Eddy Grant - The Very Best Of (Road To Reparation) [CD]

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August 10, 2008, 05:59 PM

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Following the success of many other recent comebacks from previously expired artists, the release of a compilation of Eddy Grant’s work doesn’t come as a surprise. Due to the nature of a ‘best of’ album, this release offers nothing new to fans but is just another chance to cash in on Eddy’s success, and rightly so, because no doubt it will well.

Despite the quality of the content of this record, it is difficult to validate the need for this CD considering that a ‘best of’ was released as recently as 2001, and Eddy can only boast of one studio album on his CV since. However, in terms of compiling his hits and various other recordings onto one convenient CD with a nice glossy picture of the man himself looking moody with undertones of pride on the front cover, this record ticks all of the boxes.

Incredibly successful records such as ‘Gimme Hope Jo’anna’, ‘I Don’t Wanna Dance’, ‘Baby Come Back’ and of course, ‘Electric Avenue’ all feature on here, although unfortunately they compile the first half of the album resulting in a remaining selection of tracks that will probably be neglected and unloved like a puppy post-Christmas by the majority of impatient listeners.

If it’s the hits that you’re after then this is for you, although veteran fans (or purchasers of his previous ‘Best Of’) will probably have most of the tracks on this release anyway so it doesn’t really seem worth it.

Now if only they had considered the die-hard fans and included the highly desirable and collectable parody ‘Gimme Yop! Me Mamma’ from a fairly recent yoghurt advert perhaps this record would be seen in a different light.

Maybe.

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