Twice Shy [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Twice Shy [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese reissue of the 1989 album has been remastered and features a bonus track TBA. EMI. 2005.

Tracks:

Move It
Heart The Hunter
Hiway Nights
The Angel Song
Mista Bone
Baby's On Fire
House Of Broken Love
She Only
Once Bitten Twice Shy

Customer Reviews:

80S HARD ROCK AT IT'S BEST!.......2007-05-28

GREAT WHITE WAS ONE OF THOSE BANDS THAT BLEW ME AWAY. THIS RECORD IS BY FAR THERE BEST TO DATE AND THE MOST SUCESSFUL TOO. GREAT SONGS LIKE "HOUSE OF BROKEN LOVE" AND THE TOP 10 HIT "ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY" MAKE THIS RECORD STAND OUT. BUT THE BEAUTIFUL BALLAD "THE ANGEL SONG" IS MY PERSONAL FAVORITE.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ONE TO ANY ROCK FAN!CHECK IT OUT.YOU WON'T BE DISSAPPOINTED.

Great White highlight.......2006-08-21

Great White... 'one heavy lidded bunch of dudes' to quote one reviewer turned up, diddled about for a while and then dissipated to nothingness until tragedy made them more famous than their music ever would. And that's a sad state of affairs indeed. ... Twice Shy is from the band higher profile years when they were unfairly lumped in with the hair metal dudes, a similar fate to Tesla, and were having mild hits such as Mista Bone.

Certainly this ablum is a hybrid between 70's stoner rock and third generation Stonesy hard rock. The tone is set by the opener Move It with it's intro of truck brackes or somesuch putting you instantly on notice that this is going to be a highway cruiser of an album. And in terms of that, tunes such as Move It, Heart the Hunter, Hiway Nights and Mista bone are top notch, totally at home on the radio or jukebox of roadhouses across middle america. Dude, If I ever find myself touring the US by road I'm gonna take this album with me. It would be mandatory.

On the wider appeal front this album runs into problems. A clutch of the songs here are pretty middling stuff like The Angel Song, House of Broken Love and She Only are all pretty dire. Baby On Fire is fairly numbskull but is saved by it's carefree attitude and brisk pace. The covers are suitably chosen and attacked with fun in mind but when three of your eleven tracks are covers it's starting to get indicative of a shallow creative well. Or laziness. And when one of them is a sort of afterthought novelty track it doesn't help, even if it is genuinely amusing.

In a strange way this album has a number of cool cuts but always leaves the listener feeling as if the total is less than the sum of it's parts. It just doesn't hang together. Still, a serious driving album.

Great White's Best Album.......2005-11-15

I've been listening to this record for about two weeks straight, after having rediscovered it. I dug out all my Great White stuff after getting the DVD of their music videos "My, My, My" which brought back so many fond memories. I was first introduced to the band with their astounding single/video "Rock Me", which was a rock/blues opus, utterly unlike anything else on the radio at the time (though today you hear vague resonances of Supertramp in it, due to the harmonica); "Rock Me" was Great White's epic, their "Stairway". I liked most of the singles from the 'first' record (_Once Bitten_), but I thought that it was very inconsistent...some songs were great ("All Over Now", "Save Your Love") and some were very derivative ("Gonna Getcha" sounds too much like AC/DC, and yes, "Never Change Heart" really does sound like Dokken). Yes, I do know now that the band had two records before _Once Bitten_, but I didn't know then. Those each have a few good songs on them ("Face the Day" is a classic).

