Crosstalk: Best of Moby Grape [Import]

Moby Grape | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony Bmg Europe
• ASIN: B0001AVYJA
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,860 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hey Grandma

2. Fall on You

3. 8.05

4. Come in the Morning

5. Omaha

6. Rounder [Instrumental]

7. Changes

8. Murder in My Heart for the Judge

9. Bitter Wind

10. Can't Be So Bad

11. He

12. Motorcycle Irene

13. Ooh Mama Ooh

14. Ain't That a Shame

15. Captain Nemo

16. What's to Choose

17. Going Nowhere

18. I Am Not Willing

19. It's a Beautiful Day Today

20. Right Before My Eyes

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2004 compilation from the San Francisco-based Psychedelic Rock band. Overshadowed by their more successful San Fran compadres like Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape were often better at blending Folk, Blues, Country and Rock 'N' Roll than anyone else in the '60s. Based around eccentric singer/songwriter Skip Spence (formerly of Jefferson Airplane), Moby Grape were destined for bigger and better things, but Spence's emotional instability and bad management problems made sure that the band didn't survive past the late '60s. Still, their music lives on. Sony.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the only Grape compilation currently in print, March 28, 2006

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Pat Thomas "Pat Thomas" (San Francisco/Oakland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crosstalk: Best of Moby Grape (Audio CD)

it's well worth spending the big bucks to get the mind blowing 2 CD set of Moby Grape that's current out of print - but if can't afford that - or don't want to take a chance - this single disc set that's currently available from the UK is a nice introduction. Their debut album is a monster - (someone else on this website claims it's over-hyped - don't believe it. Also don't believe the theory that they only made one good album. their 2nd LP WOW is overall pretty solid (it as good what the Buffalo Springfield and the Jefferson Airplane were bringing to the table) and the later recorded really DO have their moments. So Cross Talk is actually really good - as it covers their whole 1960's career. You'll buy this on CD and then you'll begin looking for the original LPs...........

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Looper-ed, March 16, 2004

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Roger Duprat "R. D." (Cleveland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crosstalk: Best of Moby Grape (Audio CD)

The essential Moby Grape is found on their first album. Don't quite understand why the whole thing wasn't included here. They cut a few things afterwards that were very good, and they were always a great band. "Wow" and "Truly Fine Citizen" are fairly weak albums redeemed by a few choice cuts. The now-deleted two-CD set on Legacy remains the only decent testament to this band. You can pay an inflated price for the first album on CD. Blame Matthew Katz for this, and for the generally shoddy treatment this group, who were sort of the Big Star of the '60s, receive these days.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best collection of Moby Grape's music, August 16, 2009

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J. Bynum (the southwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crosstalk: Best of Moby Grape (Audio CD)

This is a much tighter, more concise, collection of Moby Grape's best songs and as such it is far more enjoyable than the multi-CD collections. I once owned the 2 CD anthology and this 1 CD collection is better. This CD would be a great addition to anyone's Rock collection. Moby Grape belongs to that era of the sixties' San Francisco sound that included the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane. Outside of California the group (at the time) was more loved by the critics than they were by the public, but they did manage to produce a couple of huge hits. It is well worth owning.