Best Of: Ten Best Series

The Power Station | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Special Products
• ASIN: B0000APVHW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,921 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Some Like It Hot

2. Murderess

3. Lonely Tonight

4. Harvest for the World

5. Get It On (Bang a Gong)

6. Communication [Special Club Mix]

7. Taxman

8. The Heat Is On [Dub]

9. Go to Zero

10. Dancing in the Street [Live][#]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I'm not sure who this is supposed to appeal to..., December 25, 2004

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V. M. Fay "Music Lover" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Of: Ten Best Series (Audio CD)

First off, let me start by saying that I am a big fan of the original two Power Station albums (The Power Station and the sadly overlooked Living In Fear). Andy & John Taylor of Duran Duran put together a side project that really kicked some ass, and proved once and for all that they really could play. It's dance music, but the most rockin' dance music ever recorded. But, the band only recorded two albums, so a compilation is completely unneccesary, especially since the second album didn't feature any hits (despite the fact that in many ways it featured better songs). So, if you just wanted a collection of hits by this band, then pick up the first album. But this compilation throws in a couple of rare tracks, which would really only appeal to fans of the band. But if you already own the first two albums, then you are spending money really on three songs.

Regardless, if you are fan of Duran Duran or The Power Station, then just wait for the new deluxe edition of the first album. It will feature at least two of the rare tracks from this album (don't know if the live track will be included, but that wouldn't be much of a loss, since it features Michael Des Barres on vocals, because Robert Palmer refused to tour with the band), along with a bonus dvd. And if you're a casual fan of eighties music, you are much better off buying a compilation cd of eighties songs that feature Some Like It Hot or Bang A Gong...since those are the only two songs many people care about anyway.

This really only would appeal to someone who was told that The Power Station were great, and are curious. Other than that, don't waste your money.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Why bother?, August 11, 2005

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Warhorse "_warhorse" (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of: Ten Best Series (Audio CD)

This collections gives you 7 of the 8 tracks from the 1985 Power Station album - at that rate, just buy that album. Moreover, it only features one track from the much better 1996 Power Station album 'Living in Fear'.
I'd only recommend getting this if you are really keen on getting the other tracks not found on either album.
But basically you might as well get the first album to get most the songs found here and get Living in Fear to get all the ones missing from here.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best of (but only from the 1st album) !, December 18, 2003

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olivier (Nice, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of: Ten Best Series (Audio CD)

The Power Station was a side project for Duran Duran's John & Andy Taylor. Together with the late Robert Palmer and Tony Thompson, they formed this supergroup in 1985 and recorded an album which featured 2 US top 10 hits ("Some like it hot" + T-Rex's "Get it on").
Palmer left the Power Station shortly after to go on solo but in 1996, he re-formed the band for a second album "Living in fear" which failed to chart.
This low-budget collection concentrates on the 1st album. The only track from "Living in fear" included here is the cover of George Harrison's "Taxman".
3 tracks make the CD worth purchasing : a previously unreleased live version of "Dancing in the street" and dub versions of "Communication" and "Heat is on".