The Best of the Jets: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection

Jets

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 2001)
• Original Release Date: October 9, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B00005PJB2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,650 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great late 80's pop in the perfect format, October 26, 2001

By	Pat Kelly (Here, There & Everywhere) - See all my reviews

When the Millennium Collections began, the criticism was that there were better collections available for most artists, cheaper catalog items, or that the collections were either too narrow for major artists (Rod Stewart, Supremes, The Who) or too broad for obscure artists (Burt Bacharach, Rita Coolidge).

But for the late 80's band, The Jets, this format fits like a glove.

The Jets were a family band, eight brothers and sisters of the Wolfgramm family. (In fact two other brothers not in this band formed the duo Boys Club.) They got their name from the fictional band in Elton John's "Bennie & the Jets".

Between 1986 & 1989, the band had 10 charted hits, all represented here. (If there's another CD in this series that has both the complete hits of the artist and minimal filler, I can't find it.)

Five of the Jets songs went top ten nationally. They're the hits you recognize: the up-tempo dance numbers "Crush On You" and "Cross my Broken Heart", the better than average ballads "You Got It All" and "Make It Real", and the "lite-Prince" funk of "Rocket 2 U".

The Jets are not one of the bands you think of as a big 80's pop band, but you'll find yourself singing along to hit after hit. Nothing too deep or groundbreaking, but good pop well done, and that's reward enough.

"Baaaaby, I can rocket 2 U
Hoooney, the only thing I can do."

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Eighties Lovers Only!, September 4, 2004

By	nina "Movie Maiden" - See all my reviews

This is the ultimate collection for fans of the eighties, lovers of the eighties, and children of the eighties. The Jets ruled the airwaves in the late eighties and they prove it with their best hits on this one collection. Unless you were on Mars there should be at least four songs on here you remember and probably enjoy. Along with Michael Jackson, Stacy Lattisaw, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and Curtis Blow, The Jets created an era of music that will not only be known for " 80's-style " but known to true music fans everywhere. This is a must-have for Jets' fans and lovers of good ol' top-ten eighties hits.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars miss the 80s?, August 10, 2006

By	Colin McRaleigh - See all my reviews

If you miss the fun of 80s pop, this CD is good enough for you. A couple of the ballads really struck me with memories - "You Got It All" brought me back to watching its video, and "Make It Real" put me at my 8th grade dance. All the dance tracks are upbeat and fun and i had memories of some of them - hearing " crush on you" on the way to the beach. "Cross my broken heart" placed me at the pool in 1987. Fun and upbeat describes what the 80s were about. Maybe that's whats been missing from America for the past 16 years anyway.