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Best of Three

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Canada's Coney Hatch was very much a product of its time. They played melodic hard rock with a metal edge, and had that certain indefinable quality that lets you know instantly that you're hearing mid-eighties hard rock. There are shades of Journey and Foreigner-style AOR here, but the band's sound is closer to bands like Axe, Rail, and countrymen April Wine. Heavy, but not quite metal. Melodic, but not quite AOR. Definitely hard rock though.

Best of Three is a compilation of material from Coney Hatch's three studio albums. Surprisingly for a "best of" compilation, there are no live tracks, though there is one song "Fuel For the Fire" that is exclusive to this disc. Best of Three is a great introduction to Coney Hatch, a band that should appeal to fans of classic hard rock.

This greatest hits is a compilation of music from the 3 albums that Coney Hatch released around the 80's. I would prefer to have the 3 individual discs, but unfortuntately one of them is not available. This is a good collection, but with all greatest hits albums there are favorites missing, but let's get into this CD. The good news is there are at least 5 songs from each of their releases and you get almost a discful of great tunes.

Coney Hatch wasn't quite Hard Rock, but they had a straight forward approach to music and had a great beat, guitar work, and vocals. I have to thank Kim Mitchell for helping these guys out and getting them signed to Anthem records to get their music released to the world. With luck maybe OUTA HAND will get released on CD soon and the world can have the complete Coney Hatch. I'm not familiar with singles by the band, so, I'll just get into a few of their great songs you may want to treat yourself to. My favorites here are "First Time for Everything", "Don't Say Make Me", "This Ain't love", and "Devil's Deck". I would buy this just for those songs, but you also get AOR hits "Hey Operator", "To Feel the Feeling Again", "You Ain't Got Me", and "Stand Up". It's unfortunate you can't listen to clips of these songs, because Coney Hatch is full of catchy riffs and choruses.

These guys are from Canada, but present a great talent on all of their music. If you've heard them and like them, this is a great start. On the other hand, if you are looking for something new with a good sound, try BEST OF THREE. You won't regret it!

Toronto has produced it's share of cool Metal/Heavy Rock bands. and THE HATCH were yet another. Along with bands like Rush, Triumph, Anvil, Sacrifice, Helix, Killer Dwarfs, Santers, Teenage Head, Goddo, Headpins and so many more, Toronto was a Hotbed of a burgeoning early 80's Heavy Metal/Hard Rock scene. Thrash, Heavy AOR and packed clubs throughout the Toronto area.

Coney Hatch were named after the Colney Hatch lunatic asylum in London , England that is. 4 strong studio musicians who under the tutulage of Max Webster mainmain Kim Mitchell and under the influence of Hot Toronto women, Molson stubbies and Saturday Night Hockey released their strong 82 debut album on Anthem records. 2 albums followed, the members grew apart and started doing other things (mostly music related) and the 3 albums they left are a great memory of a time when Toronto truly rocked. Got to meet and play some pick up Hockey with the bassist a few times in the early 00's. very solid dude btw. wish them all the best, and hope former lead singer Carl Dixon is ok, as i just readon blabbermouth that he got into a major auto collision at his home in Australia. Hopefully everyone eventually gets together for a reuion. Ive always considered THE HATCH and bands like Santer's as Toronto's hardworking answer to the 2nd tier New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands, and i mean it as a sincere compliment. buy this best of if this band is new to you and you like Melodic Metal from the early 80's

GREAT ROCK-N-ROLL ! THEIR SINGERS VOICE SOUNDS LIKE FOREIGNER/BAD COMPANY ! THE GUITAR RIFFS IN MY OPINION ARE BETTER THAN BOTH BANDS ! CHECK IT OUT, YOU WILL LIKE !

This the perfect "best of" cd, if you want a little sample of all three Coney Hatch recordings. Personally, just about all the tracks off the first album is enough to be labeled "best" by this band of Canadian rockers but someone picked the better tracks off all three of the bands albums to come up with another way to sell their music...and that someone had to give it a name.

I first purchased this group on Album, and listened to it often. I remember liking the power riffs and sound/vocals this band produced.

The album has since dissappeared,and I want this title back in my music catalog.

Thank-you. Jeff Cunningham

this band created a sound of the new wave but with the same constant baet of rock and roll. It is unfortunate that this band is no longer around to pump out some of the finist music that is worthy of being purchase with money.

By that I mean, each song sounds good, in theory they have great grooves and nice solos and they make you think this is going to be a great song, but for some reason, each and every song lacks the certain something to really make me get into it. They sound a little too much like Loverboy to me.

I recommend their version of "Hey Operator", "Fantasy" is a good ballad-type song great harmony, and I can't live without a track like "Where I Draw the Line" and "The Girl From Last Night's Dream" strange how this one seems to say exactly what I've expeirenced before, after a dream like that, it felt so real.. and I thought I was just crazy...well maybe...but that song is cool. Also I gotta plug "First Time for Everything". Again, it's not a problem with the music, and the singer's voice is also great, I like him and he seems fresh and not like any one else but the songs...I don't know...the band seems to miss the killer hook almost everytime. Save your money, rip the few songs from a friend who owns this and go get Loverboy. 6/17