Fireworks [Import]

Embrace (UK) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI/Hut Records
• ASIN: B000060KBE
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,657 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. All You Good Good People

2. You're Not Alone

3. Come Back To What You Know

4. Make It Last

5. 3 Is A Magic Number

6. One Big Family

7. My Weakness Is None Of Your Business

8. I Wouldn't Wanna Happen To You

9. Save Me

10. Hooligan

11. The Good Will OUt

12. Wonder

13. Fireworks

Editorial Reviews

Import only compilation for the British Indie act features the band's eleven hit singles released from the years spent on the Hut label. Also included are two additional tracks, 'The Good Will Out' (previously released on 12-inch only) and a new recording of live favorite '3 Is A Magic Number' (De La Soul cover). Originally from Huddersfield, brothers Danny (lead vocals / guitar) and Richard McNamara (guitar) formed Embrace in the mid-'90s with drummer Mike Heaton and bassist Steven Firth. The group signed with the Hut Recordings label on Virgin in 1996 and released their debut single, 'All You Good, Good People', (on the Indie label Fierce Panda) in February 1997, followed by the singles 'Fireworks' and 'One Big Family', which were both released on Hut. These singles generated some interest in the music press, and were relatively successful, but it was with the re-release of 'All You Good, Good People' on Hut in October '97 which brought them wider attention, entering the singles chart at #8. The band received a Brit Award nomination for Best New Band in February that year. Embrace continued to build on their strong UK fanbase with the next two albums, Drawn from Memory (2000) and If You've Never Been (2001), with the addition of Mick Dale on keyboards, releasing the Fireworks: Singles 97-02 collection. In 2002, they signed to Independiente and released their fourth (and most successful) album Out of Nothing in September 2004.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice career overview from the brothers McNamara, January 21, 2005

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Dominic Cicere (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fireworks (Audio CD)

Embrace is a pretty good band that never really made it outside the UK. It's too bad really. Oh well. This disc pulls together tracks from their first three albums and b-sides. Loads of great, epic, sing-along choruses abound, although McNamara's voice is hit or miss. You either like it or you don't. Also, check out their latest album, 'Out of Nothing', which is absolute britpop, albeit a few years too late.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good wrap-up, March 24, 2007

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B. Davis "HakMajik" (Fort Mill, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fireworks (Audio CD)

I'm an Embrace fan- and so, looking to backfill my collection, I picked up their early "greatest hits" collection.

The good news is that the good, or excellent songs, are really excellent additions that can't be purchased individually through an outlet such as iTunes. Of course, the attrocious songs- such as "3 is a Magic Number"- are strikingly similar to bad karoake.

The highlights, then are:
* You're not Alone
* Come Back to what you Know
* Make It Last
* My Weakness is None of Your Business
* The Good Will Out
* Fireworks

Bottom line: good for the Embrace fans; otherwise, stick to their newer albums/CDs.