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| | The Very Best of Badfinger | | | Music Artist : | | Badfinger | | Music Style : | | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | | Record Label : | | Capitol | | Release Date : | | 2000-09-12 | | Store Price : | | $16.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. No Matter What
2. Day After Day
3. Baby Blue
4. Name of the Game
5. Maybe Tomorrow
6. Come and Get It
7. Rock of All Ages
8. Carry on Till Tomorrow
9. Midnight Caller
10. We're for the Dark
11. I'll Be the One
12. Without You
13. I'd Die Babe
14. It's Over
15. When I Say
16. Dennis
17. Lonely You
18. Love Time
19. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch/Should I Smoke
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 If you're a casual fan, this is probably what your looking for...
Submitted on: 2009-08-22 |
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| for a casual Badfinger fan like myself, this collection suits my needs. I've always enjoyed their singles and this one disc gets the job done. This is a nice collection of their Apple/Warners stuff right up to the untimely death of Peter Ham. I was especially pleased with their original version of "Without You," too often ignored for Nilsson's more popular version but a classic in its own right. Obviously for a true fan of the band this would be nothing more than a sampler, but for me it hit the spot. |
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 Excellent!
Submitted on: 2009-08-13 |
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It was great! Arrived when promised, my husband listens to it constantly!
Thanks! |
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The sad story of a great band
Submitted on: 2009-07-17 |
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It's almost worth giving this best of Badfinger five stars on the merits of the band's tragic history. Badfinger was probably the best, most talented band that the hapless Apple Records discovered. Paul McCartney was their guardian angel, handing them "Come and Get It." George Harrison was so awed by the song "Day After Day" that he volunteered his lead guitar skills. The late Harry Nilsson scooped up "Without You" and made it his signature song.
Yet the band became the victims of unscrupulous management. Money earned in the 70's while scoring top ten records vanished in litigation and alleged thievery. All the while, the band made great albums for Apple and Warners, all but defining what would be called power-pop. With this best of CD leading off with a triple score of "No Matter What," "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue," it's tough to argue against how amazing Badfinger was. With three superb songwriters in Pete Ham, Joey Molland and Tom Evans, they were able and willing to make songs that encompassed all the group's voices. It makes such lesser known tracks like "Maybe Tomorrow" or the free-wheeling "Rock of All Ages" stand out, as well.
Broke and despondent, Pete Ham finally gave up and committed suicide in 1975, Evans followed in 1983. Molland was reduced to laying carpet for a living in the mid-70's even as their music was played on classic rock stations. And it's obvious; these guys were classicists in the best sense. The remastering on this CD makes the sounds crisp and clear, bringing out the fine harmonies Badfinger had, as well as the tight song structures that made the songs so appealing. Even the late stuff, like "Love Time" or "When I Say" have the uniquely Beatlesque feel about them (and practically beg for rediscovery).
A unique band with a heartbreaking story, and a stunning musical legacy, "The Best Of Badfinger" is an essential celebration of music that maintains its greatness once the final scene is recorded. |
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bad name better pop
Submitted on: 2009-02-17 |
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| It may take awhile for you to really appreciate the songcraft. It takes just as long to get over the poor band name choice, despite their 70's context. However, Pete Ham provides enough divine moments in this wonderful collection. I can't imagine the individual albums miss much from these Beatles devotees, so this is the one to hold onto. |
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Music with great memories
Submitted on: 2009-01-06 |
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Maybe you would have had to be in high school in the early 70's to love this album as much as I do but I still maintain that this was a really great band. They always struggled to escape the shadow of Apple records. They were seen more as protégés of the greatest music phenomenon of the 60's and some considered them a lacluster substitute for their defunct Beatle parents. Just as Badfinger was starting to shine The Beatles were going separate ways and I think many thought the fabs were saying okay we're done, here's another Liverpool band (though I'm told they were from Wales) to keep you warm. Pete Ham's vocals are somewhat McCartneyisque and the early productions were steered by Paul and George themselves. But they weren't a substitute. It was just bad timing. I loved The Beatles as much as any Beatlemaniac alive but Badfinger was always seen as their grown offspring. I can't help but wonder how popular Badfinger would have been without any ties to the Fab Four and what their careers would have been like without a scheming manager.
Pete's vocals are beautiful. The guitar playing is gritty and sharp and the drumming is heavy and full. A couple of these tunes are taken from the time after their split from Apple and it's great stuff - especially Should I Smoke... Missing from this collection is their bittersweet dear John letter (pun intended) "Apple Of My Eye" which was a fine tune and a chord progression that has been pinched by both Stone Temple Pilots in "Lady Picture Show" and well as the Christian band Building 429 in "Glory Defined". Pete and Tom are tragically no longer with us and this music belongs only to history. But Badfinger deserves it's own place in rock history and I'm extremely thankful to them for these songs. |
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