Big Deal

Killer Dwarfs | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00004YNG2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,407 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tell Me Please

2. We Stand Alone

3. Startin' to Shine

4. Breakaway

5. Union of Pride

6. Lifetime

7. Power

8. I'm Alive

9. Burn It Down

10. Desperados

11. Hard Luck Town [*]

12. Just as Well [*]

13. Driftin' Back [*]

14. All My Heroes [*]

15. Stranger Than Fiction [*]

16. Four Seasons [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can you beleive this is nostalgia?, February 26, 2001

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"nachtnoir" (The Abyss) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Deal (Audio CD)

I was a junior in high school when I bought my first copy of this. Back then cassette tape was the big thing, and CD was only for the rich. MTV HeadBanger's Ball was the hottest show in TV, and long hair teased way up was a "fashion do".

For quite some time, Killer Dwarfs stuff was nearly impossible to find. But now someone in the record business has done something right. This, the 3rd album from the Dwarfs, is undoubtably their best.

It was the success of their independent album "Stand Tall", what an ironic name for an album recorded by a bunch of guys going by the name Dwarf, that allowed this record to be made. "Stand Tall" is still an unavailable, but hopefully it will soon be rereleased.

Hard rock it is, but with a pop twist. Good writing is what raises this album over many of the one hit wonders of the time. Even if most of the tunes on this one didn't get mega air time, all the songs are catchy.

Listen to the samples, if you've gotten this far, you probably were looking for Killer Dwarfs anyway....

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome 80's metal, September 5, 2004

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Patrick Mitsdarfer (Williamsport, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Deal (Audio CD)

This is a great record. These guys can rock and the music is well written and well played. This is a fun record. Tell me please, Desperados, and Startin' to shine are the highlights but there is not a bad song to be found. I found this to be the antidote to BonJovi, Winger, Poison and other fluff. In my humble opinion., these guys were up ther with Dokken, Crue, Ratt, bands that had some talent and balls. A shame this record didn't sell a few million, it's that good. Buy this gem, you'll thank me. Give er', dunk!! rock on....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great straight ahead rock, January 22, 2001

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eveoflove (North York, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Deal (Audio CD)

Made in USA in 2000, Serial# COL-CD-6451, Playing Time: 70 min.

"Big Deal", their 3rd album, was originally released in 1988 and was named after the fact the band finally signed a contract with a major record label (a big deal!).

This re-mastered version also includes as a bonus the first 6 of 12 tracks that would appear on their 5th album, "Method To The Madness"; 5 more show up on the re-mastered version of "Dirty Weapons".

"Big Deal" finally allow the band to make a better produced album, with commercial polish and catchy songs. Their style reminds me a bit of RATT, early MOTLEY CRUE, and FIREHOUSE, with no keyboard textures. It contains the small hit "We Stand Alone".

Grab this one if you like good rock, good singing, without getting into the "metal" genre.