It was with this record, though, that the band came into their own. It has their biggest selling single, the massively huge cover of Ian Hunter's "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", which is okay. That's not why I like the record. Here's a track by track breakdown of why I do:
1. Move It: Okay, so maybe the lyrics are a little dated and hokey, but this rocks and the sentiment is there..."let's get this mutha on!" Great Mark Kendall guitar solo(9/10)
2. Heart The Hunter: Dokken did something very much like this, and they did it better--"The Hunter" is one of Dokken's best songs...but this is not one of Great White's. It's not a cover, just thematically linked (6/10)
3. Hiway Nights: Funny how they mispelled the first word but not the second; I'da thought "Nites" was in order. Weird mystical meditation on driving ("To this eagle I belong"!?!?) but probably my favorite song on the record. Kendall's song is lame (and that's rare), but the relentless double-bass drum pounding never lets up (10/10)
4. The Angel Song: Thematically similar to Poison's "Fallen Angel", but much more melodic; a sad piano ballad. Also echoes The Kink's "Celluloid Heroes" slightly. Great video, cityscapes at night, though it's hard to tell that Michael Lardie is playing piano at first. Good Kendall solo (10/10)
5. Mista Bone: I didn't like this song when it first came out because it was too over the top. Now I love it. The lyrics are so unbelievably immature that you have to check them out; "innuendo" is no longer an appropriate term. Yet it really is an awesome groove, Tony Montana's bass is utterly crisp; during the verses it's like Kendall and the rhythm section are playing two different songs, but it's brilliant. (11/10)
6. Baby's On Fire: A decent, if cliched rocker, lyrics are a little boring. Reminiscent of Sammy Hagar (9/10)
7. House Of Broken Love: Yeah, man. Awesomely great total downer of a rock song, one of their best. Musically, it's actually somewhat similar to the Police's "King of Pain", but instead of the lyrics following the chords closely, Russell's voice weaves over them in his bluesy style. One problem: the intro solo is WAY too long on the album version (1:30 or so); I actually prefer the video version where it's truncated. But nevertheless (10/10)
8. She Only: Pretty, somber acoustic ballad, very dated sounding with constant arpeggios, but great sentiment and the lyrics are decent (9/10)
9. Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Can't argue with the sales figures, though this is one of my least favorite songs on the record. It's a good, solid rockin' tune (9/10)

You can tell that the success of this song transformed their style somewhat...just listen to the opening track of their next record (_Hooked_) and it's basically part II of this song. That feel carries throughout Hooked and it's kind of disappointing. Compare _...Twice Shy_'s "The Angel Song" to _Hooked_'s "Lovin' Kind"...both are piano ballads, but whereas the former is really in that dark '80s genre, the latter is an attempt to do a more mainstream rock sound...and apologies if you like it, I think "Lovin' Kind" is pretty bad: mundane, boring, bland, blah. "The Angel Song" fills up empty spaces at midnight, "Lovin' Kind" makes more sense around lunchtime. Sorry, I'm a midnight kind of guy, even in my 30s. There are a few good tracks on _Hooked_ ("Desert Moon", "Heartbreaker") but mostly it took a turn for the worst.

Great White are, as every other review says, 'unfairly' lumped in with Poison, Dokken, and so. But you have to remember that back in the day, that's how they were marketed. I think their stuff stands far beyond their peers...and I say this as someone once addicted to Dokken/Lynch Mob, I recognize George Lynch's talent for shredding and respect it greatly. But Dokken never achieved the timelessness of Great White because they were not as solid of a band; Don's voice was strident and his melodic approach stale; Jeff never hit any grinding grooves like "Mista Bone", and the band always seemed like they were about four individuals and not a unit.

Great White was a band, a band with a great singer (who yes, bears more than a passing resemblance to Robert Plant). Mark Kendall was capable enough a shredder, but on reflection, a much more interesting rhythm player than I had given him credit for. Overall the band is more musically sophisticated and bluesy than any of their contemporaries, but I hate to tell you this, and you're going to be mad: they were a Hair Band, and then with "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" they made a bid for more mainstream legitimacy, which is why I don't like most of _Hooked_. I've seen them live ('96 or so), and I've seen Dokken, and Poison. All of them have themes and approaches in common, but many stylistic differences (Poison is pure major-chord fluff, Dokken stays in minor keys with modal solos; GW is bluesy).

There were fast cars, objectification of women, cityscapes, and a lot of talk about "rockin'". There were videos with pretty girls, crazy guitar solos, excessive stage lights. That's Hair Metal or Glam as we used to call it. I was there, I know. I love all that, and I think they went wrong when they turned away from it, though they recoved a little bit on _Psycho City_. _Can't Get There From Here_ is a great rock record from them, but totally different, more like what they were going for with _Hooked_. I love Great White, their music has gotten me through some trying times. You need to see the videos to really understand this band in context.

I would also like to take the time to recommend Icon's "Right Between the Eyes" (1989, Atlantic/Megaforce) if you like this record...good luck finding a copy, though....

The music stands out.......2005-09-14

1989 was a year of glam and all things that stand out. The only thing that stands out here is how good the songs are and the overall sound. There's blues, hard rockers and even a few songs that you'd find your parents listening to. I always felt that this band was worlds better than thier contemperies. Hiway Nights, Mista Bone and (seems classic to me) House of Broken Love are the best songs on the record, but there is not a bad track on this 9 track set. There is very few bands that had their hayday in the 80's that I find pulling out of my CD collection on a regular basis as much as Great White and this just might be their best

This Album Rocks,.......2004-02-05

Blessings to the fans and performers that perished in the fire. God bless them and their families.

I never compared Great White to total glam bands like Poison or Warrant. These guys wore jeans and leather jackets too. GWs sound was more mature if you ask me, more piano and extended guitar riffs with arrangements that were more consistent with 70's style than the all out glam sound.

