Customer Reviews

Best of the Crystals

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The are remakes by some members of the original group. The quality is not bad, but these are not the original hits.

I was expecting the original hits by this group on this CD, someone is ripping the public off with a remake of the Crystals hit songs. I never heard Darlene Love in any of the songs, and whoever sang lead on "One fine day" sounds like a Michael Jackson impersonator. I want my money back after waiting 6 weeks to this trash.

I am so disappointed that I paid money for this cd. I'm even more disappointed that I didn't read the reviews before buying it. I agree with the previous comment about the Michael Jackson impersonator though.

I just wanted to warn anyone interested in buying this collection that these are NOT the original recordings. I bought the disc without knowing this, and was extremely disappointed. I find it unlistenable.

I was looking at the webpage for the ABKO 1992 release of "The Best of the Crystals" CD, which is no longer available new, but is available used for $30+ from Amazon vendors. Amazon provides a link to an MP3 download page for the songs....BUT the MP3 songs are not the original recordings found on the 1992 album CD. They sound more like the re-recordings found on the 2004 CD titled "Best of the Crystals". The re-recordings are not real bad, but if you (like me) are looking for MP3s of the orginals, you'll have to keep looking.

I'm sorry I did not pay attention to the reviews before I ordered this item. I agree that it is a remake, but it does not say so anywhere on the CD jacket. It is very deceiving and, if I had known, I would not have purchased it. I will be returning it to Amazon ASAP.

I have nothing against re-making classic music cheaply and on the fly for release as a cheap piece of garbage for people who apparently don't care about the music. The thing is, those CDs say what they are. This "Crystals" CD is one of those, it just happens to conveniently forget that. These are sub-par covers of the songs, regardless of whether there's an original Crystal in the mix or not. Any instrumentation used is universally weak on every song on this CD. The programmed drums are the worst and just get more horrible as the CD progresses. This is not a "best of" collection but a collection of covers one would expect to find in a large cardboard box at Wal-Mart for $2.99. I might not be as peeved if it was stated what this CD is, anywhere on it. It makes it out to be the original recordings which is an absolute, bald faced lie. I literally hate this CD and anyone who worked on it in any form. Waste your money on something else, this CD isn't worth it.

I was terribly disappointed when I listened to this CD! Unfortunately I did not read any of the other reviews before purchase... I cannot even bring myself to listen to it! DO NOT BUY THIS CD-- search for the real deal!!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ORIGINAL CRYSTALS RECORDINGS DO NOT BUY THIS CD. THESE ARE NOT THEM. SOME OF THE SELECTIONS ON THIS RECORDING HAVE DISCO RHYTHM TRACTS... AND NOT GOOD ONES. UNFORTUNATELY I ALSO DID NOT READ THE REVIEWS. IF IT HADN'T BEEN SO INEXPENSIVE I WOULD MAKE SOMEONE RETURN MY MONEY.

I bought this collection thinking the songs were by the original, and they are not. The fabulous, roaring quality one associates with the "wall of sound," under which the Crystals recorded, is not here. If you want the sound this collections provides, then find three or four friends and start singing. The singers are not at all bad, but just not what you want after hearing the originals. DO NOT BUY THIS CD.