Be Bop Mop Top [Import]

Danny Wilson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 12, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00004XNLL
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #436,881 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Imaginary Girl

2. The Second Summer Of Love

3. I Can't Wait

4. If You Really Love Me

5. If Everthing You Said Was

6. Loneliness

7. I Was Wrong

8. Charlie Boy

9. Never Gonna Be The Same

10. Desert Hearts

11. Nyc Shanty

12. Goodbye Shanty Town

13. The Ballad Of Me

Editorial Reviews

Out of print in the U.S.! CD reissue of the sophomore album from the Scottish Pop trio, originally released in 1989. Virgin.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars whatever hapened to Gary Clark, March 13, 2002

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C. A. JEAVONS (fukuoka Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be Bop Mop Top (Audio CD)

Echoing the other reviews, this Cd holds a place in my top 50, a unique sound and paying homage to so many references.This cd is worth it alone for the classic single second summer and the wonderful ballad of me and shirley maclaine.

I purchased a Cd in 1995 by a band called King L, produced and lead vocals Gary Clark, another classic, unable to find it on Amazon.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bebop Moptop Commercial Flop, February 11, 2002

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Vince Font (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be Bop Mop Top (Audio CD)

This follow-up release to 1987's "Meet Danny Wilson" didn't score any hits for the band, and judging from their mysterious disappearing act it apparently did nothing to further their mainstream popularity either. Which is a shame, because Danny Wilson (which is simply the band's name, there aren't any band members named Danny, or Wilson for that matter) had something special: in a business more increasingly dominated by style over substance and repetition over ingenuity, these guys had originality. I'd still be hard pressed to label Danny Wilson's music as anything other than the title of their second (and last) album, "Bebop Moptop". While not quite so diverse and solid as their first release, it certainly is one that shouldn't be passed up by anyone who enjoyed their debut. And, very much like their first release, it takes more than a few listens to really come to appreciate. Rumor has it that lead singer Gary Clarke recorded a solo album, but searches by this reviewer have proved nothing but fruitless. It's a sad thing to realize that such an excellent band will be forever relegated to the "one-hit-wonder" files (for anyone who fondly remembers 1987's "Mary's Prayer"), but I suppose that's better than nothing. ***UPDATE*** Gary Clark's solo album "Ten Short Songs About Love" can be found on Amazon.com's UK website. Race you there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bebop Moptop, March 23, 2010

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Disco Duck (The Pond) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be Bop Mop Top (Audio CD)

More than a decade ago, I was incredibly lucky to find Danny Wilson's second album on vinyl in a used record shop. I'd never heard about it, nor expected anything from the band beyond "Meet Danny Wilson", though because of my deep and profound appreciation of their debut album, I wished and dreamed there was more. And there was! "Bebop Moptop" is a superb example of intelligent, catchy sophisti-pop (though it's truly difficult to pin down the style). Each song has it's own life, leading the listener down a sometimes strange, sometimes bitter, but always wonderfully unexpected path of theme and emotion. I adore all the tracks, but "I Was Wrong", "Never Gonna Be The Same", "Desert Hearts", and "Goodbye Shanty Town" are at the top of my most played list. I can't say whether "Meet Danny Wilson" or "Bebop Moptop" is better than the other, but even after 20+ years, this album is still fresh, original, and packed with style.