Listen Listen: Best of

Emitt Rhodes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 1995)
• Original Release Date: August 29, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014WA
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Live [The Merry-Go-Round]

2. Time Will Show the Wiser [Single Version]

3. You're a Very Lovely Woman [The Merry-Go-Round]

4. She Laughed Loud [The Merry-Go-Round]

5. Listen, Listen [The Merry-Go-Round]

6. 'Til the Day After

7. Fresh as a Daisy

8. You Take the Dark Out of the Night

9. She's Such a Beauty

10. Live Till You Die

11. Long Time No See

12. You Should Be Ashamed

13. With My Face on the Floor

14. Love Will Stone You

15. Really Wanted You

16. Birthday Lady

17. Golden Child of God

18. Warm Self Sacrifice

19. Shoot the Moon

20. Tame the Lion

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superlative collection of a lost pop genius, January 14, 2003

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Listen Listen: Best of (Audio CD)

Way cool. I can totally see the same folks who revere Alex Chilton latching onto this disc as a new pop motherlode... and why not? Rhodes was a suburban California kid who got signed onto A&M in 1967, just as that label was starting to bust out of its easy listening niche, and the LA Pop sound was in full flower... His band, the Merry-Go-Round, had moderate chart success, but a label switch and attendant weird marketing decisions sort of sank the ship, and Emitt retreated into the studio... all by his little lonesome. This CD collects the best of his band's singles along with choice material from several of his self-produced, self-performed solo albums, released from 1970-'73. It's eccentric, sometimes strained, oddly compelling psychedelic pop/roots music which oft-times sounds like a copy of the Beatles "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", and at other times follows its own, very distinctive muse. If Belle & Sebastian or some other Scottish band don't cover something off this within the next five years, I'll buy myself a hat and eat it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paradise revisited, February 25, 2000

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Gregory L. McClellan (Richmond, Ky.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Listen Listen: Best of (Audio CD)

One of the greatest musical talents of all time, it is gratifying to be able to hear some of Rhodes' work re-released on CD. It is almost tragic that an artist of this magnitude toiled in relative obscurity. Nonetheless, he is greatly appreciated by his fans, few in number though they might be. One can only hope that he will record again. In the meantime, this CD helps scratch a considerable itch. If you like the Beatles at their best, you will love this. I hope Rhodes appreciates, rather than resents, the comparison. Buy it; you will be glad you did.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars underappreciated genius, December 23, 2002

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Keith E. Lewis (Hurst, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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Emitt Rhodes is truly one of the underrated talents of a generation. His songwriting skills are matched by his vocal talent and his musicianship (recording and playing EVERY instrument on his first two LPs). As the owner of five Emitt Rhodes albums (and the Merry-Go-Round LP) I highly recommend all Emitt Rhodes titles to anyone and everyone!

Personally, I have been unable to obtain this particular title "Listen, Listen: the Best of Emitt Rhodes" so if anyone can direct me to a copy of it, please let me know: ...