Just Testing [Import]

Wishbone Ash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mca UK
• ASIN: B000024YFR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,996 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Living Proof

2. Haunting Me

3. Insomnia

4. Helpless

5. Pay The Price

6. New Rising Star

7. Master Of Disguise

8. Lifeline

9. Come On

10. Fast Johnny

11. Blowin' Free

12. Helpless

Editorial Reviews

Unavailable in the U.S.! Digitally remastered and expanded pressing of the veteran British Rock band's 1980 album featuring four bonus tracks: 'Come On', 'Fast Johnny', 'Blowin' Free' (Live) and 'Helpless' (Live). Spectrum.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Music/Performance: First Rate -- Remaster: Not So Much, September 8, 2009

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eclectic shopper (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Just Testing (Audio CD)

Wishbone Ash has been one of my all-time favorite bands for something like 30 years. I have all of their studio albums and a good portion of their live efforts. They're not for everyone and their musical output over the years has been a bit uneven to say the least. Maybe that's a natural result when you have the personnel turnover this band has had. Whatever the reason I still almost always found myself drawn to and drawn in by their music. Two reasons that I liked them so much, I think, is that much of their best music features Martin Turner on vocals and bass.
This album, in fact, features some of his typically stellar work. He has a vocal style that is perfect for their particular style of music. It simply works. As for his bass playing, let's just say that I never heard anyone else play like that. (And I mean that in a good way.) His recorded performance always seemed so in touch with the material. Which is not surprising since he either wrote or co-wrote five out of the eight songs on the original record and was co-producer of same. This is why I am completely mystified by the borderline ineptitude demonstrated in the "remastering" of this otherwise fine musical effort. Many of the cuts sound as if too many studio gizmos and "effects" such as reverb and phasing were introduced to the mix and in some cases made the music difficult to listen to. The first time I listened to this disc I couldn't believe my ears. I gave the documentation a good read and only then discovered the original recordings had been remastered by Martin Turner. If you want to hear this album in a much more palatable form (and one I'm pretty sure the majority of the band would prefer you to hear) get hold of it in the non-remastered form.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just Testing passes with Flying (V) Colors, April 13, 2002

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Dean Murphy (Maine, USA, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Testing (Audio CD)

If you love Wishbone Ash you'll love "Just testing". Worth the price of admission just for their rendition of Master of Disguise. This would have rated 5 stars were it not for "Pay the Price". It just doesn't seem to fit.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS CD IS JUST GREAT LISTENING. HANDS DOWN GREAT., August 4, 2000

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robert mendez jr. (SAN ANTONIO, TX.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Testing (Audio CD)

WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THIS ALBUM IT WAS PURELY ON THE REPUTATION WISHBONE ASH HAD BUILT FOR ITSELF. AND LET ME TELL YOU THE ALBUM TO THIS DAY REMAINS THE BEST I'VE HEARD FROM THEM. I LOVE IT. THOSE SONGS ARE GREAT. "LIVING PROOF" IS THE FIRST SONG. IT'S MY FAVORITE. THE SONGS JUST HAS GREAT MELODIES AND HARMONIES. "INSOMNIA" IS ALSO GOOD. IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT TWIST FOR THEM. BUT I THINK YOU'LL LIKE IT. ONE OF THE SLOW SONGS IS "NEW RISING STAR". A SLOW ROCKING SONG. VERY ENJOYABLE. THEN THERE'S "MASTER OF DISGUISE". THIS SONG HAS GREAT VOCALS. THE REST OF THE SONGS ARE ALSO VERY GOOD. THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT THIS ALBUM IS DEFINETLY DIFFERENT. THE GUITAR ATTACKS COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER GREAT. THE BASS LINES ARE AWESOME. THE VOCALS ON 7 OUT OF THE 8 TRACKS ARE AWESOME. I FIND THIS ALBUM VERY COMFORTING AND ENJOYABLE TO LISTEN TO. WISHBONE ASH OUTDID THEMSELVES ON THIS ONE.