Mask of Smiles / Rover's Return [Original recording remastered]

John Waite | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1977
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B00005MJVC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,388 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Every Step of the Way

2. Laydown

3. Welcome to Paradise

4. Lust for Life

5. Ain't That Peculiar

6. Just Like Lovers

7. The Choice

8. You're the One

9. No Brakes

10. These Times Are Hard for Lovers

11. Act of Love

12. Encircled

13. Woman's Touch

14. Wild One

15. Don't Lose Any Sleep

16. Sometimes

17. She's the One

18. Big Time for Love

Editorial Reviews

2 complete albums on 1 CD! Mask Of Smiles peaked at #36 in 1985 and included the top 25 hit Every Step Of The Way. Rover's Return hit the charts in 1977. Many for years have sought after these 2 albums. 18 tracks. Digitally remastered One Way release.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars John Waite - Mask of Smiles/Rover's Return, July 26, 2001

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R. Reynolds (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mask of Smiles / Rover's Return (Audio CD)

John Waite has enjoyed a remarkable career headlining such renowned groups as The Babys and Bad English, frequently showing up on movie soundtracks, and regularly resurfacing as a superb solo artist. He's probably best known for his 80s mega hit Missing You. But the pairing of these two long out of print albums gives us several more similar Waite songs that are comparable to Missing You, although equally striking on their own. Mask of Smiles brings us two Waite classics - Every Step of the Way and Just Like Lovers. These two songs stand above the other tracks and if they were the only tracks on the album, they would be well worth the price of admission. Other notable tracks include Welcome to Paradise, Lust For Life and You're the One. Rover's Return gives us Act of Love - which, if Missing You is John's best, then Act of Love is arguably his second best. Other tracks of note are These Times Are Hard For Lovers, Encircled, Wild One, Don't Lose Any Sleep and She's the One. John Waite fans will revel in the fact these two albums are finally available on CD. This will surely win him many more fans in his long and illustrious career.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT A DEAL !!!!!, November 18, 2003

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JULIANO MALLON (BRAZIL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mask of Smiles / Rover's Return (Audio CD)

That's exactly what you get ! A great deal by gettin' 2 of John Waite's best albums. I have looked for them for quite some time, and finally, to find them both in one disc...almost unbelievable...
Well, just "These times are hard for lovers" in crystal-clear cd sound is worth the money invested in buying the album.
But there's more than that...a lot more.
"Every step of the way" is a great 80's fm song; "Welcome to paradise" is a wonderful ballad, alongside "Sometimes".

"Laydown","She's the one","Act of love","Encircled"...too many great tracks to mention...
Ok, there's no "Missing you" here, but then again, you won't find it in any other John Waite record, or in any other artist's album. From his 80's work, these are my favorite albums. If you're into the 80's sound, this is a great opportunity for you to get 2 classic albums from a guy who knew (and still knows)how to deliver wonderful love-related songs with powerful rock anthems. This is John Waite at his best...in the 80's, that is.

5.0 out of 5 stars john waite in younger years at his best, January 27, 2007

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Bernhard Westermann "beluwe" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mask of Smiles / Rover's Return (Audio CD)

two albums mask of smiles I think his best, rover's return a little softer. top songs from the 80's, twenty years ago john waite was one of the best. now I wish that he would come back with a fantastic new album 2007, I hope so.