Greatest Lovesongs, Vol. 666

H.I.M.

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 13, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Umvd Labels
• ASIN: B000AOF9VG
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #83,426 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great CD--But it's too short!!, February 25, 2006

By	Andrew J. M. Wienke (Forestville, WI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I originally bought this CD for two reasons, I like the new HIM song, Wings of a Butterfly, and I wanted to see what they would do with Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper. I was pleasantly suprised. The CD had a lot of great songs on it. I really like the song Your Sweet Six-Six-Six. Wicked Game is also one of the better songs on this CD in my opinion. My favorite track is still Don't Fear the Reaper. HIM found a way to add their own unique sound to this Classic. This song is so good that in my opinion it is worth buying the CD just for this track. This CD will really give you a taste of the sounds of HIM.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stunning....but not perfect, March 19, 2006

By	Stephenie Valo (USA) - See all my reviews

This album, while not one of HIM's best, is definitely amazing.

It begins with "For You", a strong song which gets this album off to a good start. Following is "Your Sweet Six Six Six", which I personally think is the best track on the album. Razorblade Romance includes this song too, but this is a different version and better by far, with more background music.
Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" comes next. This song is completely unique for HIM, and is a pleasant surprise (better than the version on Razorblade Romance). It has a memorable guitar beat that will stick in your head for a few hours.

"The Heartless" is a beautiful song. "Our Diabolikal Rapture" actually reminds me of Chevelle, but don't judge the whole album on that--this is a very unusual song.

My second favorite song on this album is "It's All Tears", which seems like something off of Love Metal or Razorblade Romance. The lyrics are really good. Then we have "When Love and Death Embrace" (very beautiful and sad) and "The Beginning of the End" (again, LM/RR).

This album builds to a stunning close with "The Reaper". This song makes good use of female vocals--it takes skill to use male and female in one song, and HIM definitely pulls it off here. This track is nothing short of haunting. The lyrics are amazing.

The only complaints I have about this record are that it's too short, and that it has 66 tracks, 56 of which are silence. I had to burn a copy just to be able to put it on shuffle. The very last track is a wordless song with lots of static.

Anyway, this is really a good CD, so get it, especially if you like "Wings of a Butterfly", which everyone's heard by now. Okay?

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the first HIM record debuts in america, September 23, 2005

By	deus ex mecca (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews

dont confuse it with the first him record TO debut, because that would be DARK LIGHT. GSL is the first record HIM ever made, and it's finally in america...i love it, i just wanted to be the first one to review that's all. props to me.