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Mediocre PEBBLES outing with a few shining moments:
I don't get it; the 60s garage bands of Chicago have been hailed as some of the best in the country, but judging by this volume, they are a pretty faceless lot, sounding almost identical and unoriginal in the extreme. OK, maybe I'm being a little harsh, but the tunes on this disc are nowhere near as cool as those on PEBBLES VOL. 7: CHICAGO 2. That's where the real gems are! Songs worth hearing on this volume: The Omens' "Searching", The Furniture's "I Love It Baby", The Huns' "Winning Ticket", The Delights' "Long Green" (sounding like a regional R & B group, with a horn section no less!), The Blackstones' "Never Feel the Pain", and Dean Carter's "Rebel Woman". If you didn't like The Lemon Drops' "I Live in the Springtime", you won't find Buzzsaw's identical cover any better; Dean Carter's cover of "Jailhouse Rock" is just embarrassing. Word of warning: The Boyz' awesome "Come With Me" and The Cavedwellers' "Run Around" are not included on this disc, even though they're listed on the track listing; it instead appears on CHICAGO VOL. 2. I might sound a little bitter about this particular PEBBLES volume, but as unenthusiastic as I may sound, this is still a garage band reissue with several good tunes not included on any other reissue (save the ESSENTIAL PEBBLES comps, which are missing some of my faves on this disc). I would still recommend picking it up; CHICAGO 2 is ten times better!
| Artist: | Various Artists | | Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 0095081502321 | | Format: | Compilation | | Original Release Date: | 1995-01-01 | | Release Date: | 2004-01-26 | | UPC: | 095081502321 |
Tracks:- Searching - The Omens
- I Love It Baby - Furniture
- I Live in the Springtime - Buzzsaw
- I Want Her Back
- Like a Woman
- Say Ma, Ma
- Come With Me
- Trip on Out - Haymarket Riot
- Long Green
- Someday Baby
- Never Feel the Pain - Blackstones
- Rebel Woman - Dean Carter
- I'll Make You Pay
- You Don't Love Me - Little Boy Blue
- Girl I Need You \o#\c - Nobody's Children
- I've Been Wrong \o#\c - The Buckinghams
- Shadow of Fear - Last Knight
- Run Around - Cavedwellers
- Memorandum \o#\c
- Jailhouse Rock - Dean Carter
- Need a Little Lovin' - The Foggy Notions
- Winning Ticket \o#\c - The Huns
- Something Else \o#\c - Haymarket Riot
- Please Mr. Sullivan
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