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Story So Far

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The closest Tony got to famous in America was with his Planet P Project albums from 1983 and 1984 that got good rotation on MTV then. Some will recall his work in Rainbow during the late 1970s. American pop music radio then was not in Tony's future after Planet P with the possible exception of "I Won't Be Home Tonight" (sadly not included on this disc). Most of his fans learned of Carey's work then from college radio where his five albums from the 1980s got fairly regular play. He also was embraced then by the music scene in West Germany producing many soundtrack songs for German movies.

This greatest hits package does a great job summarizing his own material up through 1989. There is no Planet P but, each cut is a great choice starting with "A Fine, Fine Day" which did quite well on college radio. The next nine cuts create a relaxing ambiance while not putting you to sleep.

The bottom line: Pick this up if you are new or fairly new to Tony Carey's music. It is a great starting point that I believe will make a fan out of you who will want more. Those who are dedicated fans will find nothing new save for the remix of "Bedtime Story". As a note, I have most all of his music but, find I pull this disc out most of when I am in the mood for "some TC".

This is a nice collection of Tony Carey songs. It comes from three different albums not his whole collection. I think it could of had more songs on than it does but the one's on it are good. It would be good to see another collection of his that would encompass something off everyone one of his cd's especially tracks off of hard to find cd's the long road home, storyville, and cold war kids.

This is a pretty good coolection of material from the 80's. The best selections on the cd are Fine, Fine Day, Lonelt Life. I don't like the bedtime story remix as well as the version that's on bedtime story, I wished they would of put keeping the tigers away on it instead of friends(which is a pretty good song. I believe tear down the walls or out of town woman would have been a better selction instead of she moves like a dancer from blue highway cd.

Here is a cd that is, not bad. The recording quality, despite the tracks being taken mostly from "Blue Highway", somehow has lost its quality in the transferance. This cd seems to be a filler in a sense, something put between another to keep fans happy. I can't say I recommend and yet I can't say to a true fan not to because, above all else, the tracks are in a great order, and the songs are the best for the cd. I review and give 3 stars

This Tony Carey cd released in Germany on the Teldec label in 1989, is simply a greatest hits cd of songs over a couple of albums, including 5 or 6 of 10 songs off of one album, Blue Highway, So if your a fan and dont own Blue Highway, good buy, the other couple are on two other albums, so 6 and 4 doesnt make this cd much of a greatest hits cd. Once again you get the great vocals and arrangements of Tony Carey, but why bother, I give this greatest hits a 2.

This is a great CD for any fan of Tony Carey. I enjoy his work with Planet P and really look for hard to get (out of print) music such as Planet P- Pink World.

I came across this album while looking for the CD version of Tony Carey's Blue Highway, which is out of print. It caught my eye because all of the songs that I liked on Blue Highway were on this CD. Not only that, but it also included better songs from Some Tough City and it showcased his better work from the soundtrack to Der Joker. As usually happens, music was much more haunting than this film, and most of the imagery of the song was never adequately translated into film. By the same token, Carey could have done more with a song like Friends, great opening, and then he finishes it in a hurry. Bedtime Story was another letdown, since the soundtrack version was a better composition than a remix included on this CD. Songs are well picked, and almost segue one into another, showing continuity of his work throughout the 80's despite many changes in album conceptualization. It is the best retrospective from the artist who had too many re-releases and too few original albums for a man of his talent.

This is a very simple review, if you want the full collection definately buy it, but it only has like 3 new songs, the rest are all on Blue Highway. I have both but only to the fact that I am one of the true fans and must have it all. But this cd is just a chop from Blue Highway. Once again I have to recommend A Fine Fine Day as best greatest hits, the Story So Far cd hits the bottom. Sorry. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it!!