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1. These Eyes

2. Laughing

3. Undun

4. No Time

5. American Woman

6. No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature

7. Hand Me Down World

8. Bus Rider

9. Share The Land

10. Do You Miss Me Darlin'?

11. Hang On To Your Life

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2.0 out of 5 stars Surely By Now Attitudes Have Changed, Mar 29 2004

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Of The Guess Who, Vol 1 (Audio CD)

The bulk of the previous reviews were written, I notice, three and four years ago. Surely by now no one can be satisfied with an 11-track CD for a group with 21 Hot 100 hits, and which contains neither liner notes nor discography.

Had the latter been included, you would have known at once that neither Bus Rider nor Do You Miss Me Darlin' were technically among their "best" since both were uncharted B-sides - the first b/o Share The Land [# 10 in late 1970] and the second b/o Hang On To Your Life [a minor # 43 in early 1971].

Better hits than that latter tune which are not included here, and which HAVE to be included among their best by any standards, are: Albert Flasher [# 29 in June 1971]; Rain Dance [# 19 in September 1971]; Clap For The Wolfman [# 6 in August 1974], and Dancin' Fool [# 28 in December 1974 and their final hit single]. Also, where is Shakin' All Over, their first hit which reached # 22 in June 1965 before they changed their name from Chad Allen & The Expressions? Yes, that was released by Scepter, but are you telling me that RXA/BMG cannot arrange for its inclusion?

Also, if RCA can re-release their early limited-track Elvis CDs with additional material, then surely they can revamp this one with the addition of the above 5 tracks and some background information. Otherwise, the consumers will simply seek out the more comprehensive European/UK or Canadian releases.

These cheap releases are no longer acceptable.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Every song on this is great, Jan 18 2004

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Kilgore "wonderman1" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Of The Guess Who, Vol 1 (Audio CD)

I don't usually go for best of albums because they usually miss out some great non-hit songs and put in some that were hits but that a true fan finds middle of the road average (something bad enough to win a Grammy). Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman and Kurt Winter wrote some great songs and the whole band knew how to rock. Truly the best are here from start to finish. Which is my favorite? I don't know they're all great. This is probably the best, Best Of ablum ever produced.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Colelction From A Terrific Sixites Group!, July 15 2003

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Barron Laycock "Labradorman" (Temple, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Of The Guess Who, Vol 1 (Audio CD)

With a flurry of best-selling rock hits over a short spate of several years, the Canadian group "Guess Who" topped the charts and were on the "A" list for concerts and gigs. Then, seemingly as quickly as they had burst on the popular music scene at the close of the 1960s, they were gone, evaporated from the scene as the group disintegrated and went in several separate directions at the same time. Yet there is no denying the sheer hit-producing power they possessed, or the magically rock music they left behind as a memory of their brief flirtation with super stardom. Many of their best hits are here, from "These Eyes" to "Laughing", from "Undun" to "No Time", from "No Sugar Tonight" to "Hand Me Down World".

Yet, there are many more worthwhile cuts on this collection. Also included here are some provocative lyrics and social commentary, as with both the songs listed above and some of their most memorable work, as in "Hang Onto Your Life", Share the Land", and their most phenomenal and most enduring song, "American Woman", which was a thinly disguised broadside at the blatant hypocrisy of American values in the face of the Vietnam War and the widespread social injustice so controversially debated in the late 1960s, about the time of the urban riots across the country. Incidentally, they used the euphemism of the "American Woman" to illustrate how Lady Liberty, the Statue of Liberty standing in New York City's harbor, was a hypocritical symbol of an arrogant America gone crazy. It is song that is consistently played, and one many of us hear almost daily. Nice collection of the hits of one of the best groups to have come out of the turbulent sixties. Enjoy

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4.0 out of 5 stars Should be a recommended listening.
The Guess Who were one of the best 60's-70's era rock bands. All the songs on this album are great. The best is Share the Land.

Published on May 10 2003 by Trevor Bather

1.0 out of 5 stars yet another cheesy greatest hits album
The Guess Who already has six other "best of" or "greatest hits" albums. I mean they rock, hard, but come on... Read more

Published on Dec 26 2002 by coach hettinger