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DR HOOK "the dr hook collection" cd, 1994
career stats:
studio albums..........11
singles....................27
one of my birthday giftcard purchases from last year....so i thought i'd better start posting them or another year will fly by
and the "new purchase" pile will continue to keep getting larger, and considering i still have around forty to play yet.....
i didnt know which thread to put these guys in...rock,country,easy lisening/soft rock so forgive me if you think this one should have
gone elsewhere....
anyway,
forty tracks on this 2cd comilation set...probably a bit of overkill as some of this stuff is pretty darn average to say the least...
even some of the ones ive put down as liking probably are borderline dislikes,or at the least, cant make my mind up material...
obviously their hit singles are very good,and quite a few of their other tracks i wsnt aware of are pretty good also, but some are
downright aweful IMO...
i really wish they'd have stuck to their "sylvias mother"/"when youre in love with a beautiful woman"/"better love next time baby"
type material than their zany,novelty type songs...i mean, some of them are just plain stupid, other simply irritating,
nevertheless theyre a good allround band...
i was surprised to fing on Wiki that they appear to have been more popular here in Australia than anywhere else...
they had two #1 hits here in "sylvias mother" and "walk right in", only one in the UK being "when youre in love with a beautiful
woman" and none in their homeland...
theyve also had more top10 hits here(8 in total) and only six in both the UK and US which is probably why theyve toured here every
couple of years for the last thirty five or so years...
its probably why they also recorded a single for Australian release only in the early 1980s called "the wild colonial boy" which was a
traditional Australian folk ballad(that one made it to #4 here), its my favourite track of theirs and if i can find a link for it i wil post it
the bottom as its not on this album...
all-up though, a fairly decent album album from a bunch of guys who have rarely taken themesleves and the music business seriously!
here's their Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Hook
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
"worst track: levitate
best track: sylvias mother
[video=youtube;wrMbPGmluEw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrMbPGmluEw[/video]
tracks:
DISC I.
1. sylvias mother ***
2. cover of the rolling stone ***
3. better luck next time baby ***
4. in over my head **
5. sexy eyes **
6. oh jesse *
7. years from now **
8. sharing the night together **
9. sweetest of all **
10.storms never last **
11.walk right in ***
12.love monster *
13.i dont want to be alone tonight **
14.knowing shes there ***
15.clyde **
16.when youre in love with a beautiful woman ***
17.dooley jones ***
18.i gave her comfort ***
19.you make my pants want to get up and dance *
20.more like the movies *
DISC II.
1. a little bit more **
2. the radio *
3. up on the mountain ***
4. only sixteen ***
5. jungle to the zoo **
6. bad eye bill **
7. what about you ***
8. if not you **
9. a couple more years **
10.levitate *
11.let me be your lover *
12.mountain mary **
13.i got stoned and i missed it ***
14.bubblin' up **
15.wups **
16.the millionaire ***
17.everybodys making it big but me ***
18.cooky and lila ***
19.everybody loves me ***
20.on the way to the bottom **
3s=16
2s=17
1s=7
rating: a respectable
2.2 for a forty track collection
as promised, my favourite Dr.Hook track "the wild colonial boy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD4LHMHGpMo superb live version...
here's the Wiki for "the wild colonial boy"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Colonial_Boy
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