Customer Reviews

Star Wars Party

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is pretty straightforward, disco album. If you heard there last album. .. oh about twenty years ago, its roughly the same thing. Same style and beat. Though, that is not to say its bad, its just the same old stuff and approach, but fun to listen to.

The singing however, is not. I like the beats, but there are a few tracks (one maybe two) that the vocals are just simply bad. The womans' voice just comes off a little stale, and out of rhythm. But overall, the CD is fun, if you just want your kids to dance to some, well, dance music with star wars sound fx thrown in.

My only complaint (besides the woman's singing style) is that the individual tracks are not balanced properly. So, for instance, some tracks come off stronger and louder, even though you never touch the volume dial. While others you have to keep turning up, to hear it. Even though there isn't a slow song, or "quiet" song, its all disco dance music, however in the mixing process some songs just didn't get the extra boost to keep them at the same levels. So you may find yourself every other track, turning it up, or scrambling to turn it down suddenly.

However, it is fun to listen to, and i've got a 3 year old and a 5 year old that recognize the star wars music and fx, pumped into dance music that just moves them across the room. Its entertaining for a party too, except when I tried to do a "Chewbacca Split" on the floor. . .found out I'm not that flexible.

Probably, anyone looking at this is expecting the mega-hit Star Wars Meco single, from over twenty years ago. This ain't it. This is an album of new material, with weak rapping over Star Wars sampling, and tepid songs about Star Wars topics, like the Force and fate, and destiny.

You should instead look for the "The Best of Meco" which DOES include the fantastic Star Wars disco single, the Empire Strikes Back follow-up song, as well as the lesser known Close Encounters disco single. That's the groovy disco flash back that we all knew and loved, not this "Star Wars Party." The party is over on the OTHER album!

Wow! I just listened to Meco's Star Wars Party and it is smoking!! None of those old-fashioned instrumentals here. All ten songs are either vocals or characters rapping to the beat. My favorites are "I Am Your Father" in which Vader tells Luke the awful truth about himself - "Live Your Life" where we are told that if we live our lives like a Jedi, then the Force will be with us! - and how could you not love those Wookiees bogeying on down with Chewie making it funky on "Boogie Wookiee"? Five stars!!!

Upon hearing Meco's "Star Wars Party" for the first time, I was quite disappointed :-(....Cost me an arm and a leg to import the almost EP sized CD from America to Australia and it was definitely not up to scratch as far as the vastly superior 1970's and 1980's Big Band-big sound albums were.

I listened to it again and I lifted the score from 2 to 3 star and that's where it will stay. The singing part is almost atrocious !!!

Other die-hard MECO fans may feel the same about my review which is a sad reflection on the work of an earlier true genius and master entertainer !. Come on Meco Monardo make an album reminiscent of your past greatness and produce your greatest work without the tinny sounding vocals. Sorry !.

This CD was one of 3 purchased to use during my son's Star Wars Themed Birthday Party. It is by far his favorite! He still wants to play it everynight before bedtime. The Soundtrack "I am your father" is really cute and the children got a kick out of it. The only reason I rate this 4 stars and not 5 is soley because it was a bit more expensive than the other two CD's I purchased for the party. This CD will be enjoyed by our family and friends for quite a while. Certainly recommend, particularly for a younger audience.

I was expecting so much more... its not bad for what i paid for it.. Which i think was a total of 6 bucks? The funniest thing is they have people dub in the actors and use their sayings... They dont even sound like the original actors saying the lines in the movie. Not sure why they didnt just use that, Wookies sound real.

Favorite tracks were #5 "The Empire Strikes Back" and #8 "Lapti Nek" for they had the feel of his earlier work which I still prefer. Like the CD: The Best of Meco. Wouldn't it be awesome if Meco came out with another compilation album that included many other Sci-Fi themes in addition to Star Wars?!

Far far away from the first Meco's themes (great themes).