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Night Ranger - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Night Ranger Audio CD

A fair review of the Night Ranger "20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Night Ranger" 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 Night Ranger reviews here, or go back to the Night Ranger tabs.

Night Ranger Band: Night Ranger
Title: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Night Ranger
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Release Date: 2000-07-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Sister Christian 2: Don't Tell Me You Love Me 3: Sing Me Away 4: Eddie's Comin' Out Tonight 5: (You Can Still) Rock in America 6: When You Close Your Eyes 7: Sentimental Street 8: Forever All over Again 9: Goodbye 10: Secret of My Success 11: I Did It for Love

Secret of their Success!
Fox. Night Ranger is best known for it's song, Sister Christian, but I was surprised by the other songs on this compact disc including "The Secret of My Success" which was used for the film starring Michael J. They were one of the hair bands of the 1980s. In this collection, they still rock as ever and bring back nostalgia about that time period. It's a great buy for the price and the songs remind me of simpler times. If you love music from that era, you will like and appreciate Night Ranger's contributions to music and videos. Who could ever forget Sister Christian's music video? The song entitled Secret of My Success could be their anthem. .


Great songs, great sound, great value!
The common complaints are usually with the song selection and the album length. It sure seems like people have an axe to grind with these 20th Century Masters "Best Of" collections. No matter what songs appear on a "best of" or "greatest hits" package, there's always going to be a track that gets left off that you think is one of the band's better tracks. As to the album length - while it's true they left room for another 30 minutes worth of material, this compilation is not supposed to be some all encompassing anthology. The 20th Century Masters series serves as an introduction to the artist and their most noteworthy material. Typically that means 10-12 tracks, which obviously won't fill the entire disc.

I think the record company nailed it perfectly with the Night Ranger 20th Century Masters album. They picked the best 2-3 songs off of each of the band's early albums, cleaned up the sound considerably, and presented them in a very affordable package. You get all of the band's radio hits, including the extremely huge power ballad "Sister Christian", digitally remastered, all for about half the cost of the average CD.

The Best of Night Ranger: the 20th Century Masters Millennium Collection is an ideal introduction to the AOR powerhouse that is Night Ranger. It provides a great overview of the band's style, as well as giving existing Night Ranger fans a chance to hear this classic material with greatly improved sound.

NOTE: This compilation is also available in eco-friendly packaging (recycled paper sleeves and trays, liner notes posted online rather than including a CD booklet), for those who prefer a "greener" approach to CD buying. .


Pick up "Night Ranger's Greatest Hits" instead
"Greatest" contains, instead, "Rumours In The Air" and "Restless Kind". This CD and the one entitled" Night Ranger's Greatest Hits are almost identical, but are different in this way:

"Best" contains "I Did It For Love". The other 10 tracks on each CD are the same. So, which one to buy? My choice is the one with the extra track. Also, in my opinion, both tracks on "Greatest" are better than the one on "Best".

In addition, here's hoping that the band or record label decides to release a true "Greatest Hits" or "Best Of" album that will contain about 15 or 16 songs. Or maybe a multi-disc compilation that will include some rare tracks.

Night Ranger fans would surely delight to see something like that.


A very underated band!
Most fans were introduced to the group with the tune Don't Tell Me You Love Me. Night Ranger was one of those bands from the '80s who should have been a LOT bigger than they were. Of course the band become popular with the song Sister Christian. The problem with Sister was if that was the only tune most fans knew they probably thought Night Ranger was a "pop" band which was not the case. This band could rock with the best of them. Night Ranger was one of those few '80s bands who could please the hard rock fans as well as the pop fans. They are still touring today and if you get the chance check them out. But before you do pick this up so you can rock with the band all night. You can still rock in America indeed!!!.


"Rumours" are not in the air!
It was more than just a pretty face. One of my favorite songs from the original "Greatest Hits" is "Rumours In The Air" because unlike most of their other songs, it has a distinctive, creative, in-depth sound.

I bought the 20th Century Masters compilation because its sound quality is remastered and superior to the original compilation. But after buying it, I realized that "Rumours" was mysteriously left off. This is inexcusable considering both the unused space left on the disc, and the inclusion of the cookie cutter 80's song "I Did It For Love. " To remove a song that is highly creative and unique to include a song that is highly typical and draped in 80's bland taints this collection.

One day the recording industry will start offering true "greatest" hits packages so people won't have to download the songs needed to fill in the gaps left on the CD's they buy!.


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