Hellbent on Compromise [Import]

Edwyn Collins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Demon Records UK
• ASIN: B00000117R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #457,560 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Songs, Flat Production, March 16, 2002

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Ellen Kelley (Shasta Lake, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hellbent on Compromise (Audio CD)

Those who discovered Collins' music as a result of the hit "A Girl Like You" and enjoyed the disc containing it (Gorgeous George) will also find much to like here. The songwriting, vocals, and arrangements are all similar to those of its more famous successor. The opening track, "Means To An End", and the Van Morrison-like "Now That It's Love" are my personal favorites but there's plenty of other good stuff as well. What's not so good is the production. The crisp, 3-dimensional imaging on Collins' later, self-produced discs (Gorgeous George and I'm Not Following You) is absent here; sound sources remain in a flat plane between the two speakers. The quality isn't terrible or even truly bad -- it's pretty standard for a late 1980's recording -- but it is a bit of a comedown after hearing the newer discs. (Makes me envy the people who were onto Collins before "A Girl Like You" hit it big.) Still, the disc sounds fine in the car and on a boombox and I recommend it (almost) without reservation to anyone who likes "Gorgeous George" and would like to hear more.