Best of Louie Louie 2

The Best Of Louie Louie (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 1992)
• Original Release Date: October 24, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032G2
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #364,451 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Louie, Louie - Paul Revere & The Raiders

2. Louie, Louie - Mongo Santamaria

3. Louie, Louie - Red Square

4. Louie, Louie - Tyme Code With Steve Sparling

5. Louie, Louie - The Angels

6. Surfin' Louie - The Shockwaves

7. Louie, Louie - Pete Fountain

8. Louie, Louie - The Kinks

9. Louie, Louie - Stanley Clarke/George Duke

10. Louie, Louie - Ike & Tina Turner

Editorial Reviews

This CD is an out of print collectible! It is the original 1989 Rhino release. Catalog R2 70515.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you liked Vol.1, you'll love Vol.2!, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of Louie Louie 2 (Audio CD)

This volume is even better than volume one. It contains some fabulous and inventive takes on the classic tune, without the "novelty" songs of the first volume. My favorite is the Angels and their very authentic recreation, including the false start after the guitar solo.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's "Louie Louie" time!, January 12, 2005

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Louie Louie 2 (Audio CD)

This was the second (and last) album of various versions of "Louie Louie" released by Rhino Records. This time around, there is only one novelty version recorded especially for the album (the first volume had three novelty versions). That would be the version sung in Russian by the fake Russian rock band Red Square. Every other version of the song was previously released, and they are more or less played seriously. It can get a bit tedious hearing the same song over and over again, which is probably why the CD limits itself to ten tracks. At least they found versions of the song played in several different styles; including pop-rock, latin jazz, girl group, surf, New Orleans jazz, British Invasion, jazz-rock and R&B. If "Louie Louie" is your favorite song, you need to get this CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps even better than volume 1, December 2, 2002

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Michael Oneal-petterson "I'm Peggy!" (Altadena, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Louie Louie 2 (Audio CD)

Looking back over the track listing of both this and Volume 1, I like more of the tracks on Volume 2. Granted this one doesn't have Black Flag, but makes up for it with the Angels, The Kinks, Ike and Tina Turner, and Mongo Santamaria. There's also a novelty-synth remake by Tyme Code which incorporates other 3-chord songs such as "Hang on Sloopy" and "Wild Thing." For Louie purists this borders on blasphemy, but it's done with taste.

So, if you love Louie Louie, you'll love this album. If you don't, it will get really old, really fast.