Goodbye Jumbo [Enhanced, Import]

World Party | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 11, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Import
• Label: Papil
• ASIN: B00004YS2O
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Is It Too Late?

2. Way Down Now

3. When the Rainbow Comes

4. Put the Message in the Box

5. Ain't Gonna Come Till I'm Ready

6. And I Fell Back Alone

7. Take It Up

8. God on My Side

9. Show Me to the Top

10. Love Street

11. Sweet Soul Dream

12. Thank You World

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of the critically acclaimed alternative rock act's sophomore album originally released in 1990 with three bonusCD-ROM videos for 'Put the Message in the Box', 'Thank You World' and 'Way Down Now'. 2000 release. Standard jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is one of my favorites, November 4, 2000

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I. Simpson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goodbye Jumbo (Audio CD)

I've owned this disc since shortly after it was first released in 1990. I still pull it out quite frequently today. It's that good. For those unfamiliar, World Party is the creation of ex-Waterboy Karl Wallinger. Wallinger melds sixties style Beatles and Stones sounds with eighties new wave and a sort of up to date hippie feel to produce a record that will get you humming and thinking at the same time. Wallinger sings about the environment, intolerance, and global concerns, but he is not above more personal songs about love and loss. The lyrics are only part of the enjoyment, though. Half the fun of this record is listening for the little snippets from sixties songs that Wallinger has picked up to add to his own mix. (As an example, there's a background vocal on "Way Down Now" that is a near dead ringer for the one on "Sympathy for the Devil.") Some might call it derivative, but the end product is too original ever to be derivative. I'm not generally one to hand out five star ratings, but this disc deserves it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never Stop To Wonder Why....., January 25, 2002

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WILLIE A YOUNG II "willow" (Houston, TX.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goodbye Jumbo (Audio CD)

"I'm way down now, way down now..", from the terrific opener, to the funky, rhythmic closer, "Thank You World", Karl Wallinger and Co. have never sounded more inspired. I've still got my original 1990 pressing of this pop/soul classic and it just gets better with time! While he's often been chided for wearing his influences on his sleeve (not unlike Lenny Kravitz), Wallinger knows his way around a great melody and can write indelible hooks with the best of them. "Goodbye..." has it's heart firmly planted in 90's politics, while it's sound is rooted in various decades of rock, pop, funk and soul with a little acoustic folk ("And I Fell Back Alone") thrown in for good measure. My favorite track is the Prince-ly/Sly Stone-ish "Ain't Gonna Come Till I'm Ready", but on the whole this entire LP is very strong, there's simply not a dud in the bunch. A fun, funky and eclectic album that holds up well.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An unqualified masterpiece, December 4, 2002

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John Lasater (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goodbye Jumbo (Audio CD)

I'm falling in love with this CD for about the 6th time now, so I thought I'd post this for all those who have yet to discover it. Yes, Karl Wallinger shamelessly borrows from his influences (mostly The Beatles, as well as the Stones, Prince, Sly and the Family Stone, Dylan, and others), but so what? He writes wonderful songs, and if you like those artists, you will love this album. It's too bad that less talented Beatle-apers like Lenny Kravitz and Oasis sell all the records and get played on MTV while Karl Wallinger is a virtual unknown, and it's also unfortunate that Wallinger spent the rest of the 90's trying (unsuccessfully) to recreate the magic of this album. But Karl's "band" has at least one classic CD to its name, and I've played it hundreds of times and it never gets old. "Sweet Soul Dream" and the George Harrison-esque "When The Rainbow Comes" are lovely. "God On My Side" is a perfect anthem for the post- 9/11 world. "Way Down Now," with its fade-out reminiscent of "Sympathy For The Devil" rivals anything the Rolling Stones ever did. No, that's not hyperbole...buy this record now.