CD THAT MADE NO SENSE

Sometimes I don't even understand myself. There are CD I like and there are CD that I dislike and yet I still  buy them. I listen to them or just skipped through them once and then banished them to the shelf never to sit on my player again. But the thing is why do I buy them, that my friends is as baffling to me as it is for you. Anyway, here are a few of those CD that I deemed not even worthy on the piece of plastic they are placed on.

ERUPTION : GOLD : 20 SUPERHITS : A misnomer if ever there is one. Eruption have a few hits but nowhere close to 20. I first heard of them through the song 'I Can't Stand The Rain' featuring vocal by Tina Turner and then their mega hit 'One Way Ticket' which really was very infection and catchy. Then they followed it up with something lesser but still good 'Go Johnny Go' and 'Party Party" and then they were off the track. Never to be heard of again. They will be remember mostly by 'One Way Ticket' and frankly that song was the reason why I bought this CD but Eruption unwisely choose to do a new version of 'One Way Ticket' and 'I Can't Stand The Rain" retitled 'I Can't Feel The Rain ( Remix '94' and 'One Way Ticket ( Remix '94 )' which is totally inferior to their hit versions which means I got conned. I didn't get the version I wanted. Tarnished Gold if you ask me. DOP : Unknown.

THE VERY BEST OF...BROTHERHOOD OF MAN : For the whole CD, only two or was it three songs matter to me. Their 1976  Eurovision Song Contest Winner 'Save Your Kisses For Me', 'United We Stand' and the Abbarish ' Angelo'. The rest of the songs are well......what can I say...they won't be resting on my CD player anytime soon. I like Abba and Abba sound alike they may be but Abba they certainly are not. I like 'Angelo' though. I would have bought the whole CD just for this song alone. DOP : Unknown.

ROSE ROYCE : THE COLLECTION : Rose Royce first emerged on the soundtrack to the movie 'Car Wash', also the title of their first hit single. I really can't recall any other songs from this group. 'Put Your Money Where You Mouth Is' was the reason I got this CD. A funky track like no other. 'I Wanna Get Next To You' still managed to give the old bell a slight tingle. Other than this, I'm in a daze. On my original soundtrack album, there was this beautiful song by 'The Pointer Sisters' 'You Gotta Believe' which I can't seems to find anywhere. Not even on their greatest hits CD. In a nutshell, another CD for the shelf rather than the player. DOP : 11th January 2006.

THE BEST OF BUCKS FIZZ : This was given to me by Susan, my wife's boss. Sixteen tracks in all and God they are do sounds alike. I couldn't for the life of me tell one songs from the others. Incredibly it seems they won the 1981 Eurovision Contest with the song 'Making Your Mind Up' which gave them the reason to form this group. The judges must be on drugs when they let them win. Other 'hits' includes 'Piece Of The Action' and One Of Those Nights'. Serves to remind us that God does indeed have a sense of humor. A Gift: Unknown.



ERASURE : POP!. THE FIRST 20 HITS : Another mindless synthesizer type of music that just go on and on and on till you wanna scream. Again all the songs here sounds alike. They made their mark covering  Abba's songs and I seriously think that's what they should have continuing doing. Covering Abba's songs. The only track I can recognized and quite like is, you guess it, Abba's 'Take A Chance On Me'. DOP : 26th December 2011.

CONTRABAND : THE BEST OF MEN AT WORK : Men At Work are best known for two songs, 'Who Can It Be Now' and 'Down Under'. The rest of the songs well.....maybe amnesia is gonna get me but I just can't for the life of me connect with them. I could have got these two songs on countless compilation CD which made buying them even more baffling. DOP : 18th October 1996.

ONLY YAZOO. THE BEST OF YAZOO : ALISON MOYET / VINCE CLARKE : I bought this at a ridiculously low price. RM 5.00. The best songs here I've already have on Allison Moyet's Greatest Hits Collection. 'Only You' and 'Nobody's Diary'. I would have prefer the original 'Only You' where it was a guy singing in Capella style instead of the Allison Moyer's version which I've already have. Still for RM 5.00, I just can't pass this up and I didn't. DOP : 4th February 2006.