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Lobo - Greatest Hits

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Although the sound quality isn't up to what the quality is on the Rhino CD, this is still good. I had bought the cassettes years ago and they soon stretched from all the playing. I love these songs, they take me back to high school and past loves and losses. This CD has all his classics and I would recommend it highly to all of you that grew up or came of age during that time, you won't regret it.

Lobo probably never received the recognition he deserved, but those of us who love and identify with his music give him nothing but high marks. It brought back a lot of memories from the mid 1970's for me. It contains the familiar songs "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", plus some lesser known but equally good songs like "How Can I Tell Her", "Way I Came In", and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". If you love the music from the first half of the 1970's, this CD needs to be a part of your collection. It is highly recommended!

The Best of Lobo on Rhino has more songs and after I got it, I haven't played this one since. Just the same, the songs are all great, and any Lobo fan will not be disappointed. Also consider the Import album, The Very Best of Lobo. I also bought all of Lobo's early albums (with extra cuts and at great prices) from Amazon.com.UK when they were available. Introducing Lobo/Of a Simple Man is still available on one CD (23 cuts). Calumet (Import) with 15 cuts, is available used or from other dealers and has some the 10 original and 5 extra cuts, including the original version of Stoney never released before (completely changes the feel, but worth the price by itself),and includes the single versions (radio play) of A Simple Man, How Can I Tell Her, and Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend-different from the album cuts (the album cut of How Can I Tell Her is there also, of course, while the other two album cuts are from other albums). Also look for Just a Singer which also includes the entire album of A Cowboy Afraid Of Horses (22 cuts). Of course if you are a big Lobo fan you may realize he recorded in Asia for a number of years and put out some excellent music, including a song called Sometime which matches up with anything else he ever did. If you can find the Imports of his American albums I described, they are worth the money. If you can find the Albums from Asia (with original songs, not his USA cuts), buy them and you won't be disappointed. Asian Moon is a great one to try (21 tracks. www.fansoflobo.com/ is the ultimate source for Lobo info, the Official website. If you are not a fan of Lobo yet but like acoustic music or any of his songs you've heard, give this album or any of the others a chance. The only album I wouldn't start with is the vinyl version of Just a Singer because you don't get a feel for Lobo as a songwriter, and at his best, or an Asian release that was all instrumental (matching the identical songs he also sang on another album).

Lobo is one of those talented artists from the Seventies that everyone has heard of, but can't place. His most famous hit was, "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo", a number one hit with a romantic breezy feel with simple chords and lyrics. "I'd Love You To Want Me" was also a big number with Robert Johnson guesting as back-up falsetto vocalist.

The rest of the album is a smart selection of love songs and low key poetic verses of the typical Top 40 genre, but presented extremely well.
If you like one of the songs on this collection, you'll like them all. It's first rate seventies pop.

this cd is superb for the affectionate and the lovers of the 70s.it is 1973 again with this music plugged in.....if your cd player will mix at random, this album, Bread Anthology, Best of the Stylistics, and a few like that will gain back her love of earlier times. and yours....

A nostalgic trip back to the 70's from one of the decade's underrated artists. A pleasant listening experience to an easy sounding performer.

Not my usual choice of music here, but I'll say this much for Lobo (born Roland Kent LaVoie) - is that he certainly had the voice for memorable AM pop / soft rock as such. Tunes like "I'd Love You To Want Me", "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo" and "Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love" tend to spark a certain 'familiar' vibe of days gone by when I heard them for the first time in (maybe) at least thirty years now. If I remember correctly, my parents liked this artist. Will appeal to fans of Seals & Crofts, Cat Stevens and Climax. Call him like a David Cassidy / Bobby Sherman wanna-be if you want.

I AM 52 YEARS YOUNG---REMEMBER WHEN LOBO FIRST ARRIVED-FROM THE START FELL IN LOVE WITH THEIR MUSIC-SOFT AND SWEET...GREAT LYRICS AND MELODIES

I really enjoyed Lobo 'back in the day', so the memories brought back from this disc were wonderfully mellow to listen to. His pop voice transitioned well when I discovered country music in the mid 1970's.

I have this CD and enjoy it very much, though I think the version on rino is better, because of the wider selection of songs. But better still would be a rerelease of Lobo's "A SIMPLE MAN " on CD.