This CD is worth buying. I would compare Great White more with Tesla than Poison or Warrant. No, its not as good as the first album "once bitten". Crank "House of Broken Love" one time and you'll be captured "if you don't wanna lose your lovin' use it constantly, if theres gonna be lies, suspicious eyes, then baby, baby set me free!" This CD stands on its own no problem.

Tracks:

Warthog, The (The Hog Beneath The Skin)
The Sea Horse
The Chameleon
Whale, The (Mopy Dick)
Je Suis Le Tenebreux
Songs For Our Time
A Song Of The Weather - Flanders & Swann
The Reluctant Cannibal
Greensleeves
Misalliance
Kokoraki
Madeira M'Dear?
Too Many Cookers
Built Up Area
In The Bath (From 'At The Drop Of A Hat')
Sea Fever
The Hippopotamus Song

Tracks:

The Gas Man Cometh
Sounding Brass
Los Olividados
In The Desert
The Sloth
The Rhinoceros
Kangaroo Tango
Jaguar
Dead Ducks
The Elephant
By Air
Slow Train
A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
The Humming Bird
The Portuguese Man-Of-War
Sea Fever
The Hippopotamus Song

Tracks:

The Gas Man Cometh
Sounding Brass
Los Olividados
In The Desert
The Sloth
The Rhinoceros
Kangaroo Tango
Jaguar
Dead Ducks
The Elephant
By Air
Slow Train
A Song Of Patriotic Prejudice - Flanders & Swann
The Humming Bird
The Portuguese Man-Of-War
The Wild Boar
The Ostrich
The Wompom
Twice Shy
Commonwealth Fair
P** P* B**** B** D******
Paris
Eine Kleine Nacht Musik Cha Cha Cha
The Hundred Song
Food For Thought

Album Details

Fantastic Triple CD Box Set of the Recorded Works of One of Britain's Most Popular Comedy Duos. Their Keen Observations of Everyday British Life and Abilities to Exemplify them in Song Made them the Darlings of the UK. Cleverness, Wit and Absoute Hilarity were the Order of the Day, in Just About Any Style of Music. Pure Comic Genius on Three Discs!

Customer Reviews:

Return to Sanity.......2005-07-27

Before Monty Python, before the Beatles, before "'Enery the Aigth Oi Am" there was the subtle, sweet, insdious humor of Flanders and Swann, and their lyrics remain part of the recognition rituals of Ivy Leaguers of the sixties. For any aging hippies or yuppies who find life WAY more stressful than we ever expected, and for whom the down side of alcohol, sex, and drugs has become apparent, I recommend listening several times to "In the Bath". It raises a cry for peace among the nations by inviting all the leaders to sit congenially steaming in a communal bathtub. And they reminding us of our essential self-interest when they add the proviso "as long as Swann and Flanders get the end without the taps." On those nights when we suspect that there isn't any point to it all, reach for the Flanders and Swann. They won't convince you there is any meaning to life, but they'll make it a lot easier to bear. Don't even try to do without it.

Have Some Madeira.......2005-07-06

Not every line in Flanders and Swann has become part of our 37-year marriage, but many have. As our turntables fail, we are pleased that we can relive all the fun stuff we used to collect. Nothing is like this duo, especially what you usually hear as French horn by Mozart converted into "I found that horn go(r)ne." And, of course,
"Have some Madeira, m'dear" is an all-time favorite.

British humour at its best.......2003-03-15

When I started out as a teacher of English, I had the most wonderful colleague as a mentor -- when she retired she gave me three LPs with much of what is on these CDs, and it must be one of the best gifts I have ever been given. Practically all of it makes me smile or laugh out loud (although I must admit that some, like The Armadillo and Slow Train, make me so melancholy that I can just feel my lower lip tremble and my eyes fill up). How can you beat lines like "Hail to thee, blithe Wompom", or "The English are moral, the English are good / And clever, and modest, and misunderstood"? I find they make great listening exercises for my teenaged students as well -- they consider it ancient, but incredibly funny!

If you haven't heard this..........2003-01-16

The great comedic pairing of the late Michael Flanders (vocals) and Donald Swann (piano and occasional vocals) must surely rank among the hall of fame of comic singers and songwriters. Descended from the British music hall tradition, these two men wrote and performed music which still sparkles with wit today, some 40 or more years since it was recorded.

After being told to take up singing as a means of strengthening his polio-weakened lungs, the wheelchair-bound Flanders teamed up with pianist Swann and proceeded to write such classic songs as "The Hippo Song (Mud Mud Glorious Mud)", "The Gasman Cometh", "The Gnu Song", "A Transport of Delight" and many others. As well as a gently satirical spirit, all these songs feature the sublime wordplay and interplay of both men.

