Audio CD review:
Face to Face - Shoot the Moon: The Essential Collection

Face to Face - Shoot the Moon: The Essential Collection

Band: Face to Face Title: Shoot the Moon: The Essential Collection Rating: Release Date: 15 November, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Disconnected 2: I Want 3: You’ve Done Nothing 4: Pastel 5: Don’t Turn Away 6: You Lied 7: Velocity 8: A-OK 9: It’s Not Over 10: Blind 11: Ordinary 12: I Won’t Lie Down 13: Complicated 14: Walk The Walk (LIVE) 15: I’m Trying (LIVE) 16: Disappointed 17: What’s in a Name? 18: Bill Of Goods 19: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing 20: Thick As a Brick 21: Disconnected (LIVE)

Customer Reviews Too bad they broke up! It's too bad they broke up. I am a huge Face to Face fan. This collection contains most of my personal favorites such as "You've Done Nothing" and "AOK", but no collection can possibly contain every favorite especially from a band this great. However, if you're new to Face to Face, this is a good place to start. (And just for the record, Ignorance is Bliss, is their worst album ever. ) If you're a fan of Social Distortion, you'll love this. Great lyrics, melodic but driving, you'll find yourself listening to it over and over. A fantastic collection, but not all of my favourites Ive been listening to this band for more than 10 years, and its sad to see them gone, but this is a great way for new fans to get an introduction to the band. The reviews so far have pretty much touched on how great Face To Face is and was. I give this collection 5 stars, because every song is fantastic. I do not, however, consider this to be the best of face to face's library. There are some personal favourites like "no authority", "resignation", "1000x", "think for yourself", and so many others. If you are a new fan, this is a great way to check out some of the bands best songs in one package. If you are an older fan who already owns all of the albums, this one is really only worth it for the 2 extra songs. . F2F: They Were Always There " They did their brand of music for so long, and so often, that you got used to seeing their name on the list of shows coming soon to your town, and once they called it quits you realized how much you kinda liked having them around. If you watch the Ramones documentary End Of The Century you'll hear Rob Zombie comment on how the Ramones were a band that were "always there. Face To Face long ago stopped getting any press, the kids all moved on, even the ones raised on that Epitaph/Fat glossy skatepunk sound, but Face To Face were always there, always consistent, always making good music. As for this compilation, it's always interesting when a band anthologizes themselves which time periods they choose to play up and which to ignore. In this case, they did pretty well. The first 5 tracks (and technically track 15) are from their first release Don't Turn Away, which is basically a classic of the era, made at a time when albums like that weren't a dime a dozen. Tracks 6-9 are from Big Choice, great album, bad cover. Tracks 10-14 are from their self-titled album, likely their best, definitely their highest-selling, and a remarkable feat considering the general trends were moving away from music like this at the time. Tracks 16 & 17 are from Reactionary, novel at the time for letting fans choose the tracks for the album, good that they included Disappointed as it's a highly underrated F2F song. Tracks 18 & 19 are from their last proper album, also one of their best. The last 2 are technically new, a new track (NOT a Jethro Tull cover!) and a live Disconnected from their farewell tour (which i was fortunate enough to catch. ) The keen-eyed fan may notice NOT ONE SINGLE TRACK from Ignorance Is Bliss. Some fans regard it as a great out-of-character move from a band known to churn out a lifetime of same-sounding stuff (Bad Religion gets accused of such also) others call it Trever's attempt to cash in on the emo fad that was all the rage at the time. Either way you look at it, NOTHING is here from that album, so take that for what you will. So they've rounded up a good sampling of the usual suspects, some live stuff for flavor, and pile on the songs so you get value. I'd expect nothing less from Face To Face. It was a great career, they helped define American punk in the 90's and brought it to a mass audience. One band that really did Walk The Walk. . You can see a complete list of all Face to Face discography, or go back to the Face to Face tabs