The Best of the Best: 1984-2000, Vol. 1

Artist: W.A.S.P.
Label: Apocalypse UK
Category: Music

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Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 636551182522
EAN: 0636551182522
ASIN: B00004OCG8

Release Date: 2000-03-21

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Tracks:

Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)
I Wanna Be Somebody
L.O.V.E. Machine
On Your Knees
Show No Mercy
Blind In Texas
Wild Child
Sex Drive
9-5 N.A.S.T.Y
Mean Man
Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue)
Unreal
Helldorado
Dirty Balls

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Customer Reviews:

Okay but lacking.......2004-04-03

Half of this album is great as WASP can be. Another half is not. I wonder about some track choices... Why two tracks from Helldorado and less from Headless, Still Not... and KFD?

The Elton-cover is okay, but not great. Then we get the great stuff, Animal, first album, second album. Then We only get one track from Electric Circus and down we go from there. Several good tracks and whole albums get dismissed and then we get two mediocre songs from Helldorado. Not good.

Overall, I listen to this album almost daily, but never to the finish. I always change the disc, or start again from track 1, when the album is nearing it's end.

Brutal, Blatant, & Blunt.... BEAUTIFUL!.......2002-05-05

Being a young teenager in the early 1990's, I was able to catch the tail end of a genre that seems to have become taboo in music history. The era of the "hair band." Well, I don't play the "I Hate Hair Band" game and never ever will. WASP is a very heavy yet very melodic genuine Metal band that has some, though few, elements of "Hair" in their music. Here's my synopsis of their "Best of" album.
The very first thing you will detect in the album is the snarling vocals that is very true to my, and my staff at MetalTrinity.com's form of Metal. After that, driving beats and powerful chorus based melodies will get your head banging pretty heavy. All the accentual WASP material is on this great disc and there's even a cover of Saturday Night's Are Right for Fighting. Wonder what that's like?
Imagine Elton Jon in the 1970's, before his Disney diluted music, and add an element of bipolar insanity to it. Great stuff!
This is the kind of Metal that was the way Metal is SUPPOSED to be. It was socially unacceptable and was complained about by ugly female politicians, and there was absolutely no rap influence at all. No Rap [Junk], No Weak Stuff, HEAVY METAL to the bone. You've gotta love it! You've just gotta love it so!

Where is volume 2?.......2001-11-16

As with many "best of" compilations, I take issue with the song choices (which may be there purpose - after all, it pays not to put ALL the good songs from a record on a compilation). Namely, there are one too many cuts from 'The Last Command' (1985) and 'Helldorado' (1999) (why include "Sex Drive" and "Helldorado" on a best of?), not enough cuts from 'Inside the Electric Circus' (1987) or 'The Headless Children' (1989) (where is "I Don't Need No Doctor" or "The Real Me"?), and no cuts whatsoever from 'Still Not Black Enough' (1996) or 'KFD' (1999). A better choice would be to have made volume 1 a best of 1984-1989.

The new cuts are mediocre. Although WASP is known for good interpretations of other band's tunes ("Paint It Black" and "The Real Me" are good examples), their take on Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" is so-so.

I recommend starting with the first record, 'WASP' (1984), and decide where you want to go from there. If you want to get into the more serious lyrical material, try (in order) 'The Headless Children' (1989), 'The Crimson Idol' (1992), 'Still Not Black Enough' (1996), and then 'KFD' (1999). If you like the raunchy, humorous stuff, try 'Helldorado' (1999). If you like the more poppish recordings, try 'The Last Command' (1985) and 'Inside the Electric Circus' (1986).

W.A.S.P Revenge.......2001-04-17

For all wasp fans out there this album brings it all back. From age 16 i've listened to them and still rock on when i play their albums.. contoversy of them being a "perverted band" I still believe they are the Best!!. This album will show their true talent.. The first album Animal got them a gold record!!.. not many bands were able to do that, fortunately blackie made that possible.. from there the rest of the albums were awesome.. buy this one, then get Last Command highly reccomended.. Then get K.F.D . for any wasp fan you cant get enough.

Good summation of bands work--but lacks the ballads..........2000-09-16

This is a fairly strong retrospective of an extremely talented and aggressive rock band, that unfortunately goes a little too hard in promoting them as aggressive, and unfortunately misses out on some of the bands strongest slower work, such as "Hold on to my Heart", "Forever Free", and "Breathe", 3 of the strongest rock ballads you ever could find. I remember when THE HEADLESS CHILDREN came out, and "Forever Free" came out and blew me away. I was sure it would be a huge hit. I guess I forgot about what a nasty rep can do to a band. Anyways, despite these omissions, this compilation hits most of the high points, including "F--- Like a beast", "Mean Man", "Love Machine", "Blind in Texas", and especially "Wild Child" my favorite WASP song. For those that don't know WASP, this is probably the best place to start. If you don't know, this band sort of resembles Motley Crue with the aggression and volume turned way up. For true metal fans you can't go wrong with this stuff. Buy this one first, but be sure to get THE CRIMSON IDOL (their amazingly sedate concept album), THE HEADLESS CHILDREN, and especially the underrated STILL NOT BLACK ENOUGH (which has no tracks on this compilation unfortunately). WASP rules!

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