Make You Happy 1981-1993

Divinyls

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: November 5, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B000003IXI
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #270,499 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Boys in Town

2. Girlfriends [#]

3. Only Lonely [Live][#]

4. Science Fiction

5. Siren (Never Let You Go) [#]

6. I'll Make You Happy

7. 9.50 [#]

8. Pleasure and Pain

9. Good Die Young [#]

10. Sleeping Beauty

11. Hey Little Boy

12. Back to the Wall

13. Temperamental

14. I Touch Myself

15. Love School

16. I'm on Your Side

17. Wild Thing

18. Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart

19. Love Is the Drug

20. Love in Motion [#][*] - Christina Amphlett, Icehouse

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

20 track 1997 Raven release, the only comp in existence tofeature tracks from all three labels they recorded for:Warner Brothers, Chrysalis and Virgin. In addition to hitssuch as 'I Touch Myself', 'Pleasure And Pain', 'Back To TheWall' and 'Love Is The Drug', it features six trackspreviously unavailable on any compilation: covers of theEasybeats 'I'll Make You Happy', 'Siren', '9:50' (originallyrecorded by '60s greats The Twilights) & a version of 'LoveIn Motion' by Icehouse with Chrissie Amphlett on lead vocalsas a bonus track! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love myself, I want you to Love me!, December 13, 1999

By	"may-tal" (Tel-Aviv, Israel) - See all my reviews

WoW! Christina is a real knockout, and, boy, can she sing! Even though the sound is coming out of your stereo, you get the feeling you're in a live gig in a club somewhere! This cd always makes me feel good, and sexy, no less. I recommend it to all of you who wish to experience real rock made by a ripe female performer.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quality pop/rock from the eighties. Visceral., April 26, 2002

By A Customer

The Divinyls created a string of minor hits before they finally made it big with "I touch myself". Amphlett and McEntee had spent a decade as the Divinyls by then, and this compilation shows they had a distinctive style right from the beginning.

Make You Happy is quite a good representation of the Divinyls career, however this CD does seem to peter out, with a definite change of direction in the nineties. Perhaps songs such as "Im jealous", "Only human on the inside" and "lay your body down" would have amounted to a more satisfying ending to this cd.

The Divinyls have more to offer on their albums Monkey Grip( the film soundtrack), Desperate (the original version as released in Australia in 1982) and Temperamental. Don't be fooled by the mediocre live version of "Only Lonely".

It's good anyway.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great overview, July 12, 2000

By A Customer

This is a great overview of the Divinyls' work. It also shows how much stronger n fierce their earlier material could be. The last part of the disc is filled with unoriginal and tame covers. Their only redeeming quality is Christina Amphlett's unique voice which combines Bon Scott's growl with Lene Lovich's yelps. Highlights: everything from Desperate, Pleasure and Pain, everything from Temperamental, 9:50. They should've chose Gonna Get You from Monkey Grip and If Love Was a Gun from diVinyls.