Collection of Metal [Import]

Saxon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 12, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000006TSG
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,649 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 747 (Strangers In The Night)

2. Rock N' Roll Gypsy

3. And The Band Played On

4. Back On The Streets

5. Ride Like The Wind

6. Big Teaser

7. I Can't Wait Anymore

8. Broken Heroes

9. Raise Some Hell

10. Denim And Leather

11. Rock The Nation

12. Motorcycle Man

13. Everybody Up

14. Rock City

15. Set Me Free

16. Play It Loud

Editorial Reviews

Mid-priced 16 track collection of the British metal icon's best work for EMI, 1979-1988. Includes: '747 (Strangers In The Night)', 'And The Band Played On', 'I Can't Wait Any-more', 'Rock 'N' Roll Gypsy' and 'Back On The Streets'. 1996 release on EMI.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SAXON IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK BANDS OF ALL TIME!, March 23, 2006

By 

Thin Timmy "Bela Drake" (New Orleans, La.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collection of Metal (Audio CD)

I'M SICK OF ALL THE BAD REVIEWS OF SAXON. THEY WERE

AND ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK BANDS. I DON'T CARE

WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL THEM "METAL" OR WHATEVER. AT THE

TIME THEY CAME OUT ROCK MUSIC WAS HORRIBLE AND NOW ONCE

AGAIN IT STINKS! I'D STILL RATHER LISTEN TO THIS THAN THE

GARBAGE THAT MTV AND RADIO IS PLAYING! I'M GLAD SAXON AND

OTHER BANDS LIKE UFO, Y&T, WHITESNAKE,MOTORHEAD, KISS ETC.

ARE STILL AROUND AND SOUNDING BETTER THAN EVER. TRY UFO NEW

ALBUM IT'S A KILLER AND THE BEST ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR!

SO STOP YOUR WHINING AND LISTEN TO SOME REAL ROCK N ROLL!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection of Real Metal., December 29, 1999

By 

"jcgarza" (Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collection of Metal (Audio CD)

This CD show us the quality of Saxon, The songwriting and playing is excellent from beginning to end. The sound is very hard, some aggressive and highly powerful. Also the cover "Ride like the wind" gives the song a new power and doesn't seems the original, this version is much better. This is a "must have it" album for anyone that is searching for good heavy metal, the ballads are excellent too.Just take a look at the material and you'll be sorprised. Have a nice day.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's a shame !, June 30, 2000

By 

PATHERSON - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collection of Metal (Audio CD)

SAXON was never a really big, big band, but without any doubt they left their mark in hard-rock / metal. They survived extinction along with Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. But I'd like to know who did the song selection for this compilation! HTis is absolutly not he best of Saxon ! The great songs from SAXON were written until the the album "CRUSADER". AFter that, they turned radio friendly and almost finished ! The songs in this selection (in their majority) has only their "radio phase" portrayed ! For old SAXON fans like myself, it's garbage.