Rock & Roll: Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits

Gary Glitter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 13, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B000003488
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,111 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rock & Roll, Pt. 2

2. Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!)

3. I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am!)

4. The Wanderer

5. I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock & Roll)

6. Rock On [*]

7. Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again

8. Baby Please Don't Go [*]

9. Remember Me This Way

10. I Love, You Love, Me Love

11. Doing Alright with the Boys

12. Love Like You and Me [*]

13. Always Yours

14. Oh Yes! You're Beautiful

15. You Belong to Me [*]

16. Rock & Roll, Pt. 1

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Rock & Roll: Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits by Gary Glitter

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not prog rock, you know., April 27, 2004

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Gareth Davies-Morris "dodgem-dude" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock & Roll: Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Unexpectedly politicized for an Amazon review page! Yes, Gary Glitter was busted for possession of child porn a few years back and was punished with jail time in the UK. After that, he left the country, so perhaps his deportation from Cambodia was his criminal record catching up with him rather than for further crimes committed there - but I don't know. What I do know is that you should judge the art, not the artist. He's deservedly disgraced now, but that should have no bearing on what one thinks of the singles he made OVER 30 YEARS AGO. They're great tunes that defined the party side of glam-rock (ie, Slade, T.Rex, early Sweet, etc) as opposed to the Bowie/Roxy Music/Cockney Rebel art-rock camp. I grew up listening to all that music and have to say I loved it then and still do. Nothing got your feet moving faster than Gary's simple but super formula: massive slap drums, pop-metal riffs, and good time tribal sing-along choruses.

All of the 6 key Glitter singles are represented on this disc: Rock & Roll Pt. 1, I Didn't Know I Loved You Till I Saw You Rock & Roll, Do You Wanna Touch Me? (which cropped up in Velvet Goldmine), Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again, I'm the Leader of the Gang, & Rock & Roll Pt. 2. Also included are a few lesser but still solid singles (I Love You Love Me, for example), and listeners may recognize some songs from covers versions by Joan Jett, the Cure, and others. And yes, back in the 80s the Timelords sampled R & R 2 (the baseball wind-up theme and Gary's only US hit) and even name-checked him on the B-side homage Gary In the Tardis. If you feel it immoral to help him earn royalties, don't buy his records -- but if you like glam, this is the real thing.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ROCK ON!, May 30, 2002

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J. Kapraszewski "Just a Moose" (Oak Ridge, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This CD show's why Gary Glitter was a hit over in England. Sadly, the American music audience has lost out on so many great singers like Glitter, Iron Maiden, and Manowar to name a few. Get this CD and just enjoy it for what it is. It's not the most serious CD in the world, but it's fun. That's what Glitter is for.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Music, February 7, 2006

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Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay "...It Will Nev... (West London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock & Roll: Gary Glitter's Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This album is not the best collection of Garys music, but it nevertheless contains many of the songs he placed on the UK charts between 1972 and 1980. One of the reasons I am doing this review is in response to below comment about Joan Jetts covers being better than Gary Glitters originals, not true.

Gary Glitter did not leave a lot to be desired as a rock n roll star. While I respect the Joan Jett fan for saying that Glitters crimes had no effect on her view of his music, I would say that Gary was one of the finest rockers of the 20th century. Very few had his stage presence, even other glam rock acts of the time Alice Cooper and Kiss (two American acts of the 1970s) and The Sweet, came close at times, but Gary Glitter was the leader of the rock n roll gang and was the ultimate showman of the era.

If you like rock music, then check this album out. Glitters influence in music can still be heard today, even if some wish not mention his name.