What does it sound like?:
More on the stocking filler front….these are three triple cd sets, each aiming to cover the relevant decade.
A tough task, but actually these compilations make a pretty good attempt at fulfilling the brief. Quite often sets like these seem to run out of steam on the third cd, but that certainly isn’t the case here – every cd is all killer and no filler – well, very little anyway.
I can honestly say there was a hardly a song on these nine discs that I didn’t know, which is just what the doctor ordered for this type of thing, intended as a Christmas gift or for playing at festive parties!
What does it all *mean*?
Inevitably that the festive season is once again nearly upon us, good folk of The Afterword…..
Goes well with…
These cds are great value for so many good listener friendly songs, and no doubt will be found lurking in many a stocking on Christmas morning – and rightly so!
Release Date:
Might suit people who like…
There’s something for every age group here, depending on which decade encompasses your formative musical years. Everyone’s a winner!
Is someone (the AW?) getting paid for these reviews? No offence meant, but they read a bit “Sponsored by … !”, that’s all 🙂
I always smile at those compilations which scream something like “The Best 60s Album In The World, Ever”.
The subtext should be “No Beatles or Stones of course because they don’t license their stuff, but hey, it’s not bad apart from that”
Not forgetting “Some of the tracks on this album are re-recordings featuring the original artist or one or more members of the original group”.
I got a free fedora for my Costello review.
No – I wish!
It sounds good Bargepole. And I am damn sure I’d enjoy it.
But can it compare with the Afterword’s very own take on a decade?
Here’s the 80s.
Ooops! It’s 13 and a half hours long and has 196 songs. But there’s lot of marvelous stuff there.
Did we do one for 70s
Not yet Junior. So if you’d like to do the honours and kick off a thread, I’ll happily do a Spotify playlist.
13 hours ! You get less for murder ( admittedly judging on the first 10 or so songs after Duel – I couldn’t take any more punishment thereafter).
People still buy these things? Amazing!