A Collection of Metal

Artist: Saxon
Label: EMI Int'l
Category: Music

Average customer rating:

Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724385359026
EAN: 0724385359026
ASIN: B000006TSG

Release Date: 1997-06-17

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Metal

Tracks:

747 (Strangers In The Night)
Rock N' Roll Gypsy
And The Band Played On
Back On The Streets
Ride Like The Wind
Big Teaser
I Can't Wait Anymore
Broken Heroes
Raise Some Hell
Denim And Leather
Rock The Nation
Motorcycle Man
Everybody Up
Rock City
Set Me Free
Play It Loud

Similar Items:

Wheels of Steel/Strong Arm of the Law
Crusader
The Very Best of Saxon
Power & the Glory

Customer Reviews:

SAXON IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK BANDS OF ALL TIME!.......2006-03-23

I'M SICK OF ALL THE BAD REVIEWS OF SAXON. THEY WERE
AND ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK BANDS. I DON'T CARE
WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL THEM "METAL" OR WHATEVER. AT THE
TIME THEY CAME OUT ROCK MUSIC WAS HORRIBLE AND NOW ONCE
AGAIN IT STINKS! I'D STILL RATHER LISTEN TO THIS THAN THE
GARBAGE THAT MTV AND RADIO IS PLAYING! I'M GLAD SAXON AND
OTHER BANDS LIKE UFO, Y&T, WHITESNAKE,MOTORHEAD, KISS ETC.
ARE STILL AROUND AND SOUNDING BETTER THAN EVER. TRY UFO NEW
ALBUM IT'S A KILLER AND THE BEST ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR!
SO STOP YOUR WHINING AND LISTEN TO SOME REAL ROCK N ROLL!

Broken Heroes NOT studio, but live version.......2005-10-09

I was looking forward to this CD, but when I got it I found that Broken Heroes is a live version and not a studio version as listed on the release. I believe that I am entitled to my full purchase price back, but good luck getting that out of this site.
Everything else on the CD is good, and this should've been a good way for SAXON fans to get material off those CDs that were not really up to snuff but had a few good singles on them.

Could've been better.......2003-07-07

I can't believe that this best of compilation doesn't have killer tunes like Wheels of Steel, Strong Arm of the Law, Princess of the Night and Power and the Glory, instead they decided to put the mellower songs on this CD and I thought that they're remake of Christopher Cross's Ride Like the Wind was mediocre, Saxon is supposed to be a fast hard rocking metal band. not just a radio friendly rock band, but the positive side of this CD is that it has my favorite song by Saxon called Denim and Leather, I wish that this CD would contain hits from 1979-83 but oh well, if you love Saxon, I would recommend Wheels of Steel or Denim and Leather as your first pick.

here we go again.......2000-07-14

Will someone listen to me? I wrote the "It's heavy- but heavy what?" review. I repeat - Saxon started as basically a heavy rock n roll band, then turned "radio friendly", BUT HAVE NOW MADE A COMEBACK TO HARDER MATERIAL. Who clicked on the "no" button on my review? Saxon were almost as big as Maiden in the UK in the early 80's but were never huge worldwide, but this most definitely does not mean that they were inferior to more famous bands.Like it or not, image is a part of popular music, and it is perhaps here that Saxon had a weak spot-they didn't have a definite image like Iron Maiden had.FONESCA, if you haven't heard Saxons stuff post 91 I can recommend that you do.This album does have a few of their good songs on it but I agree that it's a bad compilation.I've been a Saxon fan since 1986 so I like to think that I know what I'm talking about.

It's a shame !.......2000-06-30

SAXON was never a really big, big band, but without any doubt they left their mark in hard-rock / metal. They survived extinction along with Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. But Iýd like to know who did the song selection for this compilation! HTis is absolutly not he best of Saxon ! The great songs from SAXON were written until the the album "CRUSADER". AFter that, they turned radio friendly and almost finished ! The songs in this selection (in their majority) has only their "radio phase" portrayed ! For old SAXON fans like myself, itýs garbage.

Music CD:

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Gift

The Carnival Bizarre ~ Cathedral

5/5/00 ~ Skurj

The Sssound of Mmmusic ~ Bertrand Burgalat

Izzat: The Remix Album ~ Trilok Gurtu

Love Me Please Love Me ~ Boule Noire

Casting for Funerals ~ Farewell My Enemy

Headbangers ~ Various Artists

Television Greatest Hits ~ Various Artists

D-Fly ~ Mike Ski