Very Best of Showaddywaddy [Import]

Showaddywaddy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 5, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mci Music
• ASIN: B00002DEGC
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #327,038 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hey Rock 'N' Roll

2. Rock 'N' Roll Lady

3. Hey Mr. Christmas

4. Sweet Music

5. Three Steps To Heaven

6. Heartbeat

7. Heavenly

8. Trocadero

9. Under The Moon Of Love

10. When

11. You Got What It Takes

12. Dancin' Party

13. I Wonder Why

14. A Little Bit Of Soap

15. Pretty Little Angel Eyes

16. Remember Then

17. Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller

18. A Night At Daddy Gee's

19. Always And Forever

20. Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Hearts

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

From 2004 -- that is, before Cherry Red scooped up the band's entire 45 rpm output for two volumes worth of Singles Collections -- Hey Rock & Roll is nevertheless a weighty offering. No less than 25 tracks round up every one of the U.K. hit singles the band enjoyed between 1974 (the title track) and 1982 ("Who Put the Bomp"), plus two further cuts -- "Woo Hoo" and "Always and Ever" -- to round things off. And, even with no sense of chronology, it's a remarkably consistent package, with the band's seamless (and, sometimes, even shameless) appropriation of the '50s rock & roll sound ensuring a solidity that few other acts could ever dream of attaining. It's very easy to mock Showaddywaddy, and write them off as simple revivalists. But how many other bands emerged during that same time span, to pursue a similar chain of musical thought? The Rubettes, Rocky Sharpe & the Replays, the Darts, even Mud took a potshot at the golden apple of the '50s, and not one of them lasted the pace. Showaddywaddy, on the other hand, went on forever. ~ Dave Thompson, Rovi

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All The Hits, February 22, 2000

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cwj (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of Showaddywaddy (Audio CD)

Excellent collection containing all the UK hits in chronological order. As with all Music Club releases, excellent sleeve notes and superior sound quality at a budget price.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock'n'roll revivalists, April 13, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of Showaddywaddy (Audio CD)

Showaddywaddy began their career writing their own material and this yielded four UK top twenty hits, their debut single (Hey rock'n'roll) peaking at number two in 1974 while the next three (Rock'n'roll lady, Hey Mr Christmas, Sweet music) all peaked in the teens.

For their next single, Showaddywaddy covered Three steps to heaven (Eddie Cochran). This became their second number two hit and the first of several major hits with covers of rock'n'roll oldies, the other UK top ten hits being Heartbeat, Under the moon of love (a number one hit), When, You got what it takes, Dancing party, I wonder why, A little bit of soap and Pretty little angel eyes. After 1978, their fortunes declined gradually. They had a further eight UK hits between 1979 and 1982 but none of them made the top ten.

Critics didn't like their music at all, but the British public bought their records in vast quantities. The problem for the critics was that Showaddywaddy were something of a lightweight group who presented rock'n'roll in a semi-easy listening style. Of course this doesn't suit everybody but a lot of people didn't know the songs in their original form Some of them, including Under the moon of love, hadn't charted in Britain at all before Showaddywaddy recorded them. In any case, music is meant to be fun and that's what Showaddywaddy provided.

If you want authentic rock'n'roll, buy the original artists. If you just want entertaining music that sounds like rock'n'roll, you might enjoy the music of Showaddywaddy. While I generally prefer the original stuff, I like Showaddywaddy too.