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| | Hollies - Hollies Greatest Hits | | | Music Artist : | | The Hollies | | Music Style : | | British Invasion | | Record Label : | | Sony | | Release Date : | | 2002-03-26 | | Store Price : | | $7.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $7.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Bus Stop
2. Carrie Anne
3. Look Through Any Window
4. Stop, Stop, Stop
5. Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
6. Dear Eloise
7. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
8. Just One Look
9. King Midas in Reverse
10. Long Dark Road
11. Pay You Back With Interest
12. On a Carousel
13. Air That I Breathe [*]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Love it!
Submitted on: 2009-11-05 |
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This is a great little collection of the Hollies greatest hits. By no means is it complete, but if you are looking for just a taste of the sweet British-Invasion hits that you loved way back when, you'll find it's worth the money.
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 Tasty sampler of melodic harmonic pop rock.
Submitted on: 2009-07-16 |
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| There are many Hollies "best of" CDs. This is one of the better ones. If you're not already familiar with the group, this is a good way to get to know how good they sang. If the first 3 cuts (Bus Stop, Carrie Anne, and Look Through Any Window) don't get you hooked, I don't know what will. |
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incredible music by The Hollies
Submitted on: 2009-06-10 |
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The Hollies' Greatest Hits is a particularly good single CD compilation that gives us a lot of their very best music. The Hollies had a fantastic sound and they never let their fans down; they gave their all to everything they ever did. The sound quality on this CD is excellent and I like that artwork a lot, too.
"Bus Stop," one of their biggest hits ever, starts the track set really well. They sing and harmonize on this number; and the guitars and drums are used brilliantly in the musical arrangement. Wisely, however, the vocals are squarely in the spotlight; you never have to struggle to understand what's being sung and that's grand. "Bus Stop" makes an awesome number to begin the CD. "Carrie-Anne" has a great sound that I really like; this number sports a `60s flavor to it with maybe just a touch of psychedelic rock thrown in for a great effect. Again The Hollies pull this off without a hitch--and while they make it all seem so easy, of course we know that it really wasn't quite that way. Their talent always carried them through; and this is a major reason why we still remember The Hollies today.
"Look Through Any Window" has a rockin' feel to it that helps it all hold its own very well; the beat is good and The Hollies handle complex tempo and key changes like the pros they were and still remain! They also turn out one of their best songs ever, "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)." "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)" just plain sounds good and I think you'll fall in love with this if you haven't heard it before. It's an absolute staple for fans of The Hollies.
"Dear Eloise" is pretty in its own way; and there's yet another huge gem in their unforgettable ballad "He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother." I really like "He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother;" it seems as if all the stars in all the heavens were in just the right places when The Hollies recorded this tune. The large number of artists who have since recorded "He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother" stands as a testimony to the greatness of this song. In addition, "Just One Look" by R&B singer Doris Troy is very well done; they do this cover with panache!
"Long Dark Road" has some pretty great harmonica playing and again the guitar work really enhances the natural beauty of this ballad. "Pay You Back With Interest" has a mostly rockin' feel to it that is quite memorable; and "On A Carousel" is The Hollies at their very best. The CD ends strong with The Hollies performing "The Air That I Breathe" by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. "The Air That I Breathe" invariably stuns me with its beauty and I'm so moved--wow, what a number with which to close this album!
The Hollies had fame then; and they are very well remembered even in these times. I highly recommend this CD especially for newcomers to The Hollies; the more diehard fans who have these tracks already would do well to search for more comprehensive CDs and box sets by The Hollies.
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The Greatest
Submitted on: 2009-04-04 |
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| I would definitely recommend this album! Whether you're a die hard fan of The Hollies or just starting to listen to them, this is really a great album to own. The Hollies Greatest Hits (the one with clouds on the cover and has 47 songs) is better in my opinion though. It's got more songs such as "Sorry Suzanne", "Jennifer Eccles", and "I'm Alive", just to name a few of my favorites that aren't on this album. But this album is a great start if you only started liking The Hollies! |
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 Easily The Most Variable Of The Many British Invasion Groups
Submitted on: 2008-10-05 |
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Before they became The Hollies, lead vocalist Allan Clarke and guitarist Graham Nash, both from Manchester, England, had performed as a duo calling themselves The Guytones. Then, with the addition of two more they changed briefly to The Fourtones, then The Deltas and, in 1962, The Hollies, with bassists Eric Haycock and drummer Don Rathbone. A year later they got a contract with the famed British label, Parlophone (part of EMI) and a fifth member, guitarist Tony Hicks.
