Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Greatest Hits

Gary Puckett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000DRV9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

10 classics of sunshine pop: their five biggest hits- Young Girl; Lady Willpower; Woman, Woman; Over You , and This Girl Is a Woman Now -plus Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance, and more! --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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96 of 97 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 70's style love ballads began with Gary Puckett, March 24, 2001

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Thomas Lapins (Orlando, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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Gary Puckett and the Union Gap weren't the hippest group, they didn't rise to the level of "supergroup", and they had only six hits. But what they did have was massive talent: Puckett's powerhouse, deep throated, smooth vocals; serious songs with well written lyrics; and some of the most sophisticated arrangements to come out of the 60's. They were at the cutting edge of the music that was yet to come in the 70's: that middle of the road, high quality, endless string of love ballad after love ballad. The texture of Puckett's voice always took you on an emotional ride into your lovelorn dreams and desires. "Woman, Woman" from the first to the last note doesn't let you escape this young man's cry'n, break'n heart. And GPUG didn't stop with this their first smash hit. Hot on its heals was "Young Girl" (I remember my mother and aunt talking about how provocative the lyrics were, pretty tame by today's standards) and their third smash hit "Lady Willpower" (As a young boy, I did wonder why all his songs were always bleeding with such bad luck about some woman he was either being rejected by or he was pushing them away with one hand while holding onto them for dear life with the other). Two other songs on this cd which I thought quite good were "This Girl Is A Woman Now" and "Over You" (my other big favorite after "Woman, Woman"). All in all, six songs on this cd are classics, including "Don't Give In To Him" but the rest of it is, well, not greatest hits material, to be kind. But so what, the hits make this swooner's voice worth the price of the cd. The songs instantly bring me back to the late sixties; but they sound as good today as they did thirty-some years ago, and that says a lot when you think of all the hits that sounded great thirty-some years ago, and are unlistenable today.

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An inexpensive Union Gap collection - but it's flawed, April 2, 2005

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Engineer_Bob (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

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Gary Puckett and the Union Gap were one of the most successful radio groups of 1968; and in fact, they sold more singles than the Beatles that year. They certainly deserve a place in Top 40 history, and I'm personally a long-time fan of Gary Puckett and his short-lived band.

Having said that, buyers should be aware that there are a number of Union Gap Greatest Hits collections in circulation -- and this is not a particularly good one. The original vinyl Greatest Hits album (1970) contains 11 tracks, including all six of their chart hits; at least one other Amazon reviewer implies that they have a similar Greatest Hits CD. However, the Greatest Hits CD currently being offered on Amazon is a Sony Special Products release which does NOT include the hit single "Don't Give In To Him." At just 28 minutes in length (which includes odd Union Gap covers of Bee Gees & Neil Diamond hits) I can't understand (or forgive) Sony's omission.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Greats Out of Ten Songs is Not Bad!, July 6, 2001

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gary Puckett & the Union Gap - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The other reviewers have captured my reaction as well, we all have loved the throaty, unique lead voice and the love ballads that they turned out which still play on the Oldies stations.

I concur that the other songs are not much more than respectable versions of BeeGees and Diamond hits, but not that one has to turn the volume down or anything.

They fill in the Gap and continue to give enjoyment to many.