Rick Springfield - Greatest Hits...Alive

Rick Springfield | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 30, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B000056QDD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,968 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Affair Of The Heart

2. I've Done Everything For You

3. Alyson

4. Rock Of Life

5. Don't Talk To Strangers

6. I Get Excited

7. Love Somebody

8. April 24th/My Father's Chair

9. State Of The Heart

10. Medley: What Kind Of Fool Am I?/Don't Walk Away/Carry Me Away/Everybody's Girl/Calling All Girls...

11. Free

12. Love Is Alright Tonight

13. Human Touch

14. Jessie's Girl

15. Kristina

16. Living In Oz

17. Gloria

18. It's Always Something

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rick ROCKS Alive!!, January 26, 2001

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Margaret M. Short (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rick Springfield - Greatest Hits...Alive (Audio CD)

I've been fortunate enough to listen to a limited edition version of this CD for a few months now. All I can say is WOW! Rick Springfield rocks Alive. Anyone who has seen Rick live knows the energy, enthusiasm, and powerful rock he puts into every show. This man gives 150% every night and that shines through on this CD. It's appropriate that the first number is "Affair of the Heart". It is an affair of the heart both in what Rick gives his fans and how they receive it and feed back on into his energy. "Living in Oz" has never sounded better. Rock of Life is a plain fun with the audience participation on the chorus. The Medley alone is worth the CD price (listen for the sirens at the start of Calling all girls in that one). The studio performance of "April 24/ My Father's Chair", a tribute to his father, is hauntingly beautiful. The vocals overall are strong, and the band's sound is tight. If you haven't heard Jessie's Girl live, you haven't heard Jessie's Girl. The editting is also wonderful, in that you don't hear that annoying pause between songs. They just blend from one song to the next so you really feel like you're at a live performance. The CD cover artwork is also incredible, capturing the intensity of Rick live. In short, from the musical content and arrangement, to the presentation this is the best Live album I've ever seen. It's a must have not only for All Rick Springfield fans, but all fans of good guitar driven rock music.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A high energy CD with all the hits, ALIVE!, January 21, 2001

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Bank Of America "Shawn" (Dallas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rick Springfield - Greatest Hits...Alive (Audio CD)

If you are a Rick Springfield fan, either moderately or fanatically, you absolutely must get this CD. What a performer! Each song seems to have a brand new feel to it, more hard driving guitar playing with an edge. You can hear the craziness from the fans during each song as they sing along with him. A couple of my all time favorites, "Rock of Life" and "State of the Heart" are on the CD and Rick has made these new versions blow away the studio versions of these singles! In fact, you can make that statement for most of the songs on here, and those songs were great before. If I were to make another highlight, it would have to be "I've Done Everything for You" and "Love is Alright Tonight". One very minor complaint,"Souls", a Springfield concert classic isn't on here, but there are 20+ songs that more than make up the difference. One would be hard pressed to show me a better live CD than this one and I have a bunch of them, this is the one to get! Enjoy.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guaranteed goosebumps!!!, August 20, 2001

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"aaldridge" (Cape Girardeau, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rick Springfield - Greatest Hits...Alive (Audio CD)

Ok...admit it. You were a Rick Springfield fanatic when you were a teenager way back in the 80's. You were either a diehard fan (like me) who had a shrine to Rick, with posters on your walls, General Hospital notebooks, a variety of Rick t-shirts that you wore to school every day (despite the disdainful looks your mom gave you), and a Panasonic cassette player that played nothing but Working Class Dog, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet and Living in Oz. Or maybe you were a closet fan who was much too cool to admit that you had a Rick tape in your glove compartment and only played it when you were cruising alone. You rocked to the driving beat of "Calling All Girls," but only with the windows up and preferably in a town other than where you lived. You wore Van Halen t-shirts and dark sunglasses. Well, it's time for ALL of Rick's fans to unite and grab THE GREATEST HITS: ALIVE. Close your eyes as "Affair of the Heart" kicks into overdrive...you'll be transported back to 1983, when you hopefully saw Rick for the first time, perched atop a huge prop, as the lights went down and the stage began to smoke. Silhouetted at first, the spotlight came up and Rick strutted down the pyramid-like set, guitar in hand, and I was never the same. He captured the audience, held us in his hands, shook us up and gave us a performance that would last a lifetime in our minds. Rick returned to the stage in 1998, with the same energy and boyish charm that enamored us in the beginning. I happen to think he's even better now than ever; we've all grown up, it seems. You can hear it in the music - he's more comfortable with himself, and his passion for what he does just shines through when he's on the stage. Rick's dedication to his fans is just phenomenal. From the pounding "I've Done Everything for You" (thanks, Sammy Hagar) to the sinful "Alyson," to the gut-wrenching "My Father's Chair," you will love this CD from start to finish. As an avid concert-goer and card-carrying Rick Springfield Fan Club Member, this CD is among my most prized possessions. I am 35 years old, but this music takes me back to the innocence and thrill of being 16 again. Do yourself a favor and buy this CD today. You'll keep it in your car player and you won't have to hide the box in the glove compartment. And roll the windows down this time; you've earned it. We're all grownups now, and we can all admit, freely, that RICK SPRINGFIELD ROCKS. Enjoy!!!