Best of Max Webster

Artist: Max Webster
Label: Umvd Import
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 066825105825
EAN: 0066825105825
ASIN: B00004U892

Release Date: 2000-06-07

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Tracks:

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High Class In Borrowed Shoes
A Million Vacations
Diamonds, Diamonds
Let Go The Line
Night Flights
The Party
Hangover (Live)
Kids In Action
Gravity
Paradise Skies
Words To Words
Oh War!
Here Among The Cats
Waterline (Live)
Battle Scar

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Customer Reviews:

5 Stars for the songs, 1 Star for the sound quality........2005-09-12

This is an amazing album, the songs are great. The HUGE problem with it is the mastering. The sound quality is awful. Lisener fatigue sets in with me after a few songs. It is way too bright and phases all over the place. I am sure that all of the Max Webster Anthem CD's suffer from the same problem (although) I have only heard this one. It is too bad because this is a great collection of songs and includes one from his 1st EP (which I would love to have on CD). Anyways, if you have orginal albums, hook up your CD player and record it yourselves. If you work at Anthem or whoever owns these songs, please redo this collection in a listeanable version.

In Toronto with the Tonto's and Here among the Cats..

Alec.......2003-09-24

Some of these tunes remind me of early Zebec, especially their drummer - Moose. One time Moose shaved his head, that was a good one.

iwasafanbeforeyouwasafan.......2003-09-13

Max Webster was without a doubt, the most under-rated rock band in history (honorable mention Gentle Giant). This album does a good overview of most of their best stuff. It would've been nice to have included 'On the Road' and 'Coming Off the Moon'.Those 2 songs plus the Kim Mitchell solo song 'Lager and Ale" would've made this an even better collection.
As a 17 yr. old, I saw Max perform at the 1974 Greenwood Pk. Free Rock Fest in Toronto and went home to make the following diary entry," Just saw another great band who I predict will make it all the way". That other band was RUSH, who had played my high school with their old drummer a few months before.
I suggest that anyone interested also seek out the entire Max catalogue, esp. those first 2 zany albums.At a time whrn many local acts such as Triumph, were content with putting out mediocre cookie-cutter, corporate rock, these Max recordings represented a more genuine respect for the creative process. They understood the value of being original and it was no coincidence that RUSH's management signed them early on.

A sampler of unserious yet literate rock........2003-05-25

Kim Mitchell is one of the most unique rock guitarists ever. His style is in a league with Buck Dharma, Bill Nelson, & Frank Zappa.

Let's face it: Max Webster was mostly Kim Michell & his friends. The lyrics (the better ones are from Pye Dubois) border on poetry, sometimes evocative, sometimes just weird -- yet always inspiring sing-along. The guitar work floats between classically inspired & jazzy.

Yet, when it all comes down, these people like to rock out, & it shows. A friend who saw MW live said, "There's this guy in tights flying back & forth across the stage all night." Yeah, that would be Mitchell. Think of it as Art Rawk that refuses to take itself that seriously.

This is basically an update of Diamonds, Diamonds. Its greatest flaw is that it doesn't have that crowd-pleaser "Toronto Tontos" from the first album (s/t in Canada, released stateside as Hangover, & sadly hard-to-find).

A great place to start your collection!.......2001-06-08

Max Webster was Kim Mitchell's weird, goofy, progressive hard rock band in the 70's. For Mitchell fans, owning some Max is absolutely essential. Max albums were always more consistent than his solo work, and the musicianship would rival such bands as Rush or Saga.

Not much need be said about the tracks here. This album is loaded with classics. You can't have a Max "Best Of" without "Gravity", "Let Go The Line" or "Battle Scar" and you get them all here. From rockers, to ballads, to the really weird and goofy stuff, it's a great cross section of Max moments.

The one neat thing about The Best Of Max Webster is the inclusion of "Kids In Action". It's actually not a Max song: it's a Kim Mitchell solo track from his extremely hard to find (and excellent) debut EP. Purchasing this album is worth it strictly for "Kids In Action" even if you already own the entire Max catalogue.

If you don't own the entire catalogue, this album will probably prompt you to do so. This band were so creative and different, you will most likely crave more. Enjoy.

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