Dead Or Alive - Evolution: The Hits

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• DEAD OR ALIVE EVOLUTION

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Music Review: Definitive Collection...sort of...But still worth getting
Rating: 4 Stars

And then we have this offering in two versions. One being this... straight forward hits comp and the other is a double import disk, which while comes in a nice package is really more of the same with different versions and few other "hits" not included on the former. Most of the singles are here..save Nukleopatra and Baby don't say goodbye (where's son of a gun?)...which are only ok, so I am not disappointed that they are not included (they are on the import). I am very happy that this collection includes the Sophisticated tunes as this would not be definitive without them. The singles, for the most part are the versions that got released and not the album versions. I was also happy with this as well. What I wasn't pleased with was that some of my favorites got remixed beyond recognition and fit in more with the newer material, which I am not crazy about. So, the versions of Lover Come Back to Me and Turn Around and Count to Ten are really lame. Oh and there is another remix of You spin me...which obviously this world needs...right?

I know this comes off as a semi bad review...but it's not. If you like DOA and you like their songs, but don't have their albums (all of mine are on cassette or vinyl)...or don't have SOBB...get this. It is worth having. I was thinking that the songs in chronological order would have been better, but I think then I wouldn't be listening to half of it. Should you get this one or the import? If you are a big fan and still follow them, get the import. If you are like me and like the early stuff...you need to decide what songs you really like and pick the version that doesn't have the 2003 remix of it (I would have been disappointed with the 2003 mix of Something in my House...absolutely). I think a better collection would be singles on one disk (no remixes) and on the second disk include the original mixes (which were great..pretty much all of them) and retooled versions. I also think that the packaging (on this version) is so-so. Just a bunch of recent pics of Pete looking freaky like he always has...though I think he's gone a bit far. Looks more draggish than ever before...and can those lips get any bigger? Would like to have seen some older picks...like the Misty Circles cover era (he looks beautiful). Liner notes, by Pete, are also lame. No "real" history of before the band (Nightmares in Wax), no mention of Wayne Hussey (Sisters of Mercy and the Mission UK)...he was on SOBB and left before it came out (interesting side note, I blindly bought the Mission's "God's own medicine" because Wayne was a part of DOA and I thought that this was another band that would be like them...um I was really wrong. But I got introduced to a really great band). Most of the notes are a pat on the back to himself. He pushes "the fast forward button" way too much...never talks about the group. Never really mentions what happened to their producers SAW (I think one of the passed from AIDS...which was really tragic and I think the production suffered after that). And says really nothing about the new material for those that care. I would have liked a little more history and little less posing.

A bit of a mixed bag. Good points definitely outshine the bad. There is a Video Collection out there of this...and THAT would be a treat...But I live in the states and nothing will probably be released via videos. If this is one of your first forte's into this group, I recommend getting any of the first 4 albums (avoid Rip it Up...ok for it's time, but obsolete and cheesy now).

Hope this helps.

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Alternative Rock CDs

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