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Orpheus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 1995)
• Original Release Date: August 30, 1995
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Big Beat UK
• ASIN: B0000004EM
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,029 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #38 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Soft Rock

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Congress Alley

2. Anatomy of: I've Never Seen Love Like This

3. I've Never Seen Love Like This

4. Door Knob

5. Can't Find The Time To Tell You

6. Can't Find The Time To Tell You (uncovered version)

7. Music Machine

8. I'll Stay With You

9. Never In My Life

10. The Dream

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Lover Over Here

2. Just A Little Bit

3. Just A Little Bit (The Villagers Live)

4. Walk Away Renee

5. Roses

6. Magic Air

7. Lovin' You

8. Brown Arms In Houston

9. Me About You

10. I Can Make The Sun Rise

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Collection from Purveyors of Melodic Pop, July 18, 2000

By 

gruggy woof (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

Orpheus, a tragic Greek character who travelled to the land of the dead to charm Hades with his music for the return of his true love. (Though he wins her back the story ends badly... but the music must've been damn GOOD!)

And this collection from these champions of the "Bosstown Sound" bears testament to that... Almost their entire eponymous first album (with the exception of the surprisingly omitted, "Lesley's World") is included on Disc One. It might have been nice to include the radio edit of their one hit, "Can't Find The Time To Tell You" on this collection, but, hey... it took 'em long enough just to make these selections available.

Spectacular production values for 1967! WOW! Great, imaginative arrangements contributing to an almost dreamlike wash of sound, these guys blew the doors off Mike Brown's "Left Banke" with the depth of their musings and the quality of their music. They chose unusual harmonies, Major 7th chords, were influenced by the French impressionists, Satie and Debussy, and by the more modern American sounds of Aaron Copland, in formats of sudden and unusual key changes and modulations, which demanded full orchestration.

It's too bad the double disc set meant that many gems could not be included, like Steve Martin's "Big Green Pearl" from the fourth album. Never-the-less, this double disc is a worthy addition for any collector of melodic pop!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy It!, October 9, 1999

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Chris ([e-mail]) (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

Orpesus produced three albums. All sold out in days. The albums are impossible to come by. The gentle sound and meaningful words bring back a memories of a happier time in the listeners life. This group could've been huge, but kept the quality great and their principles intact. Everyone should enjoy their mellow, loving sound.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless classics from the fathers of Boston rock!,, May 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

Easily one of the best bands to come out of the 60's East Coast music scene, Orpheus created a distinctive sound that influenced the likes of Steely Dan, Boston and more recently, Hootie & The Blowfish.

This 2CD set contains all the tracks from their first three MGM albums with the exception of the 1967 single "Lesley's World" and the song "Don't Be So Serious" from their second album "Orpheus Ascending". The compilation also contains two tracks from their self titled fourth album on the Bell label although it leaves out that album's single "Big Green Pearl".

As a bonus, the compilation contains a stripped down version of "Can't Find The Time", a 1968 radio interview with Bruce Arnold and Alan Lorber explaining the anatomy of the song "I've Never Seen Love Like This" and a version of "Just A Little Bit" by the pre-Orpheus group, The Villagers.