Is This the Way to Amarillo [Single, Enhanced, Import]

Tony Christie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Enhanced, Import
• Label: Universal
• ASIN: B0007UH5HY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #609,437 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. (Is This The Way To) Amarillo

2. (Is This The Way To) Amarillo (All Around The World)

3. Video - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo

4. Comic Relief Laughter Track

Editorial Reviews

TONY CHRISTIE featuring PETER KAY (Is This The Way To) Amarillo (2003 UK Comic Relief 4-track enhanced CD single includes the full Red Nose Day video picture sleeve)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hear the song of joy., October 23, 2010

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Is This the Way to Amarillo (Audio CD)

This is a reissue of an old song by Tony Christie to benefit Comic Relief. This song originally came out in 1972. It only reached #121 on the US charts, but it reached #18 on the UK charts. With this reissue, it shot to #1 on the UK charts, as most of the Comic Relief singles do. It is a good, not great, song that Peter Kay (who is apparently a British sitcom star) doesn't actually have anything to do with. Besides the original version of the song, there is a remix with a dance beat added. There is also "The Laughing Record", which is two and a half minutes of people laughing. There is apparently a video of "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo" on the cd, but it wouldn't play on my computer. Happy Red Nose Day!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Amarillo - Disappointing, November 30, 2005

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Pottsie (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Is This the Way to Amarillo (Audio CD)

The reason I got this single, was a) for charity and b) for the video.

So I remember buying the single from HMV earlier this year and it had (Is This The Way To) Amarillo (Which was good), (Is This The Way To) Amarillo [Disco Mix], which was the same except with the same beat and The Laughing Record, which was pointless.

The video I found out, didn't work on a DVD Player, just the Computer and on the Computer is was bad.

So unless you're a Tony Christie fan (Not me), you just want to get the video or if to raise money for Comic Relief, I see no reason of getting the single as it is a rip off!

Jake Potts

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bending the rules, part two., November 20, 2005

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The Curmudgeon "Your life lacks purpose - my ... (Latveria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Is This the Way to Amarillo (Audio CD)

For those who haven't read any of The Curmudgeon's other reviews (where have you BEEN?!) I'll explain the title of this review. I reviewed Robbie Williams "Angels", giving it one star but explaining it wasn't the actual SONG or the SINGER that I was slating, more the knuckle-dragging ignorant scum audiences that it attracts. Like I said then, I bend the rules because I can.

And it's the same here. "Is This The Way To Armarillo" is a cheesy classic in its own right, an enjoyable song that, for some reason, you know off by heart without ever actually remembering hearing it in the first place.

That was before it was re-released as part of Comic Relief. In a decent move, its not a cover by some boyband (as is usual in these cases, see Westlife's God-awful cover of "Uptown Girl" or Boyzones attempt at "If The Going Gets Tough"). No, they dug up Tony Christie to mime along to his original version. The real star of the show though, for some reason, is comedian Peter Kay (who I imagine some of the scum think is actually singing) to appear in the video as well, mouthing along to the track. I say "as well", more like for 95% of the video, until they remember Tony Christie is still alive and bring him for the hell of it.

Ah, yes - the video. It's actually pretty good, having Peter Kay stroll along a variety of backdrops, bringing in British TV characters from the 70's and 80's. It's a nice, "hey, look who it is" attempt, and even Peter's "hey, look! I'm just like YOU, common person" shtick doesn't wear thin.

"So.. hang on," you may be thinking, "good song. Good video - what's the problem?" Well, it's the same as the Robbie single, dear reader - it's the moronic public that ruined this for The Curmudgeon.

I think The Scum have about 8 songs in their entire collection. If they want to be "deep", they play Angels. If they want to "rock", they play The Darkness. And now this has been added, if they want a good old fashioned happy singalong - they play this. So cue EVERY kareoke night, EVERY party, forever - and some tattooed idiot is going to sing this for his yo-yo knickered girlfriend to sing and laugh along to. Or some hilarious thick dad is going to sing it for his equally dead-eyed family. And, of course, they HAVE to do the "stroll" made famous in the video.

Sounds like a deserving one star to me, don't you think?

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