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Lee Michaels | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 1992)
• Original Release Date: July 14, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032ER
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,936 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hello

2. Carnival Of Life

3. Sounding The Sleeping

4. If I Lose You

5. The War

6. Grocery Soldier

7. Goodbye, Goodbye

8. Heighty Hi

9. Stormy Monday

10. Mad Dog

11. Murder In My Heart (For The Judge)

12. Thumbs

13. Uummmm My Lady

14. Do You Know What I Mean

15. Keep The Circle Turning

16. Rock Me Baby

17. Can I Get A Witness

18. Hold On To Freedom

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good overview, August 14, 2003

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Marty Jones (Orlando, FL, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collection (Audio CD)

I've owned every one of Lee's albums for going on 30 years now - even the HORRIBLE "Space and First Takes" album. His first 5 were great - each in it's own way. No two were the same, and reflected the attitude that Lee had at the moment. sometimes he wanted to craft a song, sometimes he just laid 'em down.

I also picked up this collection before the individual albums became available (now I have them, too). While it doesn't have all of my favorites, it does have a lot of them. If you want to hear the development of a decent writer, great keyboardist and vocalist, this would be a good choice.

Give it a listen and trip back to the late 60's.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lee Michaels fan , but ., February 13, 2010

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James Couch "Jim C" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collection (Audio CD)

The main issue I have with this CD is the version of " Heighty hi " is a short one which ruins the song . I bought this CD just for that piece , very disappointed . If a CD has a neutered version of a classic song at least put the playing time in the advertisement . I can't imagine Michaels allowing that song in particular to be so butchered .

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unique blend of styles, June 8, 2006

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collection (Audio CD)

Lee Michaels had a Billboard top three hit in 1973 with the song Do You Know What I Mean. That powerful rocker is included here, but this album shows that there was more to the artist than the solitary hit. Unique amongst the rock artists of the time, Michaels gives the organ pride of place in his music. There are also other unusual instruments like harpsichord in the mix.

The music is basically rock, but there are major psychedelic and R&B influences too. Songs that really stand out include the impressive Carnival Of Life with its complex arrangement, the catchy If I Lose You with its lovely pop melody, and the lilting Heighty Hi that reminds me a little of the typical Motown classic of the early 1970s! I also love Stormy Monday with its funky organ and its James Brownesque vocals, which is a real tour de force, the passionate ballad Uummmm My Lady, and the rhythmic Can I Get A Witness.

Of course the hit Do You Know What I Mean still packs a punch and remains his most memorable song. The album concludes with Hold On To Freedom, another strong rock song with a rhythm and blues feel. Lee Michaels was an obscure talent of the late 1960s/early 1970s, but this album proves that his contribution was significant since the music has aged well. The successful blend of different styles definitely sets Michaels apart from his contemporaries.