The first two discs of this box set are actual concerts - "At The Drop Of A Hat" and its successor "At The Drop Of Another Hat". Recorded at the height of the duo's popularity and form, the sound quality is surprisingly good for recordings this old.

"At The Drop Of A Hat" opens with three of the Flanders and Swann classics. "Transport Of Delight", a song in praise of the "97 horsepower omnibus" features the wonderful harmonies of the duo on lines like "any more fares" and Flanders' dead-on impression of a London busdriver "Geddardait, we're full right up inside". "Song of Reproduction" deals with the new, as it was then, stereo technology and features Flanders delivering an incredible monologue using every conceivable piece of audiophile jargon. "The Gnu Song" (in which "gnu" is pronounced phonetically) is a real treat. The audience's reaction to the reappearance of the gnu is superb.
As well as this opening trio, the disc features Flanders' snippets of "Songs For Our Time" (in which he experiments with conventions of hit songs), "Song of the Weather" (a rundown of English weather throughout the year), "The Reluctant Cannibal" (featuring Swann in the tititular role and the chorus "I can't eat people/I won't eat people/eatin' people is wrong"), Swann's foray into Greek folksong "Kokraki" and the justifiably famous "Madeira M'Dear". The performance ends with a rousing version of "The Hippo Song".
Flanders is in fine voice throughout and his comments introducing each song are delivered with deadpan accuracy. The story behind "The Gnu Song" is an absolute masterpiece. Flanders' monologue about the creation of "Greensleeves" is also superb - "'Greenfleeves'. That's an interesting name for a fong" (referencing old English script) being just a taste.

"Another Hat" begins in equally fine form with "Gasman Cometh" and "Ill Wind". "Gasman", presaged as "a tale of unending domestic upheaval", is sure to have most people who've ever dealt with unreliable tradesmen nodding in agreement, while "Ill Wind" is Flanders' attempt at setting words to a French horn concerto featuring the immortal lines "I lost that horn/lost that horn/lost that horn/found that horn/gorn". The performance continues with Swann's Russian/English song "In The Desert", the ending of which is truly side-splitting. "All Gall" (a reinterpretation of "This Old Man" to fit then-French President Charles de Gaulle) is a little dated but very cleverly done. "Song of Patriotic Prejudice", with its introduction and opening lines grabbing the audience's attention is another triumph, while the "Hippo Encore" is a great end to the performance.
Again Flanders is at his peak. His loving description of the Spanish olive-stuffers ("Olividados") and his superb story about flying ("By Air") are both brilliant examples of the shaggy dog story.
My favourite from both of these discs would have to be "First and Second Law". Flanders decides to educate Swann in elementary science and picks on the first and second laws of thermodynamics ("heat is work and work is heat" and "heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body") and the repetition of these phrases in time to Swann's barely-there piano accompaniment is one of the finest moments in British comedy.

The third disc is largely forgettable. It begins with a series of animal-related songs performed in a studio and without much of Flanders' rambling introductions. "Warthog" has its moments, while the others were clearly not performed in front of an audience for a reason. "Wompom" is also mildly diverting, presenting a story about a made-up substance which is the answer to everything.
The rest of the disc is then filled out with much earlier material in a rather poorly-recorded concert. "20 Tons of TNT" (related to the calculation the pair had done which gave that as the amount of TNT per person on the planet at the time) provides food for thought, but little more.

Is this box set for everyone? No. Much of the humour both within and without the songs does require a bit of background knowledge to what was going on in Britain and Europe at the time (1960s), John Profumo is referenced a few times as well as Charles de Gaulle and the Common Market, while a smattering of classical music knowledge can help out a bit with Swann's work and "Ill Wind". The fact that my grandfather (who's in his late 70s) recalls hearing these songs and laughing may give an indication as to the age of some of the subject matter. Equally the fact that "First and Second Law" references an awful lot of physics might do the same.

Nevertheless, for anyone who loves British humour done in a gentle manner or who is interested in the source of "mud mud glorious mud/nothing quite like it for cooling the blood", give these CDs some serious consideration.

Gentle Satire.......2002-04-03

I've been singing Flanders and Swann every day In the Bath since I first heard them in 1964. If you don't know them, think Gilbert and Sullivan by way of English music hall and Noel Coward, with a bit of Tom Lehrer musical satire and classic Bob Newhart or Charlie Manna monologues. F&S commented gently on their times: "The purpose of satire, it has been rightly said, is to strip away the veneer of comfortable illusion and cozy half-truth. And our job, as I see it, is to put it back again." Quite simply the best comic songs and patter of the 20th century. Michael died in 1975, Donald in 1994. Goodnight, Mabel Figworthy, wherever you are.

