Brightest Starz: Anthology

Starz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 3, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RENAISSANCE
• ASIN: B00004SWJW
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,134 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great sampling from a great underappreciated band!, November 16, 2000

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Mark Lahren (Bismarck, North Dakota USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brightest Starz: Anthology (Audio CD)

These songs represent a good selection from this band. Starz rose from the ashes of Looking Glass (who had a hit with 'Brandy' around 1972, though Peter Sweval the bassist is the only Starz member who was with Looking Glass during the time of that hit--other Starz members replaced Looking Glass members until they finally turned hard rock and changed the name to Starz) and went on to become my favorite band for several years. They had a total of 4 studio albums, all of which were first-rate productions with great songs and great sound quality. This collection represents a good sampling of those 4 albums. There are some noteable selections missing (namely 'Cool One' and 'Night Crawler'), but the only way to make everyone happy is by releasing those 4 CDs again in their entirety. Everyone had their own personal favorites, and it would be impossible to make an anthology that included them all, since I suspect every one of their songs is somebody's favorite somewhere. I am fortunate in that I have all the Metal Blade CD releases. Maybe this anthology is the beginning of another re-release of these albums. We can only hope. I also recommend the CD "Requiem" if it is still available since it has some other rare studio recordings.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BRIGHTEST STARZ?, January 25, 2002

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Michael Courtney "exiled01" (San Antonio, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brightest Starz: Anthology (Audio CD)

To begin with this is an excellent collection of Starz songs from their 4 out of print studio albums. The problem you're always going to have with a collection of hits from one of those "GREAT BANDS" that never quite made it over the top and actually never released too many singles is that these albums were packed full of AOR hits for people living somewhere lucky enough to hear them. If Starz, Violation, Attention Shoppers, and Coliseum Rock were still available I would say buy them instead! They aren't and this represents the best you can do without a lot of digging.

Like a lot of Starz fans, some of my favorite songs aren't here, but Anthology is full of about as much music as you can put on a disc and they are all certainly good to great songs. Admittedly, I would like to see "Cool One", "Good Ale We Seek"(Has to be a Rush spoof), "It's a Riot", "Johnny All Alone", "Last Night I Wrote A Letter", "Outfit" and too many more to mention. I don't think Starz recorded a song I didn't like, so, you can't go wrong with Anthology, unless you can find the other albums I mentioned.

I saw Starz and Angel open for Ted Nugent and they blew me away, not to mention Ted Nugent. They were so hot he wouldn't let them do an encore even though the crowd persisted yelling and standing on their feet after the lights came back on. If you like the 70's, YES! If you like catchy tunes, YES! If you like good time music, YES! If you don't get this, yes this is worth buying!

The best of the disc is "Fallen Angel", "Pull the Plug", "Cherry Baby", "Sing It, Shout It", "Violation", "So Young, So Bad" and "Rock 6 Times". but, this is me, Exiled01 speaking, you be the judge. I bet you'll be looking for the other albums just to see what your missing.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good - Underrated Group of the Mid to Late 70's, June 19, 2003

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K H (HUNTSVILLE, AL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brightest Starz: Anthology (Audio CD)

First : all of their CDs SHOULD be available for sale at our local stores...come on record companies re-issue them.

Second: You can buy all of their albums except Brightest Starz from the groups Web Site:...

You can also buy several live albums and other STARZ "stuff".

Three: This is a very good album with a good sampling from their four releases. I agree ... that Violation is probably their best single album and 6 songs out of the 18 on this album or from Violation.

Highly recommended.

(Other groups to consider: Angel, Budgie, Montrose, and MOUNTAIN/Leslie West!!!)