Badfinger

Badfinger | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000QUCN36
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,478 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Miss You

2. Shine On

3. Love Is Easy

4. Song for a Lost Friend

5. Why Don't We Talk?

6. Island

7. Matted Spam

8. Where Do We Go from Here?

9. My Heart Goes Out

10. Lonely You

11. Give It Up

12. Andy Norris

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Badfinger Album, June 5, 2011

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Steve H. Sage "Stevo" (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Badfinger (Audio CD)

I don't know what the people doing a few of the reviews on the sidebar here are talking about. I just listened to the Amazon samples and this IS the original band, not re-recordings. There are a couple of CDs out that are just later recordings by some other version of Badifinger and you should avoid those as they are pale imitations of the original band.

On the other hand, I don't know why this album isn't liked that much by some fans. I have everything Badfinger did and this stacks up well. It rocks out, has great vocals, and great rock and roll playing and production. Listen to the whole album start to finish and if you like Badfinger and what they did, you will like this and have more than a few "wow..this is great" moments in it. Well worth the purchase.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars for Badfinger's 1974 eponomously titled LP, November 10, 2007

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bass boy "music fan" (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Badfinger (Audio CD)

Great CD reissue of this great album by the most underrated rock band of all time. Collector's Choice should be applauded for reissuing this. The sound is very strong. Not overlycompressed, yet not muddy either. To my ears, it sounds very, very close to the LP mix, maybe just a pinch cleaner. The CD artwork book is only four pages (including the CD front cover and back cover) and includes two pages' worth of liner notes. Definitely worth picking up, along with Badfinger "Wish You Were Here," reissued the same day as this, also by Collector's Choice Music. Badfinger fans should be esctatic that these are finally in print in the U.S. (and very affordable!) Thanks CCM!!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another gem by rock's most unsung group, November 12, 2010

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Andrew Claps "Baby Blue" (Detroit, MI, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Badfinger (Audio CD)

I always liked this album. In fact, other than "Wish You Were Here," it's the Badfinger LP I listen to the most--even more than "Straight Up" and "No Dice." That's not to say that the group's Warner Brothers debut is as good as those albums--it is not. However, it is a superbly crafted effort, and in this day and age would probably be hailed as a pop masterpiece.

"Badfinger" is where Pete Ham gets his mojo back as a songwriter. He contributes four excellent songs (the heart-on-a-sleeve brilliance of "I Miss You," "Song for a Lost Friend," the comical "Matted Spam," and the touchingly catchy "Lonely You." He also cowrites two terrific efforts with Tom Evans, the should-been monster hit "Shine On" and "Why Don't We Talk." The band's third major songwriter, Joey Molland, chips in with another coulda-been, "Love Is Easy," "Give It Up," and the absolutely blazing finale, "Andy Norris."

A perfect storm of bad luck, record company incompetence, and poor decisions--the band started recording the LP before their final Apple album, "Ass," had even been released-- conspired to sink "Badfinger" before it even had a chance. Warner Brothers was not happy with its chart performance, and trouble was on the horizon. In two years, their stint with the label would be over and their heart and soul, Pete Ham, would be dead.

For some unknown reason, "Badfinger" is frequently given short shrift by critics. I'm not sure why. It's chocked full of incredibly tuneful, well crafted songs played masterfully. It deserved far better than the fate it received. Collector's Choice should be praised for making this unsung classic widely available again. The remastering is superb--it blows the doors off the import that came out years ago--and the liner notes by Richie Unterberger are informative and well written.

Even if you're not necessarily a Badfinger fan, the group's Warners debut definitely deserves your attention. It is a rock album par excellence and a shining moment in the band's canon.