Serious Fun [Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

The Knack | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000065CXH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,108 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rocket O' Love

2. I Want Love

3. Serious Fun

4. One Day At A Time

5. River Of Sighs

6. Let's Get Lost

7. Can Trickle

8. Shine

9. Won't Let Go/Aces & Eights

10. Body Talk

11. (I'll Be Your) Mau Mau

12. Doin' The Dog

13. Down W/The Blone (Pts. I & II) (bonus track)

14. The Spinning Song (bonus track)

15. Nowhere To Run (bonus track)

16. A Prayer (bonus track)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little musical backbone for a metalhead like me., June 16, 2002

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G. Van Der Bent "Gerb" (Katwijk, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Serious Fun (Audio CD)

Like probably everyone else I learned of THE KNACK through their monsterhit MY SHARONA (does anybody agree with me that the second half of that song is the best? With the incredible guitar solo and the intrumental bit).
SERIOUS FUN was their early nineties reunion album and, as I understand, it was universally panned.
I have to disagree with that though (why else would I be giving it four stars?). Sure, it isn't the best KNACK album and Don Was' production is a little bit to timely for that, but it's (serious) fun in it's own right.

THE KNACK for me where always so good 'cause off their really hardhitting playing style (it's THE BEATLES meets punk) and their mastery off those same instruments (like I said, I'll always be a metalhead). But it's the amazing songwriting that's most important.
There are some real gems on this album, like the title track, LET'S GET LOST and ONE DAY AT THE TIME. Best of all, there's bonustracks included.

Buy the cd to find out!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Make sure you are ordering the correct version!, February 23, 2008

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J. McDonald - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Serious Fun (Audio CD)

I ordered this CD three times, from three seperate dealers and always ended up getting the 1991 Charisma records release, without the extra tracks. Make sure the seller you're buying from has listed the correct CD! You may want to ASK the seller before ordering if it is indeed the 2002 re-release with four extra tracks (16 total).

Great comeback album for the Knack! Not "classic" Knack, but certainly an interesting direction!

JM

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Knack are rocking, May 10, 2002

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Maccafan "mlls55" (Selma, Al) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Serious Fun (Audio CD)

I'm glad to write a review for Serious Fun, this is my very favorite Knack album, I love their power pop sound but on this one the Knack got down to some serious rocking!! The opening track Rocket O Love sets the stage for the whole affair, the boys come out of the gate rocking and hardly ever stop!!
Everything is harder and louder on Serious Fun, the Knack really showing what they can do, it's just a shame that good music like this gets completely looked over these days, maybe by reissueing these Knack albums they will get the attention they should have in the first place!!
Serious Fun is my very favorite Knack studio album, rush out and get it because the Knack are rocking!!