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Nomads | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1981
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Sympathy 4 the R.I.
• ASIN: B000003KYJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,798 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Way (You Touch My Hand)

2. I'm 5 Years Ahead of My Time

3. Low Down Shakin' Chills

4. Milk Cow Blues

5. Rat Fink a Boo-Boo

6. Real Gone Lover

7. Where the Wolf Bane Blooms

8. Bangkok

9. Don't Tread On Me

10. She Pays the Rent

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Psycho

2. Night Time

3. Boss Hoss

4. Rockin' All Through the Night

5. Have Love, Will Travel

6. Showdown

7. Real Cool Time

8. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White

9. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy

10. Teenage Letter

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll Wonder How You Ever Lived Without This 2-CD Set, February 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Showdown (Audio CD)

If you're not familiar with the Nomads you are quite fortunate because you have yet to discover one of the best bands of all time, and you'll find it to be a gratifying discovery indeed. I would describe these guys (they're from Sweden but all their vocals are in English and they emanate a very cosmopolitan vibe) as a rather swaggering foursome that absolutely jams fundamental bar-room/fraternity-style hard rock. This isn't heavy metal; it exhibits maybe just a molecule of punk, but overall the sound is dead- center rock'n'roll-- and yet I'd be hard pressed to name a band on a similar wave length. Social Distortion would be a possible point of comparison, but the Nomads are, with all due respect to SD, much, much better. Really. This 2-CD compilation is essentially a best-of. All but one or two songs are absolutely great. This is not mellow stuff at all--but even your Grandma wouldn't label it noise; in fact, she'd throw down her cane, slam a few shots of Jack Daniels and then start to air-guitar in front of your entirely astonished family. The Nomads may not be particularly famous, but I understand they have a good cult following. You'll listen to this set one time through and then I predict you'll proudly consider yourself a member of that cult.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Nomads son una maravillosa banda de segunda fila., November 30, 2003

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JL (Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Showdown (Audio CD)

Pero eso no es ningún problema si lo que quieres escuchar es rock de garaje de los sesenta tocado con la energía de los grandes grupos del Detroit de finales de la misma década -lease MC5 y The Stooges-.
Además estos dos discos incluyen suficiente material como para recoger grandes canciones, ya sean propias o versiones, y estas últimas abundan en ecléctica selección: los Sonics, Third Bardo, Blue Oyster Cult, Hawkwind, etc.
Una buena compra si ya tienes los originales que los Nomads versionaron o si te pica el gusanillo escuchando a los suecos y los buscas.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BUY THIS NOW!, April 13, 2001

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punkviper (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Showdown (Audio CD)

This is the 1994 2-disc comp that went out of print for a bit, but Sweden's White Jazz label reissued it in 2000. The first disc is a Greatest Hits of sorts, featuring 20 tracks from 1981 to 1993. The 2nd disc is 22 tracks of rare stuff, live stuff, and oddities. In case you aren't good at math, that would be FORTY-TWO tracks of rock'n'roll greatness that will NOT be denied. They also have a new one coming out within the next month, so they will be celebrating 20 years of being the rockin'est bunch of Swedes in the history of mankind.

And as if the music wasn't enough to entice you, the liner notes have background on EVERY SINGLE SONG in the set, which provides a great quality glimpse of the band's past. C'mon, they went on to be the influence of a million bands (the Mono Men and the Hellacopters spring to mind immediately) and have never stopped bringing home the rock. They are the epitome of ROCK AND ROLL. So pick this up before it goes out of print again and you are left to wonder about the greatness that is/was/will always be... The Nomads.