Audio CD review:
Golden Earring - Golden Earring - Greatest Hits [Disky]

Golden Earring - Golden Earring - Greatest Hits [Disky]

Band: Golden Earring Title: Golden Earring - Greatest Hits [Disky] Rating: Release Date: 01 November, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Radar Love [Acoustic Live] 2: Weekend Love [Acoustic Live] 3: When the Lady Smiles [Acoustic Live] 4: Hold Me Now 5: This Wheel's on Fire 6: Joe 7: Gotta See Jane 8: When I Was Young 9: One Shot Away from Paradise 10: Angel 11: Johnny Make Believe 12: Going to the Run

Customer Reviews Um, guys, these aren't the best choices.... Golden Earring has quality songs, but the thing is. . they don't seem to know exactly which ones *are* their quality songs. There was no need to include songs from the Love Sweat album. While I aplaud including the three Bloody Buccaneers tracks (everyone knows I'm a big fan of that album), I must ask WHY they would include acoustic versions of Radar Love, Weekend Love, and When The Lady Smiles. The studio versions are much better, and it's what most people want to hear. This Wheel's One Fire is a lousy song, and why they felt the need to do a cover of it is beyond me. Angel is overrated and Johnny Make Believe really doesn't deserve to hang with a greatest hits crowd. Recycled The first 3 tracks present "unplugged" versions of familiar tracks, so NOT the originals. Made in FRA in 2000, Serial# SI-998932, Playing Time 50:54 This compilation lifts material from their 4 albums on Columbia records, namely "Bloody Buccaneers", "Face It", "Love Sweat", and the expanded version of the "Naked Truth" album called "The Complete Naked Truth". Even though the coverage is fairly focused, the track selection is very disappointing: there are much better tracks on these albums that would tease the listener into buying the full albums! Calling this a "greatest hits" is an outrage! My only consolation is that it's a picture disc. No Greatest Hits But it's not at all a greatest hits album. There is "Radar Love" and "Weekend Love" on it. The other songs are quite mediocre. Songs as "Back Home" and "Buddy Joe" or "She Flies On Strange Wings" are missing. Unfortunately, there is no real "Greatest Hits" album available in the US yet. . You can see a complete list of all Golden Earring discography, or go back to the Golden Earring tabs