Name: The Glam Rock Singles Collection
Brand: Cherry Red
SKU: 1380536
Price: 11.25 USD
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The Glam Rock Singles Collection

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Album: The Glam Rock Singles Collection
#	Song Title	Time
1)	You Move Me
2)	Ask Your Mama
3)	C'Mon
4)	Wench
5)	Another School Day
6)	C'Mon Get Together
7)	Tell Him
8)	Lightning
9)	Games Up
10)	Do It All Night
11)	Bend Me Shape Me
12)	We Gotta Go
13)	New York Groove
14)	Little Miss Mystery
15)	Star Studded Sham
16)	Jenny Dream
17)	Teenage Revolution
18)	Keep Us Off the Streets
19)	Love Stealer
20)	Out of Our Heads
21)	Shine on Silver Light
22)	Gotta Lotta Soul
23)	Heart Get Ready For Love
24)	Voodoo Eyes

Album: The Glam Rock Singles Collection
#	Song Title	Time
1)	You Move Me
2)	Ask Your Mama
3)	C'Mon
4)	Wench
5)	Another School Day
6)	C'Mon Get Together
7)	Tell Him
8)	Lightning
9)	Games Up
10)	Do It All Night
11)	Bend Me Shape Me
12)	We Gotta Go
13)	New York Groove
14)	Little Miss Mystery
15)	Star Studded Sham
16)	Jenny Dream
17)	Teenage Revolution
18)	Keep Us Off the Streets
19)	Love Stealer
20)	Out of Our Heads
21)	Shine on Silver Light
22)	Gotta Lotta Soul
23)	Heart Get Ready For Love
24)	Voodoo Eyes

Performer Notes

Covering the years 1972-1977, this has both sides of all 12 of their British singles, including of course the U.K. Top Ten hits "Tell Him" and "New York Groove" (which was covered in the late '70s by Ace Frehley of Kiss). Hello were one of several British glam bands to have some success in Britain while remaining totally unknown stateside. Their music was too unimportant to induce revisionism that would declare this a great oversight. Yet, if only at several decades' remove, it's inoffensive enough generic glam, with the requisite distant and not-so-distant echoes of David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, and bubblegum music. Easy-to-sing-along-with (if not terribly memorable) tunes are often wedded to basic stomping rhythms and well-crafted vocal harmonies. It's interesting to find that five of the songs, including "New York Groove," were penned by Russ Ballard, formerly of Argent and before that in the 1960s British Invasion band the Roulettes. If you're looking for the most atypical groove here, it's the Ballard-penned "Ask Your Mama," a light acoustic-flavored pop-rocker on the B-side of their first single. ~ Richie Unterberger