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| | Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) | | | Music Artist : | | Looking Glass | | Music Style : | | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | | Record Label : | | Sony Special Product | | Release Date : | | 2001-01-01 | | Store Price : | | $6.97 | | Artistopia's Price: $6.97 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
2. Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne
3. Highway to Hollywood
4. Are You Dreamin' (Money in My Pocket)
5. One by One
6. Rainbow Man
7. Sweet Jeremiah
8. Dealing with the Devil
9. City Lady
10. For Skipper
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Just a collection
Submitted on: 2009-04-08 |
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| Don't let this disk fool you. It is just a collection put out by the record label to try and generate some cash and is an odd mix at that. If you want the entire self-titled album by the band, you need to get the album titled Classic Collection; it is the complete first album with selections from their second, Subway Serenade. The picture of the band line-up on the cover is the tip off-- it appears to be some mix of Looking Glass and Starz and to my knowledge, never existed. Pick a different disk. |
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 Brandy is a classic but . . .
Submitted on: 2008-10-25 |
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I always loved the song "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)." Even as a teenage metalhead. Even as an early-twenties punk rocker (my hardcore band used to sing it in the van on the way to-and-from gigs). When I found this for $5 at a truck stop, the first thing that jumped out at me was . . .
The band on the cover is NOT Looking Glass!
Sure, two (possibly three) of the guys in the photo were in LG but you may have noticed there are *five* guys on the cover. The band pictured is actually Fallen Angels, the interim group between the pop rock of Looking Glass and the hard rock of Starz. They released two singles, made some demos, added a second guitarist (Richie Ranno), kicked out the guy in the white hat (keyboardist Larry Gonsky) and changed their name to Starz, who went on to release four great albums on Capitol Records in the mid-to-late 70s.
Vocalist Michael Lee Smith (yellow shirt and red scarf) sings "Highway to Hollywood" (his voice is unmistakable) on this CD but it does not appear on either Looking Glass album or the Fallen Angels CDR that was released a few years ago. Who knows what band name they were using when it was recorded!
Anyhow, "Brandy" is a fantastic song and the rest of the material is pleasant pop rock but nothing special. So, five stars for "Brandy" but reduced to four stars for the other songs and one more star removed for the wrong photo and mystery song. |
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 Great song to be named after
Submitted on: 2007-10-20 |
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| Okay so my mom did name me after Brandy (you're a fine girl)... but really it is a great song and a band often looked over as just one hit wonders. They are from my hometown and listening to this album reminds me how talented they really are. |
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Wonderful value
Submitted on: 2007-07-24 |
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I see people giving this album 2 and 3 stars for 'two' good songs. My question to them is, "What are you listening to?" This is a fine album so often overlooked and generally dismissed as that record with the "Brandy" song. In truth, I always loved this song and that's what eventually led me here to buy it. Hey, for five bucks that fantastic song is worth it alone! But I was pleasantly surprised when I got the CD and listened to it in it's entirety a week after purchase. What an absolutely wonderful album for only five dollars! I didn't know it was possible to get a 5 star CD for that price but it is, you simply need look no further.
For the first song, well you all know it so well so I won't go into any great detail. "Brandy" is one of the finest songs ever written. Very few songs in this world are perfect, and ladies and gentlemen this is one of them. Love it forever. As for the rest, "Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann" is probably the second best song on here as you have probably already read in the other reviews. It is very similar to "Brandy" in many ways. Good bass, good beat, and a very nice chorus. If it weren't for the existance of the title track I daresay that Looking Glass would be popularly remembered for this song instead. Two quick 5 star songs to begin with. Looking Glass trades lead singers for the next track and throughout the album creating a nice balance of voice and harmony. For instance, "Highway to Hollywood" is a more wholly upbeat track while "Are You Dreamin'" returns back to the sound already firmly established in the first two songs. "One By One" may be the only really bland track here, I just can't seem to get into it. Slower, and a little too quiet compared to the rest of this album I think. It seems out of place if you ask me. Therefore skip down to the next song "Rainbow Man", a happy, feel good tune that's suitable for the mood. "Sweet Jeremiah" kicks up the pace, injecting pure american rock and roll to the mix without comming up for air. Fast classic rock the way it should be, and "Dealing With the Devil" follows suit. A little slower than it's predecessor, it still manages to maintain that rock ballad quality. Nothing fancy, just good ole music. "City Lady" was kind of a surprise to me because it seems more sophisticated than the rest, like it's a little before it's time or something. And it has a bass line and drums that make me think vividly of some Steely Dan creation, "Gold Teeth" to be exact. This song slides suddenly but gracefully into "For Skipper", a lamenting and beautiful sea sounding ballad just suited for the seaish, coastal kind of quality that brandy posesses. A fine finish, and that's precisely the saddest thing about this album... it has to end.
Brandy is an immoveable album in music's history that somehow became forgotten along it's way. Sad really. But here for your enjoyment on CD, and honestly, you really can't find better value for a better price anywhere. Buy it now! |
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Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Submitted on: 2005-10-13 |
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I received the CD Brandy in a timely manner. I played the CD and the music was clear and good. I gave the CD to a young lady named Brandy who was born about the time the song was released.
She was thrilled with the gift and I was thrilled with my purchase.
Marion Hamaker |
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