The best of Giorgio Moroder [Import]

Giorgio Moroder | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Repertoire
• ASIN: B00005AX3D
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,359 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #27 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > Disco

Track Listings

1. Stop

2. Looky Looky

3. Underdog

4. Son of My Father

5. I Wanna Funk With You Tonight

6. Knights in White Satin

7. From Here to Eternity

8. Chase

9. Baby Blue

10. E=Mc2

11. Solitary Man

12. Lady Lady

13. Reach Out

14. American Dream

15. Together in Electric Dreams

16. To Be Number One

17. Carry On

Editorial Reviews

Seventeen tracks of classic disco dance-pop. Including 'Stop', 'Looky Looky', 'Underdog', 'Chase' & 'Solitary Man'. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SYNTHPOP AND ELECTRODISCO, May 19, 2003

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The best of Giorgio Moroder (Audio CD)

This fascinating collection starts with Giorgio's synthpop hits from the late 1960s and early 1970s, of which Looky Looky and Son Of My Father reached the highest chart positions in Europe and the UK. I Wanna Funk With You Tonight dates from 1977 and was released under the name The Munich Machine; Knights In White Satin comes from the same album. From Here To Eternity is a brilliant hypnotic electrodisco track from his 1978 album of the same name, while E=MC2 comes from the follow-up album. Together In Electric dreams appears on the soundtrack of a popular movie from about 1984, but tracks like Reach Out an To Be Number One were unfamiliar to me. Of course, if Giorgio Moroder had to compile all the great hits he produced for artists as diverse as Donna Summer, Blondie and Sigue Sigue Sputnik, it would take a box set to accommodate them all. This album gives a good overview of the solo outings of this synth pioneer though. Recommended to all fans of Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, The Pet Shop Boys and Gary Numan.

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars POOR SELECTION FOR A "BEST OF", March 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The best of Giorgio Moroder (Audio CD)

What a disappointment! It does cover his work from the 60s to the early 90s... however, this is more a collection of his singles and the selections from the 80s are POOR choices!! Nothing from "Cat People" "Scarface" "Flashdance" "Top Gun" -- unbelievable!! His most accomplished works from the 80s are on those albums!! Instead they stuck in some boring 80s tracks including one from the 84 Olympics called "reach out" which is horribly shallow in music and lyrics -- i am a fan of Giorgio Moroder and was highly disappointed with the selections -- Now, if you are interested in a collection of his singles then this is the album to buy - but if you want to hear his best stuff i recommend the albums i already mentioned above as well as "From Here to Eternity" "E=Mc2" and "Midnight Express" which are great electronic feats!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good retrospective, July 10, 2001

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Arnaud de Bonald (Paris, Paris France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The best of Giorgio Moroder (Audio CD)

Since this compilation is the only one retracing about 20 years of Moroder's carrer, it's best than nothing, but it's certainly not enough for the real fan who will have to search for vinyls LP's. But it's a good choise. the tracks are in their correct chronologic order and their choice is quite good. However, let me correct an error from the Amazon site: "love affair" and "Goodbye Bad times" are * not * included on the CD. So overal, this is a nice Moroder compilation but I hope Repertoire Records will continue to reissue Moroder stuff.