Open Our Eyes Anthology: Nazz: Amazon.ca: Music

Disc: 1
1. Loosen Up
2. Open My Eyes
3. Hello It's Me
4. Crowded
5. If That's the Way You Feel
6. See What You Can Be
7. When I Get My Plane
8. Lemming Song
9. Wildwood Blues
10. Back of Your Mind
See all 19 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Forget All About It
2. Meridian Leeward
3. Hang on Paul
4. Rain Rider
5. Not Wrong Long
6. Letter's Don't Count
7. Only One Winner
8. Gonna Cry Today
9. Beautiful Song
10. Some People
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4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a great band gets the justice they deserve, Feb 25 2004

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Taylor X "Taylor X" (Las Vegas, NV (USA)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Open Our Eyes Anthology (Audio CD)

During the latter half of the sixties, a number of classic rock bands emerged, but sadly, most of them received no recognition whatsoever. Among these bands was a little group called Nazz. The group was actually the first major group to feature the legendary Todd Rundgren. The band got its big break when they opened for the Doors in 1967. They then recorded two albums, and put together some of their final outtakes and released them as their third album. At last, this material has been brought together in a single Nazz anthology. Read on for my review of this collection.

PROS:
-If you're too cheap or too lazy to hunt down all of Nazz's recordings, this collection is a fine alternative, because all of their songs are here for your listening pleasure.
-The booklet included with the set contains some handy new liner notes. If you're gonna do a so-called anthology, you may as well included the best notes possible on the band!
-The band originally recorded three albums, but this compilation brings everything together on just two compact discs!

CONS:
-The songs are way out of their original sequence. Songs have been grouped together so that songs that sound alike appear next to one another? Why the hell would they do this?
-As someone else stated, at least one track from this collection is NOT the same as the original version which appeared on the Nazz III album. Why the hell not?
-The sound quality is better for the individual remastered versions of the band's albums than it is in this set. Accordingly, you're better off hunting those down.

OVERALL:
Overall this is a very good set, but it does have some flaws. I strongly recommend buying all of the band's albums individually as opposed to buying this set, but if you can't find all of them (I'm thinking they're out of print), this makes an excellent alternative.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Same versions as on original LP's, April 24 2004

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Don H. (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Open Our Eyes Anthology (Audio CD)

"A Music Fan" wrote in his/her review:

"....the version of "Only One Winner" on this collection is not the same as the one on Nazz III, so a completist would still have to buy that CD. The Nazz III version had Todd singing, the version on here is, as best as I can tell, the same as the version on "13th and Pine", with Stewkey singing...."

Not true. Stewkey sang the original version on "Nazz III"; the same version found on this Anthology CD. Stewkey does indeed sing lead on the "13th and Pine" version; but it's only a slightly different mix of the same song. Todd sings lead on the version found on the "Todd Sings" CD. [confused yet?? LOL]

I've been a NAZZ fan since their beginning and would tell you that this CD is worth seeking out. Too bad the compilers didn't put the songs in the same order as they appeared on the original 3 LP's.......

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great band, Jan 22 2004

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Rollie Anderson (Forney, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Open Our Eyes Anthology (Audio CD)

What makes this a "5" to me is that it has all of their songs in one package. Yeah, some of the songs are pretty strange and makes it evident why the second lp was not a double album but that was the essence of NAZZ. They were hit and miss. Who knows, without this band we may never have heard of Todd Rundgren. I must also mention that the liner notes are most interesting with many comments about the evolution of the group coming from Todd himself. For every fledgling musician that had a combo back in the late 60s this was a group that you could emulate and copy. You could play these songs at the roller rink and no one would give you any crap about performing "obscure" material. Everyone in the audience liked NAZZ even if they had no clue who they were.

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4.0 out of 5 stars great collection
This is a great collection, and an easy way to get most of the commercially available nazz recordings. Read more

Published on July 22 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Could Have Done A Better Job
The Nazz were one of the few important pop/rock bands that Philadelphia had to offer in the sixties. Read more

Published on Mar 1 2003 by S.J. Dibai