Here are some samples of Michael's verbal wit.

Wordplay:
- "A Transport of Delight," their song of the pleasures of the double-decker bus "has recently been adopted as the theme song of the Underground resistance movement."
- Speculating that Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves: "and the royalties go to royalty."
- About a tennis referee late in the day: "the umpire upon whom the sun never sets."
- Explaining how he was hoisted in his wheelchair onto airliners by a fork lift: "Why they need a great machine like that to lift forks I do not know. Well, they're only plastic, now, aren't they?"
- On status symbols: "The object is to Gunga Din your neighbor: 'I'm a better man than you' is the acid test," and, "let's bang our status cymbals with the best."
- To a disenchanted cannibal: "You used to be a regular anthropophagi."
- Of a lecher: "And he said as he hastened to put out the cat, the wine, his cigar, and the lamps," while the girl "lowered her standards by raising her glass, her courage, her eyes, and his hopes."
- At the corrida d'olivas (the Andorran festival of olive stuffing, not to be confused with the Spanish corrida de toros, or bullfight): "And a great cry goes up of Ole! He has made an 'ol."
- "It's no good going up to a scientist and saying to him like you would to anybody else, 'Good morning, how are you, lend me a quid, and so on.' He'll just glare at you, or make a rude retort."

Throw-aways
- During the height of the cold war the Soviet Union sent the Moscow Ballet on a world tour. Donald sang one chorus of the Hippopotamus Song "mud, mud, glorious mud - nothing quite like it for cooling the blood" in Russian. Michael: "That should improve our cultural relations."
- During the 1963 Mandy Rice-Davies and Christine Keeler scandal: "None of that going around saying no smoke without fire. Nil cumbustibus, Profumo." Also, from "Friendly Duet," "such models of friendship are precious and rare, while the friendship of models is not."
- "Now if you're writing a musical, as I'm sure practically all of you are, . . ."
- Of Donald: "You know that no one has a higher regard for your music . . . than you do yourself. I merely meant that you are not great because you are not dead. If you wish to be great you must stop composing and start decomposing."
- "We never found a rhyme for (Soviet Premier Nikita) "Kruschev" until he was dead: Did he die or was he "pushed off"?"
- "We spent two dreadful, uh, delightful years, entertaining the Americans whose need, let's face it, is greater even than yours. Of course, when we're over there we say that the other way 'round."
- "No matter what you may say about the Germans, and who doesn't . . ."
- "Some of the songs that have made our names a household word, like slop-bucket . . ."
- "They've started testing cars now. They started at 10 years, then 5, now three. There's even some talk of having them tested before they leave the factory."

Absurdities
- "I'm delirious about our new oven fitted with the eye-level grill. This means that without my having to bend down the hot fat can squirt straight into my eye."
- A spectator during the construction of Stonehenge: "So, it's not going to be lived in. Well, that's something anyway. So what is it, then? It's a what?! A calendar?! A bit big for a calendar isn't it? You'd look pretty foolish with that on your desk."
- "Donald knocked himself out this morning. Got one of those new pop-up toasters. Nasty things."

Incredible multiple rhymes:
- "The fair hippoptama he aimed to entice from her seat on her hilltop above, as she hadn't got a ma to give her advice, went tip-toeing down to her love."
- Of Josephine: "Nonsense, said Bonaparte. She lives on her own, apart, in her own apartment."
- "Oh let us be married if our parents don't mind. We'd be happy and inseparable. Inextricably entwined. We'd live happily every after, said the Honeysuckle to the Bindweed."
- "And you'll always see a single lace-less left-hand leather boot. A bootless British river bank's a shock. We leave them there at midnight, you can track a member's route by the alternating print of boot and sock."

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In the higher tiers of rock and roll...

Twice Shy ... and Remastered !!

Twice Shy
Great White
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Move It
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Hiway Nights
The Angel Song
Bitches And Other Women"It`S O
Mister Bone
Baby`S On Fire
House Of Broken Love
She Only
Once Bitten Twice Shy
Wasted Rock Ranger
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Album Description

Japanese reissue of the 1989 album has been remastered and features a bonus track TBA. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

In the higher tiers of rock and roll..........2007-05-17

This review will discuss three subjects, specifically: the content of this album, the sound quality of this remaster and Great White, in general.

This edition's bonus tracks are a waste, to me, because they are added to a CD that's already a classic and they aren't of the same quality. However, the remaster is decent, augmenting the sound output that previously was good, but a bit flat...

