Greatest Stiffs [Import]

Wreckless Eric | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 12, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Metro Music
• ASIN: B00005A122
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,638 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #31 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > New Wave
  • #98 in Music > Alternative Rock > British Alternative > British Punk

Track Listings

1. Whole Wide World

2. Reconnez Cherie

3. Semaphore Signals

4. Take The Cash (KASH)

5. A Pop Song

6. Personal Hygiene

7. Tonight (Is My Night)

8. Hit And Miss Judy

9. Walking On The Surface Of The Moon

10. Veronica

11. Lets Go To The Pictures

12. Waxworks

13. Broken Doll

14. Excuse Me

15. Itll Soon Be The Weekend

16. Strange Towns

17. I Wish It Would Rain

18. Out Of The Blue

19. Grown Ups

20. The Final Taxi

Editorial Reviews

Wreckless Eric Gained Notoriety As Part of Stiff Records' Highly Diverse Roster of Punk & New Wave Artists. With His Early Stiff Singles 'Whole Wide World,' 'Semaphore Signals' & 'Take The Cash,' Eric Bashed Out A Series of Chaotic, Three Chord Punk-Pop Singles Driven By His Pent-Up Energy, Distinctive Cockney Whine & A Knack For Melodic, Pop Hooks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Searching Thw Whole Wide World For, June 6, 2001

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Brett Sonnenschein (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Stiffs (Audio CD)

Finally, the awesome work of Wrecless Eric is collected on one CD. It has been worth the wait. After years of scrounging together my Wreckless Eric fix from Stiff compilations and soundtracks it all on one CD.This CD is filled with gems from Eric's hits, "The Whole Wide World" and "Semaphore Signals" to the more obscure "Walkin on the Surface of The Moon" and "Veronica". Like his precursor, Vic Damone, Eric gives us love songs, nothing but love songs all in the inimitable Stiff Records style. These songs are simple but so complicated. A must-buy!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zany, But You Can Hum Along To It, May 29, 2001

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Clark Paull "(Sleepin' with the TV on)" (Murder City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Stiffs (Audio CD)

There's no way Eric Gould, aka Wreckless Eric, could have come from anywhere but England and, if you're looking for some sort of musical touchstone or point of reference, think of him as Ian Dury's little brother on a sugar high. Originally signed to the greatest label ever, Stiff, Eric's quirky little songs were 2-1/2 minute blasts of manic pop madness. All of his best moments are included here, from his pledge of undying devotion in "Whole Wide World" to "Take The Cash (K.A.S.H.)" to "Walking On The Surface Of The Moon." An essential glimpse at a more innocent and certainly more fun point in the history of rock and roll, before video, image obsession, and product endorsements sounded its death knell.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You can listen to this (...) thousands of times, November 8, 2001

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chris d. ramsey (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Stiffs (Audio CD)

On one fine day way back in the spring of 1981, One of my roomates at Colorado State University brought a new record into the house. Wreckless Eric "Whole Wide World".

Who in the hell ever heard of Wreckless Eric? We surely had the only copy of this album in the entire city of Fort Collins, and the whole state for that matter.

It took about 13 seconds ( and a couple of bong hits) to realize that what we had was something wonderfully weird. The gravelly voiced little urchin could really play that classic Richenbacher guitar.

We loved it, but most of our friends thought it (...). We played this (...) thousands of times anyway. I still have my vinyl copy of Whole Wide World. I've been waiting for years for someone to have the inelligence to re-release this wonderful (...) on CD. Al the favotites are on this totally (...)-up and glorious package of MUSIC! Get this CD today. It just makes you happy.

Rock On Eric Goulden.