The Raspberries - Greatest Hits [1995]

Raspberries | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002TXQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Don't Want to Say Goodbye

2. Go All the Way

3. I Wanna Be with You

4. Let's Pretend

5. Last Dance

6. Cruisin' Music

7. Nobody Knows

8. Drivin' Around

9. Tonight

10. I'm a Rocker

11. Ecstasy

12. Starting Over

13. Party's Over

14. Overnight Sensation

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Hits is good; Capitol's re-issue is even better, March 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Raspberries - Greatest Hits [1995] (Audio CD)

The Raspberries: Eric Carmen's rock assault on the Beatles/Beach Boys. With ripping guitars and power pop songs, they smashed through with 'Go All The Way' which almost did - it landed at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. However, it was the highest the band would ever get, as the follow up - "I Wanna Be With You" charted at #16 and it was downhill from there. Their short 3-year career gave us 4 killer albums from the band from Cleveland.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lofty Power-Pop, April 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Raspberries - Greatest Hits [1995] (Audio CD)

Power-Pop seems like the easiest of all popular music genres to create. All one has to do is mix the proper ingredients of Pop. We need soaring harmonic vocals (Go All The Way, Overnight Sensation), a solid rhythm (I Wanna Be With You), some luscious string arrangements (Don't Want To Say Goodbye), puppy-love lyrics (Starting Over), and a melody that you just can't get out of you head (Let's Pretend).

Next, we can push Pop to Power-Pop by turning up the rhythm (I Wanna Be With You, Tonight) with either the kick-drum or bass, and add some screaming guitar lines (Party's Over).

Many bands have mixed all the ingredients, but few have created a musical desert as delicious as the Raspberries. The booklet accompanying the Raspberries Greatest Hits includes several photographs of the band members performing. One thing you may notice about the photographs is that the Raspberries are always smiling. Which brings me to the key ingredient of the Raspberries lofty Power-Pop - don't take yourself too seriously.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, December 20, 2008

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This CD was is excellent shape and I would buy from this seller again and again.