I just can't believe this CD. I thought to myself the other day that the best hard rock bands of all time were likely "Def Leppard", "Van Halen", "Scorpions", "Judas Priest", "Whitesnake", "ACDC" and "Iron Maiden". I have to say now, that "Great White" is in that same league. Look, it's hard to even say what CD is their best. There are so many of their CD's that are awesome and in the same league as the groups mentioned above. I first saw Great White at the PNE Coliseum opening for Kiss in 1992. Their hairstyle and clothing was still very much stuck in 1984, which they've changed now, but their performance was close to blowing Kiss off the stage.

Referring to this particular CD: "Move It", "Hiway Nights", "Baby's On Fire", "House of Broken Love", "Angel Song". All EXCELLENT songs. That's discounting even "Once Bitten Twice Shy", arguably their biggest hit, which is not that great, in my opinion. Mark Kendall is a great feeling guitar player with pretty good chops, holding his own with the best of them and Jack Douglas has to go down as quite possibly the best rock vocalist of all time. Not too many can touch him. Lou Gramm, David Coverdale, Klaus Meine (of Scorpions) might be in contention along with a few others. That's about it. Excellent CD from an excellent band.

Twice Shy ... and Remastered !!.......2007-01-06

This is one of my favorite CDs of the last 15 years and I have been wanting to replace my old, beat up copy. I did not know it had been remastered as an import so I picked this one up through Amazon. The remastering is pretty good ... not as good as other band's releases but not bad enough to warrant a demotion in stars. Compared to the original release this one just sounds louder, not much crisper. What is cool is it includes 2 extra tracks - Bitches And Other Women and the popular Wasted Rock Ranger. If you are a fan of the band you probably already have this CD but if you are looking to add it to your collection ... this isn't a bad way to go. Enhanced sound and added tracks make it worth it to me.

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Ian Hunter is one of the great everyman rockers. Frontman for the mighty if ill-starred Mott the Hoople (whose big break was followed shortly by a lamentable implosion), Hunter went solo in the mid-1970s, scoring early on with the likes of "Once Bitten Twice Shy," "Cleveland Rocks," and "Ships" (the latter an unlikely hit for Barry Manilow). Into the '80s and '90s, the frizzy-haired Brit with the Dylanesque vocal delivery missed his mark as often as not, but one couldn't help root for a guy who reconciled his smart, sensitive, and impudent sides and made music that reflected those same qualities. This 38-track, two-CD retrospective organizes Hunter's post-glam solo work from 1975 'til 1996, clustering the rockers on the first disc and the ballads on the second. Further sequenced in chronological order, the discs lose momentum as they progress, but most of the two sides of Hunter range from good to grand. Not bad for a rock & roll journeyman. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Ambitious 2 disk collection of 38 songs..........2004-10-11

Ambitious 2 disk collection of 38 songs with the first disk being rockers and the second ballads. In addition to the obvious songs it contains b-sides, alternate versions, songs from movie soundtracks and unreleased tracks. It also includes a nice 28 page booklet with some witty comments from Hunter on each song. Now to nit-pik, it should have been in chronological order, it skipped over several hits including Just Another Night, and it has him doing All The Young Dudes with Def Leppard. Yeach! I guess one of the best things about being old is that I was lucky enough to see a Mott The Hoople concert at their creative peak at the Boston Orpheum. Another plus to help offset Leppard is it has the Genya Raven duet, Junkman. Did you know that Van Morrison was supposed to be the male vocalist on that? Despite the nitpicking I still give it * * * * .
P.S. - I think that Hunter, along with Mick Jagger and Joe Strummer is one of the few British singers who actually sound British.

The Best of...not really........2001-12-16

No matter how you view Ian Hunter's contributions to rock, his is a long, varied, and storied career. This collection gives you a listen to a number of Hunter's best work along with a variety of other tunes that are of interest to long time Hunter fans. But your first clue that this is far from a true best of comes when you realize the songs that are missing, "Irene Wilde","Just Another Night", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" among the many tunes that should be here. (You are told to refer to the albums for these tunes...if you can't get the best songs on a best of collection what's the point?)Then read Hunter's own comments about the song "Justice of the Peace"- "Fabricated. The whole Overnight Angels album was recorded too high for my voice"...Does this sound like a greatest hit? I enjoyed this collection and the idea of dividing the songs into Rockers and Ballads but I'm still waiting for a true Greatest Hits collection for this incredible artist.

A great collection, but not for Hunter neophytes.......2001-06-08

Putting together a collection like this always creates a dilemma, one that is usually solved by screwing true fans who have to pay for an album full of songs they already have in order to obtain a rarity or two. Because the compilers of this collection went the opposite way, I'm really inclined to give it 5 stars on general principle.

