Chequered Past

Taxxi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Fantasy
• ASIN: B000058THL
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,295 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cocktail Queen (Don't She Love to Rock and Roll)

2. I'm Leaving

3. Not Me Girl

4. Sex and Surban Suicide

5. Maybe Someday

6. Players

7. Girls (New York City)

8. Whipping Boy

9. Walking on Air

10. Beat in the West

11. Runaway

12. Cold Night

13. American Made

14. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

15. You're So Pretty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars long overdue, June 10, 2001

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"comfortablynumb3" (Titusville, Fl United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chequered Past (Audio CD)

Those few of us who know who Taxxi was, have waited a long time for this CD. For years, we have been looking in used record stores for this music. Many of us wrote to Fantasy Records asking them to put Taxxi on CD. Finally it is here. There's nothing new on this release so those of you who know what this is will love it. It is the best of their first three records; Day For Night, States Of Emergency and Foreign Tongue. Music from their fourth record (Expose)is absent since it was an MCA release. If you were a Taxxi fan, buy it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally Taxxi on CD!!, April 5, 2003

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Sheryl A. Wallace (West Chester, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chequered Past (Audio CD)

I was shocked to find this awesome collection in the used CD bin at my favorite audio store. A must for any 80's non-conventional listener. Taxxi created and fused rock and techno pop delicously. I have to agree that the production was a tad weak in regards to keyboards. Was surprise that Metro b.d was not on there or Lipstick.... but a great CD overall. Sherry.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars weak synth, January 29, 2002

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[e-mail] (West Allis, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chequered Past (Audio CD)

After waiting so many years to hear some of my favorite songs by Taxxi on CD it sounded different. The bass was great, but I couldn't bring out the synth.It was as if some idiot mixer put it way back in the background.If I were Colin Payne I'd be steaming. Nevertheless who can complain, at least some of their catolog is out. Its minus a few of their best like Metro Boulet Dodo, however I don't have a wife to dance naked to it anyway as yet.Also, I Remember, another emotional song. Also Gold Digger, another jewel. The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, breaks my heart still and is on this compilation as some others.Definately worth getting as early 80's dance music.Maybe a little too raw for airplay as Nite City was more so.This is a guys disc from the beginning of New Wave in America.Too bad it had to end.Lets hope their back catalog comes out and the mixer from this production takes a hike. IRS 007.