Kihnsolidation: The Best of Greg Kihn [Import]

Greg Kihn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 1989)
• Original Release Date: August 29, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea Int'l
• ASIN: B0000032QG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,076 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #47 in Music > Rock > Power Pop

Track Listings

1. Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)

2. Jeopardy

3. Someday

4. Lucky

5. Reunited

6. Small Change

7. Can't Stop Hurtin' Myself

8. Any Other Woman

9. Happy Man

10. Testify

11. Sorry

12. Remember

13. For You

14. Madison Avenue

15. Rendezvous

16. In the Naked Eye

17. Annabelle Lee

18. Love and Rock & Roll

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What Kihn a poor boy do?, July 18, 2007

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kihnsolidation: The Best of Greg Kihn (Audio CD)

Greg Kihn is a lovable lightweight, a handsome guy who made endearing good pop songs on the eclectic Beserkely Label when they seemed destined to be an American Stiff. Along with labelmates EarthQuake, The Rubinoos and Johnathan Richman, Kihn was the most popstar friendly of the bunch. He also had a knack of terrible puns on his name substituting for album titles (a habit even he got annoyed with). He became a local legend in the San Francisco area for his great live shows and good-guy demeanor.

By the time his "With The Naked Eye" started flirting with Top 40 material (great covers of Springsteen AND Richman - "Rendezvous" makes this CD, but unfortunately "Roadrunner" didn't), Kihn became Beserkely's biggest seller. It also led to the lable getting snapped up for distribution by Elektra, and Kihn was ready for his close up. "The Break Up Song" cracked the top 40 with an infectious "Na na na" hook and the band became stars. (Missing from this CD, "Valerie" and a great cover of Tommy Roe's "Sheila" - that's a CD deserving a re-issue!) A little more grooming lead to the funky number two "Jeopardy" off "Khinspiracy" and Kihn was big enough to rate a Weird Al Parody.

But the wheels came loose for ""Kihntagoius," despite the exuberant "Reunited" here. He soon switched labels for EMI and snuck one more single into the top 40, "Lucky." After this, came "Love and Rock and Roll," but few were left to notice that Kihn wasn't making jokes for titles. The title track was pretty good workman pop (and this compilation would have benefited from Kihn's cover of The Only Ones' "Another Girl Another Planet"), but the shimmer had dulled.

There are plenty of gems here, and Kihn is certainly pleasant listening. I'd bet he's a great guy to go paling around with, that's how much his aw-shucks charm comes through on his best work. He still makes the occasional album ("Horror Show" being the best of the latter day releases), and "Kihnsolidation" gives plenty of reasons to note that Greg Kihn is a better artist than a one-hit-wonder tag would indicate.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great Rock and Rollers!, January 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Kihnsolidation: The Best of Greg Kihn (Audio CD)

This is a great collection of songs from the Greg Kihn Band featuring some great early accoustic numbers, some Bruce Springsteen covers,and excellent original compositions like "Remember", "Jeopardy", "The Breakup Song", "Lucky", and many others. Highly recommended.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This Is An Excellent Career Compilation, January 3, 2007

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Eric Stouffer (Cupertino, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kihnsolidation: The Best of Greg Kihn (Audio CD)

I grew up here in The Bay Area and saw Greg Kihn many times. He was always a first rate performer and wrote some great and catchy pop songs. He made you enjoy them with his passionate concert style. I actually never enjoy his hit singles (Jeopardy and others). The other songs on this disc, such as Madison Avenue Man, Love and Rock & Roll, Testify and a great cover of For You, are all very good examples of his talent and fun deliveries. He was great for his time (and still does a great morning show in The Bay Area to this day). A worthwhile and refreshing listen.