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 Great CD Dec 12, 2008
The CD was excellent. All great songs. For sure a 4 to 5 star rating!
Scandal feat. Patty Smyth May 12, 2007
What more can be said about Scandal? With Patty Smyth's sizzeling vocals and sultry delivery, she is the epitomy of the 80's female vocalist. Every song on every album is golden. I listen to her at least once every day. If only they were still together. 10 stars for any Scandal/Patty Smyth material, no questions asked.
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If you like Scandal, you'll like this. Jan 10, 2007
How many Scandal greatest hits CDs can they put out when they only technically released one album? They released one EP and one album and this is the second greatest hits CD. I wished they would have just rereleased the EP as a CD (they did back in the 90's, but you can't find the CD any place). Buy this CD because it contains all the songs off the EP, then buy the Warrior album and you'll have all the Scandal songs.
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this cd is awesome!!!!!!!! i love scandal!!!! Jan 02, 2007
i have previously purchased the cd scandalous which at the time was the only way to find most of the material from their EP. that cd contains 4out of 5 songs. so it was a good collection. Then i purchased Patty Smyth's greatest hits featuring scandal because i was trying to get the rest of the group's material. while it is also a great cd and contains alot of their material ,it still left you wanted more. Now we have it! This cd is awesome. not only do you get all 5 songs from the EP but 4 never released tracks. I have to agree with the other reviewer, why didn't columbia just release all 9 songs and make a full LP?,and yes it would have been wonderful if they would have just put the rest of the warrior material on this release and completed the scandal collection they are all great. this is a real treasure. I also own The Warrior Cd. NOw all i need to complete my collection of Scandal/Patty Smyth is to purchase her 1987 self-titled solo album, which currently at amazon runs at about $25. i guess that isn't bad considering what a rarity that album is. highly recommend this to anyone who is a scandal fan!!! even if you own other scandal or Patty smyth CDs you will not have these 4 unreleased tracks. it is a must have!!!
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An excellent compilation of a short lived & underrated band. Nov 08, 2006
Scandal burst onto the scene in 1982 with a 5 song E.P. that quickly put them on the map. This was partly due to their low budget video for the smash single Goodbye to You that featured an amazingly sexy, strong and talented Patty Smyth dancing around & singing her little heart out. MTV played the living heck out of this video. The backing band was great as well. What was cool about Scandal was for the most part they were a guitar based band with a twin guitar attack that made their music not quite as overblown as a lot of similar stuff coming out at the time.
By the time they released their 1st full length album "The Warrior" in 1984, the band had already featured some lineup changes and in fact only Patty Smyth and one of the guitarists from the E.P. appeared on the album. The record label had seen an attempt to turn them into more of an arena rock type act. This is evidenced by the title track single written by Holly Knight & producer Mark Chapman (who had worked with Blondie and Tina Tuner on her Private Dancer album). Some fans of their debut E.P.'s were a little let down by the more bombastic nature (and some might say typical 80's) sound of the album though it did have some really good songs on it. Sure, the chorus of The Warrior is more than a bit silly, but when you've got a singer like Patty Smyth belting out those words, YOU BELIEVE HER!
The band would then splinter apart due to constant label interferance in the form of them wanting to constatnly push Patty Smyth to the forefront of the band much to the upset feelings of her backing band.
She would then go on to release some fairly successful solo albums before settling down in the 90's by marrying John McEnroe(!).
This new compilation is part of VH1's "We Are the 80's" package tour from this past summer that Scandal participated in. Other acts who are part of this collection are Rick Springfield, Eddie Money, Loverboy, Bow Wow Wow, Flock of Seagulls & The Bangles.
What sets the Scandal CD apart though is that this is more of an anthology of sorts rather than just a greatest hits package. This is due to them only having a 5 E.P. and The Warrior album to draw from.
You end up getting all 5 songs from the 1982 E.P., 3 unreleased tracks from those sessions, a B side from 1982 and the 5 songs from The Warrior.
All have been remastered in crystal clear sound.
Now, my one beef is that this CD comes just a hair shy of being 58 minutes long. Why not just put the rest of the Warrior on here and make it a true and complete package? Just think about it, on a single CD you could have had their entire recorded output!
But VH1/Sony saw fit to only include the 4 singles from The Warrior. But to be honest, their strongest stuff was from 1982 anyway. And the fact that you get 3 unreleased tracks from 1982 (which are really strong and I can't understand why they were put on their e.p. to make it a full album) in addition to the B side to Goodbye to You makes this quite a buy in terms of fans seeking rarities.
There was a compilation released in 1998 that featured songs from both Scandal and Patty Smythe's solo career.
But I would recommend this over that one if it's more Scandal you're after. This is much more than just a simple greatest hits package.
Highly recommended!
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