Customer Reviews

Music You Heard on the Sopranos

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

This is a marginally worthwhile purchase for those attempting to piece together the ultimate soundtrack to a fantastic series. Over half of the tracks listed are alternate versions, and HORRIBLE covers by HORRIBLE cover bands. All of the BB Band cover tracks are bad enough to make you want to pitch the whole 3 cd collection out of your window. Even tracks like "The Happy Organ" are alternate versions by the original artist. And "The Man With The Harmonica", is not the electronic remix used in the series. BUT, the collection is worthwhile for its inclusion of some hard to find, and out of print titles like "World Destruction", and "Forever Blowing Bubbles", amongst others, all the original versions, by the original artists. WARNING: THE COVER OF "WOKE UP THIS MORNING" IS QUITE POSSIBLY BAD ENOUGH TO SCAR YOUR INNER TONY, AND MAKE YOUR HATE A GREAT SHOW.

TRACK BY TRACK DETAILS
AOK MEANS ORIGINAL VERSION AS USED IN SHOW
?????? MEANS ?????? (DISAPPOINTMENT HIGHLY LIKELY)
1. WOKE UP THIS MORNING- MONUMENTALLY BAD COVER
2. WHOS SORRY NOW- THE REAL CONNIE FRANCIS, BUT A BAD QUALTITY POSSIBLY LIVE VERSION.
3. LITTLE STAR- AOK
4. PRSIONER OF LOVE- AOK
5. DON'T BRING ME DOWN- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
6. WHITE RABBIT LIVE- ORIGINAL ARTIST, POOR QUALITY LIVE VERSION
7. DREAMERS HOLIDAY- ??????
8. SMOKE ON THE WATER- TERRIBLE COVER
9. NO TI SCORDAR DI ME- ??????
10.GOODNIGHT MY LOVE- ??????
11.I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN- AOK

12.CORE 'NGRATO- NOT UNCLE JUNIOR, PROBABLY A WANDERING VANGRANT
13.BAKER STREET- TERRIBLE COVER
14.CON TE OARTIRO- ??????
15.HOTEL CALIFORNIA- BAD ENOUGH TO INSPIRE HIPPIE DON HENLEY TO MURDER.
16.I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES- ORIGINAL, HARD TO FIND TRACK
17.IF I LOVED YOU- AOK
18.HAPPY ORGAN- MAYBE DAVE CORTEZ, BUT NOT THE VERSION USED IN THE SERIES
19.GOOD, BAD, UGLY- DECENT COVER, NOT FROM SERIES
20.SPEEDO- AOK
21.CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ- ??????
22.WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER- AOK

23.POWDER YOUR FACE WITH SUNSHINE-AOK DEAN-O
24.GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY- BAD BAD BAD
25.SIXTEEN CANDLES- AOK
26.I WHO HAVE NOTHING- POOR QUALITY
27.SANTA BABY- ??????
28.TAKE ME TO THE RIVER- POOR TOM JONES LIVE VERSION, WASN'T THIS SUNG BY A FISH, TOM JONES IS NOT A FISH
29.GLORIA- THIS COVER BANDS LEGACY OF DREADFUL MUSIC CONTINUES
30.CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE- AOK
31.PARLEZ MOI D'AMOUR- BEAUTIFUL SONG, PERHAPS WORTH THE PRICE OF THE COLLECTION.
32.WORLD DESTRUCTION- AOK AOK AOK, GREAT SONG TO FETCH YOUR NEWSPAPER TO.
33.JIN GO LO BA- SOMTHING STINKS...OH ITS THIS SONG
34.ADIAGO.....- ??????
35.SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES- AOK
36.I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU- AOK, I THINK
37.NANCY WITH THE LAUGHING FACE- AOK, I THINK
38.GREEN ONIONS- BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!
39.OH GIRL- AOK
40.REGIMENTAL COMPANY MARCH- DIFFERENT FROM SHOW
41.MAN WITH THE HARMONICA- NOT FROM THE SHOW OR ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST...WHERE DID IT COME FROM? ANSWER: A TOILET
42.SURFIN USA- TERRIBLE

43.OH WHAT A NIGHT- AOK
44.DEANS VEGAS MEDLEY- AOK
45.WOKE UP THIS MORNING- RETURN OF THE BAND THAT SUCKS BEYOND ALL REASONABLE CAPACITY TO SUCK.

