The Best of Gamma

Artist: Gamma
Label: Gnp Crescendo
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 052824220829
EAN: 0052824220829
ASIN: B000001OY3

Release Date: 1992-06-01

The Best of Gamma

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Tracks:

Meanstreak
Four Horsemen
Dirty City
Voyager
Stranger
Condition Yellow
No Way Out
Third Degree
Thunder & Lightning
I'm Alive
Razor King
Modern Girl
Right The First Time
Wish I Was
What's Gone Is Gone
Fight To The Finish

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Customer Reviews:

Not bad..........2003-07-17

...its just TOO bad that Ronnie Montrose was a bit more experimental and a mighty risk-taker. Granted, this band had some commercial success to a degree, and Gamma's music is WELL worth hearing if you are into guitar rock, but had the band been a bit less experimental, Gamma might have become something HUGE. This CD has the best of the best by the band, and should please both Rock fans and fans of Montrose' experimental sides. Davie Pattison does a GREAT job on vocals here, and the band is tight and songs are well crafted, although a bit "thick" at times. Sadly, Montrose went though some hard times financially due to his pursuit to experiment, and Pattison has since been seen playing pubs that my band gigs at.

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Gamma - Best of Gamma.......2003-02-04

Great band, great music. I give it a 4 out of 5 only because it doesn't have "Solar Heat"/"Ready for Action" on this compilation. Not sure who made the brain-dead decision to not put this killer one-two punch off of their first album. Sort of like making a Van Halen best of and omitting "Eruption"/"You Really Got Me". Montrose rocks and this CD will allow you to rock as well. Get out the air guitar and wail. But make sure and buy their first album which has now been re-released on CD.

Excellent cd missing a couple of songs , however.......2003-01-11

This is an excellent collection of Gamma material. The only thing I can fault with it is that Mayday, Skin and Bone, Ready for Action, and Moving Violation should have been put on here. Having said that, however there aren't any weak tracks on the cd. My Favorites here are Mean Streak, Condition Yellow, Stanger, Figth to the finish, Thunder and Ligthening, and I wish I was. All in all a great package but since the first three cd's have been released you might want to consider picking up all three to get the tracks that aren't on this cd because they are worth the extra money, but if your just trying out Gamma for the first time you won't be disappointed with this cd.

GREAT MUSIC.......2002-03-09

I can remember buying all three Gamma albums when they were originally released on Elektra. They sound great still, although I wish the original discs would make it all to digital. Gamma had no weaknesses, other than they could only tolerate each other for 3 releases. Gamma is the perfect mix of vocals[Davey Patteson], great guitar[Ronnie Montrose], drums, bass, and keyboards. The synthesizer work is exceptional! Precision seemed to be the driving force behind Gamma and it shows on every track.

As with virtually every greatest hits or anthology there are going to be good songs that don't make the cut. Gamma had no bad songs, so, there are plenty of songs to fill Volume 2[hint, hint]. Working with what is here, I would have to say my favorite is a bluesy number, "Wish I Was". Another big favorite is a song that sounds somewhat like Robin Trower, "Voyager". There is actually no filler on this BEST OF period! Other songs I like quite well are: "Right the First Time", "I'm Alive", "Stranger", "Condition Yellow", "What's Gone is Gone", and "Mean Streak".

Gamma makes me wonder what a band has to do to make that turn towards popularity. I mean it is great to play something hot for a friend, something they've never heard, that totally rocks! Gamma will leave you wanting more, so, you'll have to hope someone will release it. You can't go wrong with BEST OF GAMMA! It's 16 songs that you will want to hear again.

Why I have not bought this........2002-02-23

I love Gamma. They were a very influential band to me in the early 80's. I had each of their three albums (from which all of the songs on this compilations come) and loved every minute of the music. I even had the privilege of opening up for the post-Gamma Montrose band in 1985, and meet the master himself. Those three albums were fantastic, featuring excellent songwriting and astounding musicianship. I give this album 4-stars because I know the songs inside out, know them to be classics of the 80's music library, and appreciate the rarity of finding Gamma recordings on CD.

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