In May that year they had their first U.K. hit, a cover of The Coaster's Ain't That Just Like Me which, b/w Hey, What's Wrong With Me, reached # 25 on the British charts, and in August followed that with another Coasters cover, Searchin' which hit # 12 b/w The Whole World Over. From there until 1971 they would then post 21 straight Top 20 U.K. hits. Their initial North American hit came in May 1964 when their cover of the 1963 Doris Troy hit, Just One Look, squeaked into the Billboard Pop Hot 100 at # 98 on the Imperial label b/w Keep Off That Friend Of Mine. In the U.K., the A-side was a # 2 smash. By this time Rathbone had been replaced by Bobby Elliott.
Their next Hot 100 wouldn't come until late 1965 with Look Through Any Window (# 32), still with Imperial and b/w So Lonely, but in the U.K. it was a # 4. In between they had Here I Go Again (# 4), We're Through (# 7), Yes I Will (# 9) and I'm Alive (# 1) all reach hit status in the U.K., as well as the second of two U.K. albums, In The Hollies Style (their first was Stay With The Hollies in early 1964), and in September 1965 Parlophone issued the third album, The Hollies. Another U.K.-only hit, If I Needed Someone, hit # 20 in December 1965, and in January 1966 their fourth LP, Hear! Here! came out in the U.K. After I Can't Let Go made it to # 2 in the U.K. and # 42 in North America in March, still with Imperial, Haycock left and was replaced by Bernie Calvert.
Unfortunately, that was not a part of the original vinyl LP that came out in 1973 (and now represented by this CD release) which concentrates only on 12 of their North American hits, and with other significant gaps there as well after including each their next seven in the Hot 100: Bus Stop (# 5 in both U.K. and N.A. in summer 1966); Stop Stop Stop (# 2 U.K./# 7 N.A. November 1966); On A Carousel (# 4 U.K./# 11 N.A. spring 1967); and Pay You Back With Interest (which was not released in the U.K. and made # 28 on the Hot 100). All were on the Imperial labe, and on the last twp they used session drummer Donnie Weight as Elliott was ill. In personal appearances they also used Clem Cattini.
In summer 1967, Carrie-Anne hit # 3 U.K. and # 9 Hot 100 for their new North American distributor, Epic, following which Imperial re-released Just One Look, and this time it reached # 44 Hot 100 in October. That same month, with the band jumping on the psychedelic bandwagon, the pretentious King Midas In Reverse got to # 11 in the U.K., but only # 51 Hot 100, and they then closed out the year with Dear Eloise which was not released in the U.K. and again finished a disappointing # 50 Hot 100. This album then skips over Jennifer Eccles (# 11 U.K./# 40 Hot 100 in spring 1968) as well as the minor hit, Do The Best You Can (not released in U.K./# 93 Hot 100 in September 1968. In December, Nash left to join Davis Crosby and Stephen Sills and was replaced by former Swinging Blue Jean member Terry Sylvester. Also, Elliott returned and both are heard on Sorry Suzanne, a # 3 U.K./# 56 Hot 100 in May 1969, but also omitted here.
Then came perhaps their best tune which was based on Father Flanagan's Nebraska Boy's Town, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, which made it to # 3 U.K./# 7 Hot 100 in late 1969/early 1970. The album skips over the July 1970 # 7 U.K./# 82 Hot 100, I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top, and finished with their two 1972 hits, Long Cool Woman (In A Dark Dress) and Long Dark Road, which finished at # 2 Hot 100/# 32 U.K. and # 26 Hot 100/# 31 Adult Contemporary (AC) respectively.
But The Hollies, with more personnel shuffling, would go on to post another 8 U.K. hits to 1993, and 5 more on the Hot 100, including one of my favourites, their 1974 cover of an Albert Hammond album track, The Air That I Breathe, which got to # 2 U.K. and # 3 AC and # 6 Hot 100 on the Billboard charts.
As mentioned in a number of the other reviews, the sound quality in this leaves much to be desired and, in terms of that and content, there are now much better Hollies compilations available. Search around. |
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