousin Norman, Radancer, My little one and Wait for me Mary Anne were their other major British hits and all are included here.
This is a nice collection of Marmalade music containing all the essentials and a few other tracks. If you enjoy this, there are other Marmalade compilations that provide much more than you will find here.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Reflections of my life
27 Feb 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This CD takes me back to my childhood, will always love the song "Reflections of my life" some other great songs that I didnt know they did.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A nice representative album from the 60s
8 Aug 2006
Format:Audio CD
The Marmalade may not be one of the better-known names of bands from the 60s, but they compare well with the second-tier of bands from the British Invastion - The Kinks, The Animals, The Yardbirds...
This album has solid guitar work, a nice bassline, solid harmony and catchy tunes. Parts of it remind me of The Beatles for their harmony, the Stones for the guitar licks, and strangely, in some places a BJ Thomas ballad.
The mood ranges from melancholy to 60s rockin without venturing into anything too extreme on either end of the spectrum. And I can't find a weak song on the album. Worth buying.
This album has solid guitar work, a nice bassline, solid harmony and catchy tunes. Parts of it remind me of The Beatles for their harmony, the Stones for the guitar licks, and strangely, in some places a BJ Thomas ballad.
The mood ranges from melancholy to 60s rockin without venturing into anything too extreme on either end of the spectrum. And I can't find a weak song on the album. Worth buying.
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