The Very Best of Herman's Hermits [IMPORT]

Herman's Hermits (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 2001)
• Original Release Date: April 3, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00000IBJI
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #60,286 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm into Something Good

2. Show Me Girl

3. Silhouettes

4. Can't You Hear My Heartbeat

5. Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter

6. Wonderful World

7. I'm Henry the VIII, I Am

8. Listen People

9. Dandy

10. Just a Little Bit Better

11. Must to Avoid

12. You Won't Be Leaving

13. This Door Swings Both Ways

14. No Milk Today

15. East West

16. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)

17. I Can Take or Leave Your Loving

18. Sleepy Joe

19. Sunshine Girl

20. Something Is Happening

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Sixties Equivalent of Hanson...But That Ain't All Bad!, December 29, 1999

By	Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Sure, Peter Noone was a safe teenybopper idol and the Hermits weren't frequently used in the studio, but what a great string of lightweight pop singles they left behind in the wake of the second wave of the British Invasion.

Granted, this stuff isn't quantum physics, but songs like "Im Into Something Good," "Silhouettes" and "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" were infectious ear candy for those of us who were barely in our teens in the mid-sixties. One of the first six albums I bought (I now have over 6,000) was Introducing Herman's Hermits with the three previously mentioned singles on it. It also contained a lot of covers like "Sea Cruise" and "I Understand," but this was a singles band which is what makes this such a terrific collection. The only singles missing are their last two to chart in the U.S.--"Don't Go Out Into the Rain (You're Going To Melt)" and "Museum," both from 1967. Instead we're given a handful of failed singles from 1968 to their breakup in 1970, although several of them hit the top ten in the UK: "Sunshine Girl" (#8), "Something's Happening" (#6), "My Sentimental Friend" (#2) and "Years May Come, Years May Go" (#7). Since this is, after all, a UK release it only makes sense that these songs--though unfamiliar to the average American listener--are included in this Best Of package. [Note: No. 1 songs like "Mrs. Brown" and "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" are on this set, too, even though they were never released in the UK as singles. So this collection seems to be a compromise for fans on both sides of the Atlantic.]

In any case, this is a wonderful collection of sixties pop confection. So, listen people, this is a dandy and not a must to avoid. [Ouch!]

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD..., January 1, 2004

By	Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

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I bought this cd for nostalgic reasons, as I was a teenager when the British Invasion of pop stars began in the wake of the success of the Fab Four, The Beatles, on our American shore in the mid-nineteen sixties. With the advent of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and The Dave Clark Five, how could Herman's Hermits not fare well?

Led by the fresh faced, photogenic, clean-cut and boyish Peter Noone, the band was to conquer America with their up-tempo, British music hall influenced, vaudevillian pop. They took America by storm. In listening to the album, which is a terrific, comprehensive compilation of their recordings, I realized that I had forgotten just how many hit songs they had had that I still love hearing.

From their irrepressible debut single, "I'm Into Something Good", to their remake of the Rays' nineteen fifties hit "Silhouettes", to the unparalleled "No Milk Today", and last, but certainly not least, their 1967 hit, "There's a Kind of a Hush All Over the World", Herman's Hermits were able to score significant hits. There are other hits on this album, some more well known, perhaps, but these are my favorites. With twenty five tracks from which to choose, many baby boomers will enjoy taking a walk down memory lane with this cd.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Herman's Hermits - 'Very Best Of Herman's Hermits' (EMI), June 18, 2006

By	Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

As it turns out,this is the one-disc version of the 2-CD title of the same name,but with a different cover(see my review).A good collection of the British Invasion band's repertoire,but how many time must these labels put out 'best of' compilations?As I put the CD in my player,I checked out the twenty-five cuts,as usual,with a few of the highlights being "I'm Into Something Good","Wonderful World","Sunshine Girl","Dandy",etc.By today's standards,this is pretty innocent material.Pretty much aimed toward the completists.