Customer Reviews

Fancy Hit Party

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
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I love Fancy, and this is probably the first decent collection he released. The problem is that he has recorded so many beautiful songs over 10 or so years since 1985 that it's hard to put the best ones on one CD. I would do a double at least. I do not particularly agree with the choice of songs on this one, as well as with the versions of some songs. "Flames of love '98" is rather disappointing and only updates the electronics but does not add much to that wonderful song. Fancy followed steps of Modern Talking, Bad Boys Blue, C.C.Catch, Silent Circle, and other Euro-disco legends trying to cash in on remixing old material. It might sound fresh if he was the only one doing it, but they're all into it now. This collection is a good blend of 80s and 90s dance- pop and is good for those who are not very familiar with Fancy and would not know what they are missing from his old recordings. I stick with his original albums, of which Flames of Love (1988) is the best.

This album brings back ole memoirs of the new wave era. Its an overall great album to consider buying if you're into new wave or eurodance music. If you do no kno Fancy, he is a great artist like Modern talking and Bad Boys Blue.

It's too bad Fancy was not better known in the USA, he would have been an even bigger star than he was. His music is great. Unlike most other CD's I own, which I only like one or two songs, the Fancy Hit Party doesn't contain a single track I don't like.

I just received this CD today, and I must say that I'm a bit disappointed. Growing up as a kid, "Lady of Ice" was my favorite European dance song. To me, it's one of the songs that defines this genre of music. On this compilation, there's 4 other decent tracks, specifically "Slice Me Nice", "Bolero", and the 2 new versions of "Flames of Love". The updated versions is definitely a huge improvement over their original 80's versions.

The rest of the tracks on this CD are unfortunately very dreadful. For a compilation, I had much higher expectations. I would have rated this CD at 2 stars, but the greatness of "Lady of Ice" bumps it up to 3 stars.

When I popped in this CD, the 80's came back to me.
Slice Me Nice and Lady of Ice were favorites of
mine back then, but there are other nice songs
here as well. However, if you are an Italo fan,
you might be more interested in one of the
Italo collection CD's that're out there, and get
Fancy that way (along with Patty Ryan, Gazebo,
Modern Talking, Bad Boys Blue and other cool 80's
artists!)

It's only a couple of good songs on the whole CD, rest of the staff could be selected with better care. Still it's nice to have for anyone who likes to collects 80-s disco music.