The Best of Ozark Mountain Daredevils

The Best of Ozark Mountain Daredevils Artist: Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Label: A&M
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 075021320222
EAN: 0075021320222
ASIN: B000002GAV


Release Date: 1990-10-25

The Best of Ozark Mountain Daredevils


Related Categories:

General General
Categories | Pop | Styles | Music
Pop Rock Pop Rock
Categories | Pop | Styles | Music
General General
Categories | Rock | Styles | Music
Country Rock Country Rock
Categories | Rock | Styles | Music
Southern Rock Southern Rock
Categories | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Tracks:

  1. Jackie Blue
  2. Following The Way I Feel
  3. Road To Glory
  4. You Know Like I Know
  5. Leatherwood
  6. Fly Away Home
  7. If You Wanna Get To Heaven
  8. Homemade Wine
  9. You Made It Right
  10. Country Girl
  11. Walkin' Down the Road
  12. Keep On Churnin'

Amazon.com

Missouri's Ozark Mountain Daredevils hammered together a sound that would have made them dead ringers for natives of the Appalachians, rather than of the Midwest. Not quite bluegrass, hillbilly, or even Southern rock, there was something decidedly different about their sound. The Daredevils are probably best remembered for their No. 3 hit, "Jackie Blue." A melody with just enough minors and sense of foreboding to classify it as Southern gothic, the chorus had a falsetto line that--c'mon, admit it--just about everyone's imitated at least once. Not a hits collection--their only other Top 40 appearance was "If You Wanna Get to Heaven"--Best of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils is a showcase of the band's instrumentation. If it had strings, the band played it, and banjoes, mandolins, guitars, and dulcimers get plucked, strummed, and stroked with a charm and skill only the Daredevils could muster. "Homemade Wine," "Keep on Churnin'," "Road to Glory," and "Fly Away Home" are some of the more memorable moments here. Fans no doubt have all of the material already, but for non-fans, Best of is a great introduction. <I>--Steve Gdula</I>

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars BUY THE ORIGINAL CDs!.......2002-12-12

Brian D. Rubendall obviously has never heard an actual Ozarks album - yes, the second half of "The Best" does contain some filler, but that's because it should more appropriately have been called "The Worst". Somehow they managed to pick all the weakest songs off their albums, plus a few good ones and the hits. Even the worst tracks sound better in the context of the original albums, so now that New Era is reissuing them avoid this CD and get the real thing. That way you'll get to hear their stunning ballads, of which only one is represented here ("You Know Like I Know") - if you haven't heard these you're really missing out.

4 out of 5 stars brings back memories!.......2001-07-15

liked the cd, but what ever happened to the song waterwheel?

3 out of 5 stars Slick down home popsters.......2000-12-24

Despite their exotic name, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils have a sound that is closer to, say, Elton John than fellow southern rock pioneers such as Lynyrd Skynyrd or The Allman Brothers. They had a brief run of success back in the mid 70s, built upon a couple of massive hits. "Jackie Blue" is an excellent piece of pop songwriting and easilly the best song the band ever produced. "If You Want to Get to Heaven" proclaims that you have to "raise a little Hell," but does so in such a slickly smooth pop manner that you wonder if they're really serious. There are a couple of other well written songs like "Following the Way that I Feel," but by the second half of this album you've already reached some rather dull dated filler material. OMD did not record enough good songs to fill up even a single disc collection. Nevertheless, the highlights of their career are here for anyone who is still interested.

5 out of 5 stars Music from the summer of my youth.......1998-11-04

I spent many hours listening to the songs of the Daredevils, on 8-track tapes no less! They have a sound that has yet to be captured by any other band I have ever heard. They hark back to a simpler time, which this album reproduces to a T.

4 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. In the Fishtank ~ Guv'ner
  2. They'll Never Take Us Alive ~ Isadora
  3. Vol. 11-Acid Visions
  4. In Love ~ Datsuns
  5. For 100 We Try Harder ~ Ee.
  6. Chain ~ The Fire Theft
  7. Be Mine Tonight ~ Dean Roberts
  8. Live 2003/2001 ~ Project Pitchfork
  9. Tell It to My Heart ~ Taylor Dayne
  10. Treasured Tunes, Vol. 10 ~ Various Artists

Music Album

Music Album

Music

Retrospective, Vol. 1: Standards ~ Emily Remler

Cycles ~ David Darling

Voice Paintings ~ Lenora Zenzalai Helm

MACK ON THE MOVE

Raise Your Spirit Higher: Wenyukela ~ Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Indian Masala Mix, Vol. 2 ~ Kulisch & Vana

Koregakikitai! Naruse Shohei ~ Shohei Naruse

Leiwand ~ Indopesychics

Mexico, Mágico, Místico ~ Flor de Luna

Soberana ~ Celeste Mendoza