Best of Shooting Star: Touch Me Tonight:

Artist: Shooting Star
Label: V & R Record Distribution
Category: Music

Average customer rating:

Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 096883354927
EAN: 0096883354927
ASIN: B00000E9GC

Release Date: 1998-07-14

Best of Shooting Star: Touch Me Tonight:

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Tracks:

Last Chance
Bring It On
You've Got What I Need
Tonight
Flesh and Blood
Hollywood
Hang on for Your Life
Breakout
Heartache
Straight Ahead
Train Rolls On
Christmas Together
Touch Me Tonight

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Album Description

This hits package for Shooting Star includes such favorites as 'Last Chance' Hang On For Your Life', 'Tonight', 'Bring It On' and 'You Got What I Need'. 13 tracks on the 2001 V&R release.

Customer Reviews:

A decent overview, but I'd have done it differently........2000-07-27

My biggest gripe with this greatest hits package is that the person who picked the songs did not seem to be familiar with the band's better material over their five album lifespan. This happens a lot with greatest hits packages. Most of the songs are no-brainers. Last Chance is one of the greatest FM rock songs ever and Tonight, Breakout, Straight Ahead and Flesh and Blood are all what I would consider hugely underrated. My problem is with the inclusion of You've Got What I Need and Train Rolls On. Both are decent songs, but I'd have included Are You Ready, Do You Feel Alright or Summer Sun (which probably would have made it had it not been on something other than the band's original label.) The previously unreleased songs are always nice to find on compilations such as these and Christmas Together fits the bill here. Not a song that fits your mood year round, but after hearing Do They Know It's Christmas ad nauseum every holiday season, Christmas Together is at least something fresh. As for the other previously unreleased song, I read somewhere that Touch Me Tonight is the bands highest charting song ever. This speaks volumes about the lack of respect Shooting Star got in what should have been their heyday. Again, a decent song, but nothing special. If you are an old fan of the band like I am, you may be better served by buying the five cd's and making your own compilation, but if you're new to Shooting Star, this would be a good place to start.

Most Underrated Band of the 80's.......2000-04-22

This is a collection of great songs from the most underrated rock band of the 80's. Ths disc opens with the epic, and FM radio classic, "Last Chance." The violins add to the "symphonic rock" quality of this band. Next follow two poppier numbers from their first disc. Good songs, but there is better to follow.

"Tonight", the last inclusion from the first album, is song about destiny. It starts off slow and gentle. The song soon becomes agressive and heavy - another classic.

Next follow some of the better songs from Shooting Star's second album. "Flesh and Blood" was a top 40 hit which captures emotions about the uncertainty of our lives, our loves, and the meaning of it all.

"Hollywood" is a song contrasting the small town life with life in the fast lane - another great one.

The next two songs, "Breakout" and "Hang on For Your Life," are the two heavy rock offerings reminiscent of bands like Bad Company or Grand Funk Railroad in their heyday.

The band, seems to have a knack for capturing raw emotion and the pleasure of the power chord. For all of the "radio-friendly" bands that have come and gone, Boston, Styx, Journey, Bad Company et al,the criticism about the lack of an edge and the predictibilty of their music holds. As for Shooting Star, although they fit in to the same genre, there was a raw emotion, an unpredictability, an agressive edge, that put this band head and shoulders above their more celebrated brethren.

Same as always!.......1999-12-30

If you are still stuck in the 80's time warp, Shooting Star is for you. They are not the most creative band, but they have there stong point covered. The songs mix and match well on the CD. It plays well without jumping over track's The new songs have the same feel as the old. If you have ever heard them live, you will remember the feel they recreate in the studio. If you have never listened to them, but still enjoy bands like Journey, Night Ranger, REO, Damn Yankee's ETC. Here is another band for you to follow! Enjoy!

Good Music, Bad quality.......1999-08-25

The music of Shooting Star is not very complex. Straight forward rock with a touch of balladeering. The songs still hold up and "Last Chance" is still a rock legend. The disappointment lies not with the music but with the sound quality of the CD. The sounds frequently pop and cut out and its overall sound is hollow. Although I love the convenience and durability of the CD, I will stick with my vinyl.

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