What Do I Have to Do

Stabbing Westward | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Special Product
• ASIN: B000251Y58
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,620 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. What Do I Have to Do?

2. Why

3. Slipping Away

4. Everything I Touch

5. Save Yourself

6. Desperate Now

7. The Thing I Hate

8. Acf

9. Red on White

10. Darkest Days

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "I get put in the back in the discount rack...", November 3, 2005

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wildwielder (Macungie, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Do I Have to Do (Audio CD)

"...like another can of beans." -- Billy Joel

No, I don't mean that as a put down; but I can answer the question of why this compilation was released: "What Do I Have to Do."
Stabbing Westward fans will quibble over which tracks should have been here as opposed to others, as they do with "The Essential" collection. But when it comes to actual airplay, it's rare if you hear anything but this title track on mainstream radio. This disk is manufactured for those people who know nothing about SW except this one actually played "hit".
Likely, you will find it stocked in grocery stores, dollar stores and other like places who have the traditional "5.99" CD rack on their sales floors. And though SW is too great an artistic force to be truly "one hit wonders", that is what the general public thinks they are, hard as this may be to accept. Because, let's face it, to the industry who publishes chart positions, commercial success is all that matters.
But, really, almost any Stabbing Westward is good, and a discount disk like this one can do much to introduce a great band to an even wider audience, who may then seek out their back catalogue.
If your looking to explore Stabbing Westward without shelling out a lot of cabbage, this will do nicely.

3.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Not Bad..., March 27, 2008

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Stephen C. Wohlleb "cyrilgrey" (wading river, new york USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Do I Have to Do (Audio CD)

Much better introduction to those of you who want some definitive Stabbing Westward. Nothing here for the long time fans, but artwork is nice...

3.0 out of 5 stars An odd sampler of Stabbing Westward's first three albums, July 4, 2005

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Brian Allen "Classic gamer, music lover" (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Do I Have to Do (Audio CD)

I'm not exactly sure what the point of this collection is. The track listing doesn't really qualify it as a greatest hits album. It was also released several months after the Essential Stabbing Westward, which further confuses it's purpose.

The choice of tracks is very odd. The band's third album, Darkest Days is overemphasised. 5 of the tracks on this are from that album. There are also two tracks from the band's debut, Ungod, and three from their sophomore effort, Wither Blister Burn & Peel. There is nothing from their eponymous swan song album. There are also no rarities included. The choice of tracks is odd, because it looks like they just took random songs from the albums, as some singles are left off.

One thing this disc does have in it's favor is the very low price. $8 for 10 songs is a very reasonable price. The songs are also good, but Stabbing Westward's albums were pretty solid, so that's no surprise.

I think I would just recommend getting the albums instead of this, or if your a casual fan just get the Essential Stabbing Westward. This is just for completists.