The Best Of Big Daddy

Big Daddy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: OGLIO/FONTANA
• ASIN: B00004Z40O
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,568 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was in Big Daddy, April 10, 2001

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David Starns (South Louisiana, a stone's throw from the swamp) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Of Big Daddy (Audio CD)

I was the lead guitarist with Big Daddy for five years (that's me singing "Dancin' in the Dark," "Whip It," and "Super Freak"). I'm not reviewing the album to up the star rating (it seems I don't need to!), but rather to enlist the help of those who enjoy our music.

Not including this compilation, Big Daddy has four albums out. Unfortunately though, the first two ("Whatever Happened to the Band of '59?" and "Meanwhile...Back in the States") have never been available on CD. Though those two are amply represented on this collection, lots of great stuff had to be left off. I may be biased--I left the band just before "Cutting Their Own Groove" was recorded--but I think those first two LP's were the band's best work.

Perhaps if enough people clamored for them, Rhino might eventually release the first two albums on CD. I know I'd love to have a CD of Big Daddy's versions of "Billie Jean," "All Night Long," "Hotel California" and the "Theme From Star Wars." My turntable is broken, and my old cassettes of the albums don't sound so great anymore. So let's make some noise!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Daddy are weird and great!, November 18, 2000

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Monty Ashley (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Of Big Daddy (Audio CD)

The idea behind Big Daddy is taht they take recent songs and play them as though they were from the '50s. For instance, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" is sung with its original melody and harmony, but it's been arranged so it sounds like "Duke of Earl".

This album has selections from all four of Big Daddy's tragically-out-of-print albums, including the brilliant "Sgt. Pepper", where they remade every song on the Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". "A Day in the Life" is done as Buddy Holly would have sung it, and it's mighty fine. There's also a new version of "My Heart Will Go On" with, it says here, "Sound Effects courtesy of Rhino Records 'SON OF SCARY SOUNDS'." Yikes!

All of the songs sound great, and in some cases (I'm thinking particularly about "Super Freak" and "Eye of the Tiger") are actually improved by the new versions.

And it's important to keep this in mind: it's hilarious!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's About Time, September 29, 2001

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Royal City Homeboy (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Of Big Daddy (Audio CD)

The first time that I had ever heard a Big Daddy tune was on Rhino Records 15th anniversary cd. The two tracks were Super Freak and Dancin' In the Dark. Wow!! I thought I had died and gone to parody heaven. Since then, I've purchased Cutting Their Own Groove and their Sgt. Pepper's tribute. These guys are totally awesome. When is Rhino going to reissue Big Daddy's first two releases and what about any live tracks that may be floating around???? All I can say is please Misters Bronson and Foos give us more Big Daddy.