Re-Zoom [Original recording reissued]

The Knack | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 14, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Image Entertainment
• ASIN: B00007EIXE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,664 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pop Is Dead

2. Can I Borrow a Kiss

3. Smilin'

4. Ambition

5. Mister Magazine

6. Everything I Do

7. Love Is All There Is

8. Terry and Julie Step Out

9. Harder on You

10. You Gotta Be There

11. Good Enough

12. In Blue Tonight

13. Tomorrow

14. (All in the) All in All

15. No Matter What [*]

16. Girls Talk [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Recycled, with some extra tracks, February 15, 2003

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eveoflove (North York, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Re-Zoom (Audio CD)

Made in USA in 2002, Serial# ID1290DG, Playing Time 67:22

I was really looking forward to this release... but what a let down!!! (though I really like the music).

Simply put, what we have here is their 1998 release "Zoom", plus 3 bonus tracks (the Peter Ham-penned "No Matter What", "Girls Talk" composed by Elvis Costello, and an instrumental version of the album track "Mister Magazine").

"Zoom" was, in my opinion, one of the best "Knack" albums: great tempos, good enthusiasm, and a lot of radio-friendly (but ignored) tracks.

This "expanded edition" includes great renditions as bonus tracks, given the "Knack" treatment if you don't own "Zoom", this edition is well worth getting: in my opinion, this CD deserves a much better fate that what it will most probably (and unfortunately) get. A true classic pop-rock effort.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Likeable power-pop album, October 7, 2007

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S.J. (Orillia, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Re-Zoom (Audio CD)

I enjoyed this CD, but not quite as much as I expected after reading its good reviews. On this disc The Knack are in a more pop-py mood and although the music is catchy the lyrics are sometimes sappy. (I agree that the drums sound bad, too.) I think I still prefer "Serious Fun" -- I'd rank it #2 after their debut album -- which is closer to straight-up rock. As usual, their musicianship is excellent.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THEY STILL HAVE THE KNACK!!!, August 9, 2009

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Mark A. Oster (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Re-Zoom (Audio CD)

This CD is unusual in that it is the best CD release of an already proven band, many years after their first release. Actually, I can't think of any band who's best recordings are better in their later years. This is it! Sadly, because we are all predisposed to wanting to hear something different, this CD won't do well, but I REALLY appriciate the record company for giving us fans some new material, even though they know it's not likely they will make millions doing so. Unfortunately, their follow up CD, Normal as the next guy, wasn't nearly as good, but it just makes "Zoom" all that more of a gem.