Action - Action Packed!
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Artist: ActionEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2001-02-05
Music Label: Edsel Records UK
Soundtracks:
- Land Of One Thousand Dances
- In My Lonely Room
- Harlem Shuffle
- I Love You (Yeah)
- Ill Keep Holding On
- Hey Sah-lo-ney
- Just Once In My Life
- Wasnt It You
- Baby Youve Got It
- Since I Lost My Baby
- Never Ever
- Twenty Fourth Hour
- The Place
- Come On Come With Me
- The Cissy
- Something Has Hit Me
- Shadows And Reflections
Music reviews of Action Packed!
Music Review: Highlights on an Uneven Compilation
Rating: 3 Stars
I have several times seen The Action being compared to great sixties Mod bands like the Who and Small Faces. This, of course, makes you curious to heard some of the band's music, which is really releatively limited - they never released an album during their time together.
They may very well have been a great live-band, with the vocals as their greatest strenght, but judged from this compilation, comparisons with the two aforementioned bands seem a little far-fetched. Agreed, the album has its great moments, but genereally the band lacked interesting original material, and several of their cover versions aren't really that interesting.
Soundwise the recordings are pretty uneven, too. On some tracks the drums sound as if they were recorded in a gymnasium, which of course does not help the overall impression of the band.
As I said some tracks do stand out, and these may indicate what the band might have grown into. In fact they did record an album, which I unfortunately never have heard so far, but songs like the melodic "Since I Lost My Baby", the catchy "The Place" , their original "Something Has Hit Me", the Goffin/King song "Wasn't it You" and their final single "Shadows and Reflections" are all great tracks in themselves. Interesting that 2 of these highlights weren't released until long after the band split up.
Uneven compilation with some great moments.
Description of Action Packed!
UK compilation for one of the best Mod band's on the 60's scene. Endorsed by Paul Weller who also provides a sleeve note and Phil Collins who called them, 'My all time favorite band...the band that had the most effect on me.'. Issued in cooperation with the band it includes all their recordings as The Action, recorded from 1965-1967 in chronological order (of recording). Packaging features many photos and memorabilia from the archives of the group. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.Classic Rock CDs
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