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Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile Audio CD

A fair review of the Billy Idol "Whiplash Smile" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Billy Idol reviews here, or go back to the Billy Idol tabs.

Billy Idol Band: Billy Idol
Title: Whiplash Smile
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Release Date: 2000-05-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Worlds Forgotten Boy 2: To Be a Lover 3: Soul Standing By 4: Sweet Sixteen 5: Man for All Seasons 6: Don't Need a Gun 7: Beyond Belief 8: Fatal Charm 9: All Summer Single 10: One Night, One Chance

One of Billy Idol's best
I also think it is the best quality of sound also, especially on album. I am a big fan of Billy Idol and feel that "Whiplash Smile" is his best work. I highly recommend this album for those who love 80's music, rock, and Billy Idol.


Billy Idol Rocks!!!
Much better than others album except ¨Vital Idol¨ i higly recommend this album, great price!.


Way Cool Idol
After not hearing it in years it's still as hot and fresh as ever. I had the cassette many years ago and decided to get the cd for my collection. Best Idol cd I own. Rock on!.


Better than expected and still enjoyable today
It is 45 minutes long, being released in the era when LP's were still popular. Released in 1986, this is Billy Idol's third solo album.

The sound quality is very good in an early CD technology sort of way. The dynamic range is very good and it is crystal clear. But, is has that digital sharpness that was prevelant in many early CD's. There was something unnatural about the sound. It is the reason there were vinyl snobs in the early eighties, who felt CD technology was inferior. 20 years later, the digital technology is so much better.

It could be easy to write off Billy Idol as one of the untalented fads of the early eighties and the Disco/New Wave/Punk/MTV era. He was more famous for his personna than his music.

But, it turns out that Idol was a talented performer and songwriter. He does a great mixture of punk and new wave with a little disco thrown in. At times, he is like Elvis and at times he is like Jim Morrison of the Doors.

This is a very nice collection of songs. What is unusual is that the hits, To Be A Lover and Sweet Sixteen are some of the best songs on the CD. The only complaint is that this CD is a little more polished and a little more mature than Idol's earlier work. But, then many of the song arrangements are very good.

Much of the music from the eighties sounds really dated now. But, there is enough rock and blues mixed in to make this CD still enjoyable today.


The Best Idol
Much more mature in musical terms than before. This is by far the best album from Billy Idol. With a brilliant Steve Stevens, this disc puts Billy into my preferred musicians. Listen for example the "Man for all seasons" guitar solo, it's a jazz solo in a rock song, I never heard something similar so well done. Powerful and poetical, his chemical formula is present in their maximum expression.


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