Five a Side [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Ace | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Cool Sound
• ASIN: B0006GB1B0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #513,962 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sniffin' About

2. Rock & Roll Runaway

3. How Long

4. Real Feeling

5. 24 Hours

6. Why

7. Time Ain't Long

8. Know How It Feels

9. Satelite

10. So Sorry Baby

11. Tastes Like Fish

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition of this 1974 album from the British Pub Rock band including a bonus disc containing BBC sessions. The massive hit single 'How Long?' (a song about one of the members leaving for another group) was taken from this album, and was a significant chart success, achieving a Top 20 place in the UK Singles Chart, and reaching #3 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic Influences Make Great Rock 'N' Roll, October 15, 2007

By 

Kevin Kartchner (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Five a Side (Audio CD)

I was dismayed to find that this album has never been released on CD in the U.S., that "How Long" is the only track from it that's available on iTunes (etc.), and that the one "Best of" Ace compilation CD released domestically by a specialty label is long out of print and going for ridiculous prices in online auctions. However, once I faced the fact that I was going to have to order an import or else take my chances trying to convert from vinyl to .mp3 using a USB turntable, the price of this title didn't seem too outrageous. The album originally came out when I was 15; I bought it on vinyl and loved almost all of the cuts on it. I find now that it has a nice, laid-back ensemble sound, displaying a wide variety of influences ranging from Steve Winwood to Steve Wonder, to which every band member contributes significantly. What a refreshing contrast with some of the more-notable late-70s excesses, such as Van Halen with its one frenetic, over-the-top guitar and little else to speak of. I put Paul Carrack in the same class with Steve Winwood in terms of singing and keyboard-playing, and he was never better than on this album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Track Listing, July 25, 2010

By 

Erik De Jonge - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Five A Side (Vinyl)

Side 1
1 Sniffin' About Carrack, King
2 Rock 'N' Roll Runaway Carrack, Comer, Harris, King
3 How Long Carrack
4 Real Feeling Carrack
5 24 Hours Carrack
Side 2
6 Why Carrack
7 Time Ain't Long Carrack
8 Know How It Feels Carrack
9 Satellite Carrack
10 So Sorry Baby Harris

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Album, November 8, 2009

By 

D. Grenier (Milwaukee, Wi.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Five a Side (Audio CD)

I just downloaded this album from iTunes. Ten bucks.
After all these years it holds up pretty well.