Eight Miles High [Import, Original recording remastered]

Golden Earring | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: MSI:RED BULLET
• ASIN: B00005UBMP
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,090 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Import remastered reissue of the long running Dutch rock act's 1970 album that's out-of-print domestically.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I really like it, but, January 26, 2010

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B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eight Miles High (Audio CD)

One of my favorite things about Golden Earring is how, in the 70's at least, they were one of the best examples of a hard rock band experimening with some of the most bizarre sound effects and other musical ideas, and because the band was really talented, they were able to put those experiments to good use at least 99% of the time, such as at the very end of "Candy's Gone Bad" with the piano and drum work, which is *excellent*.

On Eight Miles High, one of their earliest albums, you're not getting nearly as much experimenting as you'd hope, that is, assuming you went into this album under the same assumption I did- that being their willingness to throw in some of the most highly unusual sounds and combining them with their distinctive rock style, giving listeners really fascinating results. Sadly, this album avoids that special high mark of creativity.

Instead, Eight Miles High is a pretty ordinary rock album, and dare I say, even derivative of the Jimi Hendrix and Santana camp for the most part.

This version of "Eight Miles High" is 20 minutes long, and though it has its moments with the occasional catchy guitar riffs giving the jam a few bursts of energy from time to time, the fact remains the Byrds version is without a doubt the superior song. This version would sort of be like Grand Funk Railroad attempting the same thing. I love GFR, but they were no jam band. Some good guitar solos, riffs, and songwriting aside, but certainly no JAM band.

The same can be said for Golden Earring, at least for this outing. Underwhelming.

However, none of this changes the fact Golden Earring is quite possibly one of the most underrated rock bands from the 70's. Their ability to experiment cannot be denied, and it's a total shame it HAS been denied for as long as it has, as radio stations continue to torture us with "Radar Love" 20 times a day (a song I love by the way, but surely it's not the best song the band ever made).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly surprised, February 23, 2005

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Jessie (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eight Miles High (Audio CD)

I must say that I was pleasantly surprised with this album. Besides the almost twenty minute long cover of The Byrd's Eight Miles High, "Landing" and "One Huge Road are great songs with some nice rocking out on the guitar, and "My Everyday's Torture" is slower and moody, but still good. "Song Of A Devil's Servant" is the low point of the album. This album has a more basic "American" feel to it. Too bad there's only a few songs, since "Eight Miles High" took up so much space.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Amazing, December 10, 2006

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Clark "A.H." (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eight Miles High (Audio CD)

So I started out with Golden Earring's "The Devil Made Me Do It", an extensive collection of some of their greatest hits. If you only listen to that CD or just know Radar Love or Twilight Zone, then you would never know that this amazing music exists. Its experimental to say the least. The instrumentals are by far the highlight of this CD. There is extensive soloing on their cover of the Byrd's "Eight Miles High". The best songs on the CD are Eight Miles High, Everyday's Torture, and Song of the Devil Serpant. If you want to hear some of the best instrumental stuff out there, then I recommomend this CD.