Out of the 38 songs on these two discs, only 12 are standard album versions, and of those 4 are from "Overnight Angels" and "All Of The Good Ones Are Taken" which are out of print and damn near impossible to find on cd. Everything else is an alternate take, a single edit, previously unreleased, or rare soundtrack material. Amazingly, none of these rarities coincide with the disc of rarities released with the reissue of "Short Back 'n' Sides" a few years ago. So what you have here is really a generous gift to the fans.

On the other hand, as several other reviewers have noted, the lack of some of Hunter's strongest and/or most familiar material (squeezed out by the large number of outtakes and rarities) makes this a very poor introduction/overview of Hunter's career. The casual fan just looking to get a standard "best of" compilation will likely be left cold, and this is certainly not the selection of tracks I would choose to introduce a friend to Hunter's quirky charms. Nevertheless, a lot of the rarities are quite good, especially the moving live performance of "Michael Picasso". If you are already among the converted, you will definitely want this one. If you are a casual fan, caveat emptor.

Greatest Unknown Rockstar!?.......2001-02-10

I have followed Ian's career since the days of Mott The Hopple. He has released some of the best music in rock history, that is virtually unknown to the general public. All the Young Dudes is about the only recognizable song for most. This 2 CD set is a great starter for those about enter the world of Mr.Hunter. While I would have preferred to hear some other tunes that I think are perhaps better songwriting, I must leave it to Ian to provide us what HE thinks should be on His records. My only regret is that he did not include the song, American Music, one of the greatest tributes to the original roots of rock n' roll. I cannot say enough good things about this artist. Just listen to Once Bitten Twice Shy and God. Oh, by the way, the next one you should buy is Welcome To The Club with Mick Ronson, perhaps in the top 5 greatest live albums ever! Enough Said 'Rock On Ian'

All The Way From Shropshire - A Real Rock Gem.......2001-02-06

When Mott The Hooples classic All The Young Dudes hit the shelf almost thirty years ago, I was one of the first in line to buy it - and the music of Ian Hunter has been one of the many constants in my life ever since.

This is the hidden history of rock and roll, the essential essence, its timeless qualities and haunting reminders of disquieting beauty, vulnerability and inner strength. Ian Hunter is one of rocks true long distance runners, who has made rock and roll his life, carried out with true dedication, professionalism and honesty that is reflected in his rockers and ballads. Ian Hunter is the real working class rock hero that Lennon characterized so well, and Ian knows and lets us know what he thinks this thing called life is all about.

Regards,

Martyn R Jones

2.0 (Two Point Zero)
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2.0 (Two Point Zero)
Mark Kendall
Manufacturer: Bin Fin Music Group.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0007WBNX4
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Tracks:

Where the Lovers Go
You Lift Me Up
Close to You
Buckle Down
Fantasize
Sweet Child
I`M the Man
Hail to the Kitty
Still Dreamin'
Heartbreakers
Kill That Red Rooster

Product Description

Mark Kendall's 1st solo album from veteran rock band Great White. Tracks: (1) Where the Lovers Go (2) You Lift Me Up (3) Close to You (4) Buckle Down (5) Fantasize (6) Sweet Child (7) I'm the Man (8) Hail to the Kitty (9) Stilll Dreamin' (10) Heartbreakers (11) Kill that Red Rooster - Released on Big Fin Records 2005 Produced by M. Kendall, R. Montague, and T. Chadwick

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Fine collection
A great introduction to the artist
ian hunter
Ian Hunter - once bitten , twice shy

Once Bitten Twice Shy
Ian Hunter
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004T99J
Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

Once Bitten Twice Shy
Who Do You Love
Colwater High [#]
One Fine Day [#]
Truth, the Whole Truth, Nuthin' But the Truth
All American Alien Boy [#]
Common Disease [#]
Justice of the Peace
When the Daylight Comes
Cleveland Rocks
Bastard
Gun Control
Speechless
Traitor [#]
(I'm the) Teacher [#]
Great Expectations (You Never Know What to Expect) [#]
Good Man in a Bad Time [#]
Women's Intuition [#]
Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady [#]
All the Young Dudes [Live][#] - Def Leppard, Ian Hunter

Tracks:

Shades Off (Poem) [#]
Boy
Letter to Britannia from the Union Jack
You Nearly Did Me In
(God) Advice to a Friend [#]
Shallow Crystals
Ships
Standin' in My Light
Outsider
Junk Man [#]
Old Records Never Die
All of the Good Ones Are Taken
Seeing Double
Bluebirds [#]
Sunshine Eyes [#]
Ill Wind [#]
All Is Forgiven [#]
Michael Picasso [Live]

Album Description

Double CD collection featuring 38 tracks including all the classics plus 18 unreleased, rare or demo recordings. Amongst the gems from the vaults are 'Coldwater High', 'One Fine Day' and a live version of 'All The Young Dudes' with DefLeppard. 32 page booklet packed with notes and photos. Slimline double jewel case housed in a slipcase. 2000.

