Painting the Corners: The Best of Fastball [Enhanced]

Fastball | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B00006EXHE
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,032 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Make Your Mama Proud

2. Emotional

3. Out Of My Head

4. Fire Escape

5. The Way

6. Slow Drag

7. Are You Ready For The Fallout?

8. Dark Street

9. You're An Ocean

10. Vampires

11. Human Torch

12. Sooner Or Later

13. Love Is Expensive And Free

14. She Comes 'Round

15. Black Rain

16. Funny Hoe It Fades Away

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't have been better..., June 20, 2004

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Cesar Reyes (-------, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Painting the Corners: The Best of Fastball (Audio CD)

When I first found out that this compilation existed, it caught me off guard. Fastball had only released 3 studio albums prior to this collection and in my mind it was too soon for this album to exist (note that the record company and Fastball had already parted ways when this record was released so it's safe to say that this was released for "economic" issues only). When I read the tracklisting the obvious song titles were present, with one unreleased song (Black Rain) and one B-side (Emotional) added to the mix. Owning all of this material on the original studio albums, I passed on this collection but I can still vouche for this release since I'm familiar with all of the songs and it's worth any price you pay for it. Fastball is truly an underrated band that if you care to listen to this disc you too will appreciate this Austin, TX group just like all of the fans they've picked up over the years. Highlights are (all of the songs are highlights, I mean this a "Best Of" package!) "Are You Ready For The Fallout?, "Slow Drag", "Sooner Or Later", "The Way", "Out Of My Head" & "Fire Escape". PLEASE BUY THIS RECORD!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good pop songs are underrated, May 8, 2005

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Glenn Gillen (Durham, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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I seldom write music reviews for Amazon but this album has had me humming all day. I can't say enough about how the well-crafted pop songs are catchy and intelligent. This album ranks up there with Squeeze's "Singles - 45's and Under" and Gin Blossoms "New Miserable Experience" in terms of almost every song being solid. Will definitely get played over and over in my house.

5.0 out of 5 stars Every track is good., August 11, 2011

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J. D. Nicholson (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Painting the Corners: The Best of Fastball (Audio CD)

I can't believe that over 10 has passed since their first album and they're still writing killer songs. I put their stuff on my MP3 and just play all albums together. It's all good. There are few bands that have ever had this level of quality.