Murray Head - Greatest Hits [Resurgent] [Import, Original recording remastered]

Murray Head | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 8, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Resurgence UK
• ASIN: B0000589OD
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,481 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Say It Aint So Joe

2. You Are

3. Never Even Thought

4. When Youre In Love

5. Mo Mystery

6. Dearest Anne

7. Maman (Single Version)

8. Darling 1944

9. With Or Without Me

10. Affair

11. Picking Up The Pieces

12. Los Angeles

13. Coctail Molotov

14. Still In Love With You

15. All The Way

16. Comme Des Enfants Qui Jouent

17. Mademoiselle

18. Le Temps Passe

19. One Night In Bangkok

Editorial Reviews

UK 'Best Of' for the artist best remembered for his 1984 smash 'One Night in Bangkok' (included here). 19 tracks beautifully mastered, comprised of his solo hits like 'Say It Ain't So Joe', along with tracks from his stage successes. 19 tracks in all. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Offbeat Version of One Night in Bangkok, January 26, 2005

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A. Sanders - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murray Head - Greatest Hits [Resurgent] (Audio CD)

I ordered this CD for one song--One Night in Bangkok. Very dissapointed to get an offbeat version: Not the popolar recorded version. The other songs were not to my taste either, never have heard any of them.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's the Greatest Hits, but are they the Greatest Songs?, November 1, 2004

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Jason Latona (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murray Head - Greatest Hits [Resurgent] (Audio CD)

I'm not sure what metric has declared these songs Murray Head's greatest. Maybe it's radio charts or single sales in France, the country that's seemingly home to the largest number of Murray Head fans. But are these a true representation of the best work to come from Murray? Nah. Still, it's a great way to get your hands on a whole bunch of material that isn't present on his primary solo releases.

Even some songs that are duplicated on other albums are either newer or different versions here; an example being Murray's somewhat legendary 'Say It Ain't So,' the version on this album being a 1993 remake. This album also offers several songs that are from movie soundtracks that featured Murray's work, and you can't get them anywhere else. Perhaps this should have been titled, "Murray Head's Miscellaneous Hits." - Jason Latona, Murrayhead.com

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Murray Deserves a Little Respect, November 16, 2006

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David Cooper (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murray Head - Greatest Hits [Resurgent] (Audio CD)

I am tired of reading people bash Murray Head for they are mad this album is not filled with songs like One Night in Bangkok and that the version is different from the hit. Well it really isn't. This version is the version from the play Chess and is an extended version of the hit. It adds a 1.20 instrumental and then the song is exactly the same.
Murray didn't change anything, but include the real version. The hit just cut the intrumental.

Now to review the cd:

Murray Head's hero was John Lennon and like Lennon he is an intellectual songwriter. He doesn't do Top 40 and One Night in Bangkok is not really reflective of his style.
If people want Top 40 go buy Hits of the 80's and other collections like that, but stop bashing Murray for his songs are well more thoughtful & well written than the flash in the pan song Bangkok, which is so dated now.

Murray appeals to people who want something deeper than mindless pop.

I have all his records and this album sadly is not really a Greatest Hits album. It is missing several of his best songs like Last Days of an Empire, HeY Lady & Going Home from his best album Voices, Countryman from Between Us, In the Heart of You from Sooner or Later, and Nothing to Lose & Make it Easy from Innocence.

What is on here is a collection of songs handed picked from his albums and obscure songs from movies.

There are some great songs like the heartfelt Never Even Thought - a remake from Say it Ain't So and better than the original, When You're in Love - a moving song about breaking up which we can all identify with, Dearest Anne, a lovely song from a movie, Affair Across a Crowded Room from Voices and Mademoiselle - another remake, but a wonderful song about an aging belle of the ball.

There are other good songs too like Say it Ain't So, another remake of an old song, not as good, but not bad, Los Angeles, No Mystery, With or Without Me,and You Are.

It has a decent version of Bangkok if you like that, but not the radio version.

It does have a few French songs and only has a few duds like All The Way and Maman.

If you want Top 40 pass on this, but if you like John Lennon, then maybe this album is for you.

I would though tell you to buy Voices first - one of the best, unheard albums of the early 80's - came out in 1980.