Berlin - The Best Of Berlin: 20th Century Masters - Millennium Collection

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Music Review: Not the sound from Take My Breath Away
Rating: 3 Stars

The explicit lyrics in "Sex (I'm a) are pretty graphic. The point of mentioning this isn't to pass judgement, but awareness. Many people today look back at 80s music and want to share the music they loved as a child. If you are thinking of sharing the music of Berlin, you may want to take the graphic nature of this song into consideration. In the song, Terri sings in very interesting duet with who I believe is bassist and Berlin founder John Crawford. This song got a lot of flak back in 1980 because up to that point, it was probably one the most graphic hit songs that had been released in the Rock era.

But there are other songs from Berlin that aren't controversial and are highly entertaining. There are two very "European" sounding songs in "No More Words" and "The Metro". "No More Words" is a song from 1984. It has some level of suggestive overtones, but isn't nearly in the category of the song "Sex". There is some catchy synthesizers in this song. Terri Nunn shows great range as a vocalist in this song - especially as she sings the chorus of "No More Words". "The Metro" is a song from the early days (1982) and is even more European sounding in that it has a European theme. The romantic story for "The Metro" takes place in Europe and features a European ambluence sound toward the end. Like on "No More Words", Terri is going to show some grear ranges in vocals. Perhaps one of the best songs is "You Don't Know". This was a song written by John Crawford and not only features great Terri Nunn vocals, but musically is one of the better of the syntho-pop tracks on the collection.

Like many "Best of" compilations - in order to generate a demand for sales among the core fans, a new song is included. The "Best of Berlin" collection leads off with a new song called "Blowin Sky High". "Blowin Sky High" is a very good song by Berlin. This song features a nice guitar intro to the song, then Terri's vocals fold in followed by some synthesizers. By the chorus, Terri's vocals are in high gear. "Like Flames" is another nice song that starts off with a nice European whistle theme, then a very - almost ABBA like chorus of la-la-la-la. When I listen to "Like Flames", I sort of get a feel that the group ABBA had an influence on them musically - although Terri Nunn sounds nothing like Agnetha or Frieda. Tracks also worth noting that are very good are "Now It's My Turn", "Will I Ever Understand You" and "Masquerade".

Finally as for the hit song "Take My Breath Away", it is the weakest track on the collection. It doesn't seem like a track that fits into the type of music that Berlin does. There is a connection though. Back in 1984, Giorgio Moroder - the keyboardist and composer famous for the "Midnight Express" theme produced "No More Words" for Berlin. Moroder was also the author of "Take My Breath Away", and as a result must of played a role in convincing Berlin to do that song. Moroder also produced the song. Although I am a Moroder fan, this song doesn't do much for me.

The collection contains 12 Berlin songs from the heyday of Terri Nunn's association with Berlin. In the liner notes, there are no lyrics and no album titles for the songs. There is one page that tells the Berlin lineup and lists all of the members of the band as well as the corresponding dates each member was in the band. There is a listing of musician credits - although it is very hard to read. The rest of the liner notes contain lots of pictures of Terri and the band. I usually prefer a greatest hits CD to be in chronological order in which the songs were released. In this case, the songs are mixed up.

There is some good music that Berlin has to offer. Berlin is getting a lot of airplay as an 80s band who has gotten back together and this collection will give you some of the best songs. With some of the lyrics on this album, it is important as a consumer to be aware of this when purchasing the CD and listening to the music.

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