Lies: Very Best of

Knickerbockers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B000009QJD
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,272 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lies

2. Harlem Nocturne

3. Twine Time

4. Money (That's What I Want)

5. Jolly Green Giant

6. Playgirl

7. Chuck Berry Medley

8. Turn to Me

9. Stick with Me

10. You're Bad

11. She's Not There

12. One Track Mind

13. Jerk Town

14. You Really Got Me

15. She's Gotten to Me

16. Like Little Children

17. Just One Girl

18. Wishful Thinking

19. All Day and All of the Night

20. Land of 1000 Dances

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars That '60s sound!, April 25, 2008

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Paul Smith "PSIII" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lies: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Vocally these guys sounded very much like John and Paul. They were definitely drawing heavily from The Beatles style-a bandwagon that several groups at the time were eager to jump on. But if you listen closer you see that they were doing some interesting things with distortion that were a bit ahead of their time. The Knickers had their thing together and Lies! is a great addition to the sound of the '60s. Check it out!

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Best Song The Beatles Never Wrote, October 29, 2005

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Ford Sonje (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lies: Very Best of (Audio CD)

AllMusic.com calls "Lies" the "best and most accurate early Beatle imitation ever recorded; the lead vocals were a dead ringer for John Lennon and the whole production could have fit in snugly on the second side of A Hard Day's Night."

I completely agree. It was a great song. This 1966 recording fooled everyone, self included, until told otherwise. It could have even fooled Lennon ... depending on his mental state.

After listening to samples from other tracks, The Knickerbockers (from New Jersey) sound to me like they were a gifted, working club band -- required to play familiar hits every night. There's plenty of good musicianship and vocal talent present. There is even originality, but restrained to writing new material in the style of others -- as "Lies" amply demonstrates. Successful forgery is a kind of artistic achievement, after all.

Too bad that these guys didn't have a mentor who could have channeled their talents into something stronger.

If you're into 1960s minutiae and trivia, this CD probably rates more than 3 stars, but I gave it 3 for general, old fogey, audiences.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lies, January 12, 2005

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Peter Gitlin "byrdland49" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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For what it's worth, "Lies" is the greatest Beatles song ever not written by the Beatles. I think this band only had one hit, but man did they summon the spirit of the Fab Four on this song.