Album Details

38 Tracks, 18 Unreleased, Rare and Demo Recordings. Includes 32-page Booklet with Detailed Notes and Loads of Rare Photos.

Customer Reviews:

Fine collection.......2000-10-18

I've been waiting for something like this for awhile, and overall it exceeds expectations.

Caveat: This is definitely not a "greatest hits" collection, and as such it'll be received better by fans than by the casual listener. There are some of the "hits" (Once Bitten, Cleveland Rocks, etc.), but it's more a sort of retrospective that covers a lot of unreleased stuff, undoubtedly of more interest to fans.

Having said all that, Ian says he's an acquired taste, and that's true, so I bet most people buying this collection already have most, if not all of his albums. In that context it wouldn't really have made sense to put all those familiar, favorite songs on here exactly as they appear on the albums. The radio edits are interesting in their own rights - little lyric changes on All American Alien Boy and a shorter Women's intuition (the album version always seemed a tad long for me anyway), etc. - regardless of whether they're "superior" to the ones we're used to. The rarities are largely excellent. A few don't grab me, but so what? Ian's liner notes for each song are brief but interesting and, of course, honest. Even he doesn't fancy absolutely everything he's put out...

And yeah, as with most collections, everyone (including me) is gonna have an opinion about what tracks should've made the final cut and which should've been left off, but you can't please all the people all the time, and this set gives a great representation of the many facets of Ian (with fantastic input from the people he's played with over the years, especially Mick). The sound quality is excellent, too.

This set is a slice of incredible, unique musical history. Only minor subjective complaints - overall really excellent. Maybe it's not ABSOLUTELY perfect to me, but I give it five stars anyway because, well, it's Ian.

(Note to record company: Ian's got more than enough classic songs to put out a proper "greatest hits" collection for newer fans, and even diehard fans would probably shell out the $ for it, so run that up the flagpole too, please...)

A great introduction to the artist.......2000-07-12

If all you have ever heard of Ian Hunter is the theme from Drew Carey show, this is a great place to start! Hunter is one of the great rockers of our time and has little to show for it. Hopefully this album will bring Ian back into the public eye. If your a long time fan, this is the colleciton you've been waiting for, if your just discovering Ian, start here. And yes, Cleveland Rocks is on this album!

ian hunter.......2000-07-12

ian who.....oh my what you don't know about this great rocker....leader of mott the hoople....one of the great stage performers in rock....literal, funny, intelligent marriage of blonde on blonde era lyrics with a stones backbeat and you come up with the great ian hunter....nothing against great white, but the original young dude is the best.... he never comes up short... pick up the live cd or the upcoming best of...it'll open your eyes

Ian Hunter - once bitten , twice shy.......2000-07-11

I don't know whos came first but this one has nothing on the Great white version back in the 80's.. "Ian WHO?" , should 've saved the money for the studio and bought some bud's..

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Once Bitten Twice Shy
Great White
Manufacturer: capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LY91QO

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twice shy

...Twice Shy
Great White
Manufacturer: Indent Series
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Move It
Heart The Hunter
Hiway Nights
The Angel Song
Mista Bone
Baby's On Fire
House Of Broken Love
She Only
Once Bitten Twice Shy

Customer Reviews:

twice shy.......2002-04-16

great recording have been looking for this a long time. thanx
larry

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Rock the First

Manufacturer: Sandstone Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0009K7D1A

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Once Bitten Twice Shy
Various
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RQTO2C

Product Description

Track Listing: 1. Pocket Change - Amazing grace; 2. No More Droids - Failure; 3. Easement - Worthy God; 4. Duckie - Embrace; 5. Calibretto 13 - KGB; 6. The Roosevelts - Life's a bore; 7. Zeal - Beautiful loser; 8. Spitting Image - Take it or leave it; 9. Subtrain - Bone; 10. Unwind - The Game; 11. Harmonium - Delicate; 12. Chagrin - Wake up; 13. Buckledown - Not alone; 14. 3 Car Pile Up - The blood; 15. The DBG's - My friends an addict; 17. The Pantlegs - Return to woodcrest; 18. Nashville Fats - Grace; 19. Greg Strange - Holy rollin' hot rod

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