Best of Atomic Rooser 1 & 2 [Import]

Atomic Rooster | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Saraja
• ASIN: B00000JCO3
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #739,398 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Devil's Answer

2. Play It Again

3. End Of The Day

4. Tomorrow Night

5. Lost In Space

6. Loose Your Mind

7. Control Of You

8. Oh She, Oh She's My Woman

9. Death Walks Behing You

10. Sleeping For Years

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Who's Looking For You

2. Lose Your Mind

3. Watch Out

4. I Don't Need You Anymore

5. He Did It Again

6. The Show

7. Start To Live

8. Living Underground

9. End Of The Day

10. Take It For Granted

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing to Crow about, December 30, 1999

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Rock Expert "Rock Expert" (Montgomery, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Atomic Rooser 1 & 2 (Audio CD)

A lot of music for the money but nothing to crow about. If you know Atomic Rooster then you know Death Walks and In Hearing are their best. If your new to their music get those cds first. This is good for the fans to get some later stuff and live takes. Atomic Rooster gave us Carl Palmer and the wonderful Vincent Crane on keyboards. Very cool progressive music from the 70's. Enjoy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best, but not bad either!, October 26, 2002

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Shades Below (Tacoma, WA U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Atomic Rooser 1 & 2 (Audio CD)

A great bulk of this CD collection is from the self-titled album they did in 1980 for EMI in Britain, minus one cut ("In The Shadows"). It's not a bad record, but just as they had reunited, EMI threw money at them to make a record, and so all aspects of it were very rushed, and it didn't do anything when it came out. One of the best things about the album is Preston Heyman's hard, solid drumming. Paul Hammond eventually returned on drums.
Other tracks on here include subsequent single cuts and some unreleased material on disc 2, the best being the alternate version of "End Of The Day", and the non-LP cut "Throw Your Life Away".

3.0 out of 5 stars Atomic Rooster-Quantity... but not necessarily Quality, December 7, 2004

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Hevy Kevy "Music Maniac" (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Atomic Rooser 1 & 2 (Audio CD)

"Vince Crane"...not a household name by any means...but he was the keyboard wizard of "The Crazy World of Arthur Brown"...remember "Fire"?? This band also included Carl Palmer, who would later departed for Emerson, Lake & Palmer. This is a great deal in respect to the amount of music for the money (2 CDs). The Volume 1 disc kicks off with a live version of "Devil's Answer" both different and interesting. Overall quality for the most part, on both discs, was good. I was somewhat dissapointed though, some of the tracks, i.e. "Death Walks Behind You", were actually recorded off a vinyl LP. It was complete with pops and cracks. At a couple of points I almost expected to hear the record skip!! But, because of previously unreleased tracks, re-recorded material and alternate versions, hardcore Rooster fans may want this addition to their CD library. For me, I'd be happy with just the "Death Walks Behind You" disc. On this CD set "Atomic Rooster-Vol 1 & 2", Quantity was GREAT!!...but Quality was just OK.