Bucks Fizz [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Bucks Fizz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B00024WYM6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,522 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2004 remastered reissue of the enduring British pop outfit's 1981 album features revised sleevenotes, rare artwork, photos, & ten exclusive bonus tracks, 'Don't Stop', 'Always Thinking Of You', 'Noches Sin Tin' (One Of Those Nights - Spanish Version), 'Via Libre' (One Way Love - Spanish Version), 'Eso Fue Ayer' (Now Those Days Are Gone - Spanish Version), 'Otra Noche' (Another Night - Spanish Version), 'El Mundo De Ilusion' (The Land Of Make Believe - Spanish Version), 'I Used To Love The Radio', 'Love In A World Gone Mad', & 'Heart Of Stone' (12 Inch Version).

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Let's get Fizzical, July 12, 2004

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T. Kavanagh "tony" (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bucks Fizz (Audio CD)

It was inevitable that an album designed to capitalise on the success of Eurovision winner, "Making Your Mind Up," would be an inoffensive froth of feel-good pop. The bulk of the original album delivers on the cheery pop sensibilities of their first two singles but there were also hints of the greater and more substantial things to come. Third single, "One Of Those Nights" was, by far, the best song of the set and the most effective of the ballads on offer here. The funkier edge of "Took It To The Limit" was a welcome foil to the overall perkiness and could have held its head high on some of the group's later - and better - albums. Honourable mention, too, for the bubbling disco bounce of "Shine On" and the vaguely ABBAesque "Lady Of The Night." To these ears, the running order seems a little odd: the original side 2 (tracks 6-10) would have worked better as the opening set. As debut albums go, "Bucks Fizz" is competent and fun but, essentially, unremarkable

Ultimately, the bonus material points the way forward. The contemporary B-sides live down to their status and the Spanish language tracks are interesting but it is the later recordings that show how well the group developed and achieved their potential. The previously unreleased 1985 track, "I Used To Love The Radio," a refreshingly jaunty pop take on the nuclear-apocalypse lyrical fad of the era, significantly ups the ante. Ultimately, however, everything else on the disc is eclipsed by two of the group's finest ever tracks - "Love In A World Gone Mad" and "Heart Of Stone": the big hits that (incredibly) got away.