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There's more to Katrina and the Waves than "Walking On Sunshine, though that song alone puts them in the pantheon of power pop. Katrina has a great big powerful soul voice and The Waves were a tight and funky little oufit. Kimberly Rew is one of the least heralded guitarists out there but his playing is impeccable and his songwriting is a force to be reckoned with. The Waves first two albums were their best and Anthology wisely cherry picks the best of those two records. "Sunshine", "Going Down To Liverpool", "Que Te Quiero", and "Is That It?" are perfect little gems from a decade that had little else to reccomend it.Get this and get put some sunshine in your CD tray.

One of the great injustices of the music world was the inability of this band to sustain the popularity brought to them by their GREAT hit single "Walking On Sunshine." You remember that song. It was the one you cranked up on the volume during the summer of 1985.

What people failed to realize is that Katrina and the Waves were NOT a "one hit wonder" as they are so often thought. What's more, this "Best of" compilation, collects such musts as "Do You Want Crying" "Going Down To Liverpool" "Mexico" "Game of Love" "Cry For Me" "Que Te Quiero" and "Sun Street" just to name a few.

Buy this and make amends for having ignored this band for far too long!

From "Walking On Sunshine" (yep!) to "I really taught me to Watusi",Katrina & the Waves make us enter their "pop-rock" world.And don't it feel good!! Of course,there are songs from "KatW" (85),"Waves" (86),"Break of hearts" (89) and "Pet the Tiger" (91).The first 2 ones contain some hits,the last 2 were unfair flops.But don't hesitate to get that CD,you'll never get enough of Katrina's voice and Kimberley Rew's skillful guitar.Too bad the summary of Katrina & the Waves' carrier stops in 91,because they recorded some good CDs after that(not so great I must admit).In 97 the band came in the sunlights again by winning the Eurovision Song Contest but their new CD "Walk On Water" didn't score,though Katrina is singing better than ever.Don't wait now,plunge into this anthology and appreciate the band's unfairly forgotten talent.

Call me a sucker for a pretty face, but let's not overlook the fact that Katrina & The Waves wrote some brilliant pop songs which stood out during an era noted for brilliant pop songs. Led by knockout lead singer and former Army brat Katrina Leskanich and featuring ex-Soft Boy Kimberly Rew on guitar chores, the band hit big with perennial MTV favorite "Walking On Sunshine" (included here, of course), but dismissing them as one-hit wonders is just wrong. "Going Down To Liverpool," "Game Of Love," and "Do You Want Crying" are all bursting with hooks and while the band built a career on such happy fare, they could also go over to the dark side (sorry George Lucas!), like they did on "Tears For Me" and "Sun Street." After the success of "Walking On Sunshine," and a pretty decent second album ("Waves"), however, Katrina & The Waves pretty much faded away and The Bangles stepped in and stole their thunder. A must for the collection of any power pop fan.

Summer will be here before you know it and you don't want to be caught another summer without this Katrain & the Waves compilation because "Walking on Sunshine" remains THE summer anthem.

But if you think that "Walking on Sunshine" is all there is to this band you are in for one MAMMOTH surprise. "Game of Love," "Going Down to Liverpool," "Que te Quiero" and the SCORCHING "Mexico" are all just a few of the other songs on the CD that just scream SUMMER. It ain't summer until you hear them.

Although the Waves are history, fans of Katrina will know that she hosted a late night program on BBC Radio Two and recently (March or April, 2000) left it. She has just cut her first solo song, "In Our Hearts", which appears on a compilation album called "Mum's the Word". It's done by female artists which include the Spice Girls, Martine McCutcheon, Steps and possibly Madonna. All proceeds go to the British charity Baby Lifeline. The album is released by Blueprint Music in the UK on June 19th.

This CD goes with me everywhere - especially during the summer.

"Walking on Sunshine" is, quite possibly, the greatest summertime song ever and other tracks like "Mexico" "Game of Love" "Que Te Quereo," "Do You Want Crying, and "Going Down To Liverpool" are icing on the cake. But let us not forget that Katrina also had a way with the ballad. "The Sun Won't Shine Without You," and "Cry To Me" are proof of this.

What is frustrating about this disc is that it leaves the listener wanting more, and sadly there is not more - at least not available. Won't somebody reissue more KATW? PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

of the great injustices of the music world was the failure of this terrific band to sustain the popularity brought to them by the glorious top ten single "Walking On Sunshine."

Although incorrectly dismissed as a "one hit wonder" (the band had four other hits crack the U.S. charts) this album alone has a slew of cuts to make future music historians wonder just what was wrong with the musical priorities on the mid 1980's. "Do You Want Crying," "Que Te Quiero," Going Down To Liverpool," "The Game of Love" and the blistering "Mexico" are just a few of the highlights of this magnificent example of power pop song craft.

I guess we just did not deserve Katrina and the Waves, but here is an opportunity to make amends. BUY THIS TODAY!

Makess me remember that awesome decade of "The 80's" and how much fun it was.

The whole Anthology CD is OUTSTANDING, but 'Walking on Sunshine' may be the best three minutes and fifty seconds of popular music ever recorded!!!!!