Anthology: Atomic Rooster

Anthology: Atomic Rooster Artist: Atomic Rooster
Label: Castle
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 8712273310244
ASIN: B00004SASN


Release Date: 2000-02-24

Anthology: Atomic Rooster


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Tracks:

  1. Banstead
  2. Winter
  3. Broken Wings
  4. Friday the 13th
  5. Tomorrow Night
  6. Nobody Else
  7. Devil's Answer
  8. Sleeping for Years
  9. Death Walks Behind You
  10. Breakthrough
  11. Break the Ice
  12. Black Snake
  13. Price
  14. Decision/Indecision

Tracks:

  1. Head in the Sky
  2. Rock
  3. Close Your Eyes
  4. Time Take My Life
  5. Stand By Me
  6. Breathless
  7. People You Can't Trust
  8. Can't Find a Reason
  9. Save Me
  10. Ear in the Snow
  11. Never to Lose
  12. Take One Toke
  13. All Across the Country
  14. Moods
  15. Tell Your Story [*]
  16. O.D. [*]

Album Description

2 CD set for a low price featuring 25 tracks including 'Devil's Answer', 'Loose Your Mind', 'Start To Live' and a alternate version of 'End Of The Day'.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Atomic Rooster - 'Anthology' (Castle).......2007-02-13

Reason I've EVEN giving this 2-CD / 25 (not 30) track anthology a two-star rating is for the low asking price. Problem is this posting's track listing is wrong, so EITHER another label released a compilation 2-CD with the SAME exact cover and / or title OR this posting's listing of the songs is a mistake. Either way, this one is strictly for the completists.

1 out of 5 stars often overlooked British prog metal band.......2006-06-11

Warning: the songs mentioned here don't appear on the Anthology 2-CD but on "Heavy Soul", also a 2-CD compilation of Atomic Rooster but altogether another one! Being originally a progrocktrio formed at the end of the sixties by Vincent Crane (organ/vocals) and Carl Palmer (on drums) of later E.L.P. fame, this band developed several musical styles but alas not to a big degree. They had ample success with only a few songs. The bandleader was desperataly looking for a perfect band and sound, meanwhile suffering from life itself. Therefore the band was never coherent and consisted of many musicians, being a trio, quartet and even quintet. This album however was made in the beginning of the eighties and saw the return of earlier members, guitarst/songwriter John du Cann and drummer Paul Hammond, who was followed up by another P.H.: Preston Heyman, on some songs on bass assisted by Jonh McCoy. From the musical point I have to disagree with earlier viewers who gave a 1 star view, because to me this music is pretty good. Lifting on the the British rock boom they beefed up their sound, cranked up their instruments and amplifiers and came with some solid old and new songs, leaning more towards metal than progrock, in this
collection. There are a few reworks of already existing songs (i.e. "Devils' Answer", "Death Walks Behind You". "Tomorrow Night" and "Sleeping For Years") which are of the same quality of the originals. Furthermore there are plenty of new songs (2 of which in 2 settings, like "End Of The Day" and "Lose Your Mind") and even 5 songs which have never appeared before on any album. Crane and du Cann, whether together or seperate, prove that they were able to write fine rocksongs with a strong melody. Crane was a wellschooled keyboardsman and Du Cann a very good guitarplayer. Although most of the time without a bassplayer you hardly notice this. Anyway, to me they deserve a far better place in musical history and not only that, because a quarter of a century later I still enjoy this fine collection of songs. Nothing to be shamed for.

1 out of 5 stars Why Did the Rooster Cross the Road?.......2003-05-10

The answer is: "To play in traffic, since they show in this antholgy that they sure couldn't play on stage or in the studio." This release is absolutely without justification. DO NOT BUY THIS release unless you crave wimpy, light-weight dreck.
The linernotes claims this to be A.R. during London's new wave of HEAVYMETAL (80-82), but it's much closer to the BABIES trying to play the worst, lightest-weight CHEAPTRICK at a RASPBERRIES revival, (note-This is NOT a cut at CHEAPTRICK, which had some wonderfully fun pop-rock, but they had some dreck, too). There is nothing heavymetal or hardrock about this release, unless you consider sucking a marshmallow the equiv. of crunching on a jawbreaker. 1,000,000 negative stars for dis one.

1 out of 5 stars

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