Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Hit Single Anthology (1991)

 


Default
 326,84 МБ/ Flac
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - 1991 - Hit Single Anthology (Fontana-Phonogram 848 161-2, Germany)
 (23 / 54:59)

Review by Richie Unterberger  

In 1965, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders struck with one of the British Invasion's greatest one-shots, the number one hit "Game of Love." After Fontana split for a solo career shortly afterwards, the Mindbenders scored another mammoth hit that was nearly as memorable, "A Groovy Kind of Love." This 23-song anthology -- featuring the most successful singles by Fontana & the Mindbenders, both together and as separate entities -- does not, unfortunately, offer anything in the same league as those two smashes. They did manage a couple other U.K. hits, "Um Um Um Um Um Um" and "Just a Little Bit Too Late" (both included here), in their original incarnation, but neither are especially memorable. Dependent upon outside writers for virtually all of their material, Fontana & Co. had little to distinguish them from literally hundreds of other middling British Invasion-era groups except their extraordinary luck in latching on to a couple of pieces of great material. Upon splitting from the Mindbenders, Fontana pursued a Tom Jones-like balladeering direction that has worn badly; the Mindbenders, while remaining rock-oriented, offered nearly as little. Stick with the two hit singles, on which they miraculously secured masterful pieces of tuneful and dynamic British Invasion pop.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
01. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Hello Josephine
 02. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Stop Look And Listen
 03. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Um Um Um Um Um Um
 04. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Game Of Love
05. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Just A Little Bit Too Late
 06. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - She Needs Love
07. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - It Was Easier To Hurt Her
08. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind Of Love
09. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Come On Home
10. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Can't Live Without You
11. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Goodbye Bluebird
2. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Ashes To Ashes
13. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Pamela Pamela
14. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - The Letter
15. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Too Much Monkey Business
16. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - For You
17. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Little Darlin'
18. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - I Want Her She Wants Me
19. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - We'll Talk About It Tomorrow
20. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Schoolgirl
21. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - Blessed Are The Lonely
22. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - 24 Sycamore
23. Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders - The Morning After


Posted by: на

3 comments:

RULES :
1. ANONYMOUS REQUESTS WITHOUT ANSWER ! If you take the time to write a message, take a few seconds to sign it with your name, please.
2. If you think that the post was made in violation of your copyright, just report it in the comments and we will delete the material.
3. You can report of about dead links, but please don't make more than one repost request per week.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)