Italian X Rays [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Steve Miller Band

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Eagle
• ASIN: B00000890A
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #225,201 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Digitally remastered 'collector's edition' reissue of 1984album for Polydor that's out-of-print domestically, includes extensive sleeve notes. Eagle. 1998.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A FUN ELECTRONIC CLASSIC, February 3, 2005

By	JESSE GUISEPPE (LOS ANGELES, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A just found the CD copy online of this alblum, I have not heard the Italian X rays since I was very young.
It is not perfect,, But why dos it need to be its entertainment
its fun listening to the start of the new electronic sounds.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not much abacadara on this one. Weird is the right word., January 12, 2006

By	Kurt Olav Helle "Kurt Olav Experience" (Lonevåg, Osteroy Norway) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Songs like The Joker and Abacadabra is Steve Miller at his best. This one. Well. It`s certainly not his best effort. I`m not sure of this one at all. It sounds more like a technical experiment in what you can do with digital teqnique way back in 1984, and on this one remasterd and so called "up to date". Well. Let`s take a look at the bright side and forget the more or less crappy songs, and consentrate on the "good" ones. There are some belive it or not. Skip the first four tracks, and Track 5 Who do you love, shove`s some of the Steve Miller magic, the voice and the soundpicture, is ok on this one. Track 8 Bongo, bongo, has a certain charm with the bongo, bongo, rythm, and effects. Track 10 Golden Opportunity is anway a good rock & roller with lesser synth and more guitars, etc. Track 12 The Hollywood Dream is the best track, relaxable and moving, and shows much of the good old Steve Miller Band. Anyway. Not much abacadabra on this one, sorry to say.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "X" This One Out, July 20, 2002

By	Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

"Italian X-Rays" is the album that marked the end of Steve Miller's run on rock radio in the mid-1980s. Miller had flirted with new wave music and synthesizers on his previous effort, "Abracadabra," and was perhaps mislead into believing he needed to stay ahead of musical trends. As a result, he turned his back on his strengths, namely his laid back, hook laden, middle-of-the-road guitar rock style. Also lacking Miller's previously displayed deft songwriting touch, "X-Rays" contains nary a song worth hearing. It is worth noting that during his recent concert tours, he avoids this material like the plague. Comparable to Neil Young's unfortunate mid-80s new wave mistake "Landing On Water," this one should be avoided at all costs.