Music CD - Bangles: The Bangles - Greatest Hits

	Music CD: The Bangles - Greatest Hits Artist: Bangles List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $5.21 Your Save: $ 6.77 ( 57% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks: 1. Hero Takes A Fall 2. Going Down To Liverpool 3. Manic Monday 4. If She Knew What She Wants 5. Walk Like An Egyptian 6. Walking Down Your Street 7. Following 8. Hazy Shade Of Winter 9. In Your Room 10. Eternal Flame 11. Be With You 12. I'll Set You Free 13. Everything I Wanted 14. Where Were You When I Needed You
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074644612523 Format: Enhanced Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 1990-04-18 Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Walk down memory lane (like an Egyptian) Comment: The Bangles, one of the great girl gorups form the days of cassette grace us with greatest hits on CD. All of your favorites are here and ready to go for a Saturday night party. Customer Rating: Summary: Bang Bangles, Baby Comment: In the decade that brought us The Go-Go's, Cyndi Lauper and Bananarama, The Bangles were a great group of women who tried to smash the girl-group stereotype by (like Beauty and the Beat) being a fully formed band that wrote their own songs and played their own music. The early EP (not on here and credited as The Bangs) found them on the fringes of the Paisley Underground, and having a distinct Byrds/Beatles infuence. By the first full-length, All Over the Place, these influences came into sharp pop-focus. Hoff's ex-boyfriend kiss-off "Hero Takes A Fall" was an almost hit, while the choice of Kimberly Rew's "Going Down To Liverpool" was well-apt to their hero's sounds. Obviously, CBS smelled stardom, and smoother sounds on Different Light indicated more than a little corporation grooming. Prince had developed a crush on Susanna Hoffs and gave the band "Manic Monday," a pitch perfect pop song from an artist at his peak. It became the breakthrough, followed by the zany "Walk Like and Egyptian." While Hoffs and Vicki Peterson were writing songs for the album, it was their choice covers that got attention and chart positions. Jules Shears' "If She Knew What She Wants" is a standout track, as is the pick of Big Star's "September Gurls" (not here). The first of the big ballads appeared as well, with Michael Steele's "Following." However, dispite songwriting contributions from Steele and Peterson and the fact that the harmonies of the Peterson sisters were a big part of The Bangles' sound, the spotlight was becoming more focused on Hoffs. The super-slick Everything reflected the pressure CBS put on the band. Number one ballad "Eternal Flame" was there, surrounded by hyper-synthed 80's production. Oddly enough, the star hit of this period, "Hazy Shade of Winter," poured fire into a Simon and Garfunkle song but was only issued on the Less Than Zero Soundtrack until this best of. Shortly after "Everything," the band broke up and Hoffs entered a less than successful solo career. While this CD tends to bypass the more artistically inspired early songs for the slicker pop of the hits, The Bangles were still an ace band. Their choice in writers was impeccable and they had shared writer skills (8 of these songs are band member-written) that are often overlooked. The Bangles' Greatest Hits is a solid document of a great pop band, and just as worthy as A Go-Go's Collection would be. Customer Rating: Summary: The Bangles - Greatest Hits Comment: They were among the girl groups that marked the 80's. I still enjoy their music to this day. Five stars! Customer Rating: Summary: Bangles greatest on one cd Comment: I love the Bangles, this collection has everything I could ever want! Customer Rating: Summary: Nice Collection Comment: I haven't cared for much pop music since the late 60's, but the Bangles are enjoyable listening for anyone. The harshest reviewers of this album complain about not enough good songs and then go on to name 3 or 4 that are good. How many times does an album have more than one good hit song? This one has several outstanding songs and the remaining ones are good listening too. "Going Down to Liverpool" repeates a little too much, but I still like the song. Manic Monday, Eternal Flame and Hazy Shade of Winter are all excellent. Walk Like An Egyptian was a big hit and it's on here too of course. This is a good album and probably a good introduction to the Bangles. It has enough variety to keep it interesting and enough hits to probably more than justify the Greatest Hits title. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: The Bangles' transformation from Merseybeat and garage-smart guitar band to near-definitive example of buffed-and-polished corporate popsters is one of the great rock mysteries of the '80s. What was up with that video for "Walk Like an Egyptian," anyway? Greatest Hits puts it all in perspective, tracing the curve from the post-Beatles group sneer of "Hero Takes a Fall" to the deadly earnest Susanna Hoffs showcase of "Eternal Flame." Shortly after that ballad hit No. 1, the group split. Now unfairly remembered as little more than space fillers on turn-of-the-decade airwaves, the Bangles here make a good case for their spirit, their own songwriting gifts, and, of course, those voices. --Rickey Wright