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Best of Rockers & Ballads

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So what if Roger isn't much of a song writer, he did Co-write some songs in "rocks in the head"......Great Songs here like "say it isn't so joe", "without your love", "one man band", "oceans away" + a few others. Too bad "Best Bits" is Out Of Print, now there is a true Roger Daltrey Compilation! Also of note " Parting Should Be Painless" is Rogers Best Sung album, although it is a cover album, somehow Every song is Good to Excellent, i strongly Urge you to Hunt this

Like the tittle say, this CD contains only great ballads sung (not composed) by DAltrey, who has one the most amazing rockin' voices of all times. But it is only for his mostly dedicated fans, because the ballads are so sugar, with Daltery's work from 1973 to 1980.

This compilation covers only Daltrey's early career as a solo artist, 1973-1980, which happens to be his weakest period. Still, there are a handful of great tunes - "Without Your Love", "Free Me", "Oceans Away" - and a few that are just good. If your a Who/Daltrey fan who has to have everything, then you don't need my advice. Otherwise, I'd buy Moonlighting, which covers Daltrey's entire solo career and includes nearly all of what is covered on this collection.

Without Pete Townshend writing the songs for him, Roger Daltrey seems very much adrift as an artist. That is dramatically illustrated with this collection in which the quality of the songs varies widely. It starts off with his best three songs as a solo artist, "A Hard Life/Giving it All Away" and the pretty ballad "Without Your Love." After that it is a hit or miss affair. Most of the material was recorded in the 1970s, and a lot of it lacks the timeless quality of Who recordings and sounds dated. One should also note that this collection does NOT include Daltrey's Townshend-penned 1985 minor hit "After the Fire."

Overall, not a bad collection for nostolgia purposes, but hardly a vital body of work.