27/45 SONGS WILL TEST YOUR RESOLVE AS A FAN OF LIVING.
BB BAND: HOW DO YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELF.

This was an absolute dissapointment. Had I read the posted customer reviews before clicking on the "Place Your Order" button I would have saved myself alot of trouble and some cash.

The majority of the music on all three CD's is done by a band who will most likely never hit the proverbial big time. I've heard better music from a garage band comprised of junior high kids. If I wanted to hear that for hours on end I'd walk out my back door hang a left down the alley and pull up a chair while the kids from the band practiced their riffs on a forty dollar second hand amp.

There are some oldies that might interest some, but if that's what you are looking for I would strongly suggest investing your money in a 50's or 60's CD set. At least then you know what you're getting, and it's nice to listen to.

Fans of the show will surely be as dissapointed as I was with this set. Had I read the "fine print" I would have realized this was not marketed nor affiliated with or by HBO. I thought I had struck gold with this, as there were songs absent from the original soundtracks I wished were on there.

You can get more for your money buy purchasing a couple of frozen pizzas, a case of Mountain Dew and giving it to your local junior high garage band as payment to put on a show for you and yours. I use the CD's for coasters now and the occasional frisbee for my dauschound. Once that ceases to be entertaining I'll use them for skeet practice.

Save your money....steer clear of this.

This is a terrible compilation. The cover band is dreadful and the versions of the more popular well known songs by the original artists are not the original versions. When you read the track listing, where a cover band is used, the artist is not listed. The blurred fine print in the album photo is the statement which tells you the item is not licensed by "The Sopranos" and has nothing official to do with the show. Extremely disappointed with this item.

I was such a fool to buy this 3-CD set despite the negative reviews. I had been waiting soooo long for music from season 3 and 4, I simply ignored the existing reviews. This is a horrible collection, just awful. I skimmed through the cuts and heard enough from each to justify making these three CD's a "gift" to my public library. Please do NOT purchase this set, you will regret it, AND be out several dollars. Better to hope eventually the show's producers will put out a legitimate soundtrack of seasons 3, 4, etc.

SOME of the music is by original artists - some are poor covers of songs. The MOST disappointing song is the THEME SONG - a very poor cover by an unknown band.

This is an extremely opportunist release which must be running close to the wind in terms of trades description regulations. Dreadful covers by clearly clapped-out session musicians without any love left in their hearts, either for the show or for the fans who, like the fool that I am, may have been tempted to buy this follwing on from the previous two genuine soundtrack albums - fine records they are too. This is utterly tasteless and horribly packaged by people who, ironically enough, are no strangers to the concept of the 'shakedown'. Do NOT buy this piece of junk if you intend doing so because you are a fan of the show and its music - precious little what you'll hear here ever appeared on it nor ever would appear in ANY self-respecting person's stereo.

The songs are (mostly) NOT original artists singing from the tracks on the show. It is VERY obvious that this is not an "official" or approved release. Even the "Sopranos" name on the CD is not the real logo - notice the lack of the gun in the "r" - an obvious FAKE. Of the 3 CD's, at best there are 4 decent songs, the rest are terrible. If you like opera, classical or old Dean Martin it may appeal to you (not exactly the profile of a Soprano fan). So....Fuhgeddaboudit

"Three CD collection of classic songs that have been heard during episodes of the immensely popular HBO series, The Sopranos."

With this bland commendation, Amazon must share the blame for having misled the disappointed customers, who had no other way of finding out that they'd been had until they'd paid their money.

I've given this item one star only because the rating system forced me to give it a score other than zero.

More accurate and factual product descriptions are called for from now on, guys.

This is done by a cover band and it is very lame. Notice the cover art, the gun is missing in the word Sopranos. Look at the title... not music form the Sopranos, but music you heard on the Sopranos.

I didn't know they still released bad albums like this. It has nothing to do with HBO or the Sopranos. Get the Sopranos soundtrack and Peppers and Eggs if you want real Sopranos music.

What a huge disappointment. I'm very disappointed in how this product is marketed and advertized. It's very deceptive. It lists all the songs and the ORIGINAL artists and nowhere on the packaging does it say that these songs are performed by other than the original artists. Silly me, I actually expected this to be the the acutal music I heard on the Sopranos by the ORIGINAL ARTISTS! Instead, it's just a B grade version of the songs performed by wannabees. I really hope that I can get a refund for this. This is the worst Christmas present I have ever purchased from Amazon!