Planet BAD: Greatest Hits

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A reminder that the post-Clash Mick Jones once had something exciting to say about the gray area between rock and dance/hip-hop. Initial fare like "E=MC2" and "C'Mon Every Beatbox" swings loose and wild, while such early '90s tracks as "The Globe" and "Rush" benefit from a tighter reign. A definitive collection. --Jeff Bateman --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Big Audio Dynamite - Planet BAD: Greatest Hits
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Spread The News The Maestros Back

Got to be one of the Worst Bands I heard

This collection is dynamite.

Fantasic Band!

Songs are good, if sounding a bit dated

Big Audio Dynamite - Planet BAD: Greatest Hits
Big Audio Dynamite
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
General | Rock | Styles | Music
Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000002BBV
Release Date: 1995-09-19

The Bottom Line
E=MC2
Medicine Show
C'mon Every Beatbox
V. Thirteen
Sightsee M.C!
Just Play Music!
Other 99
Contact
Free
Rush
The Globe
Looking For A Song
Harrow Road
I Turned Out A Punk

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A reminder that the post-Clash Mick Jones once had something exciting to say about the gray area between rock and dance/hip-hop. Initial fare like "E=MC2" and "C'Mon Every Beatbox" swings loose and wild, while such early '90s tracks as "The Globe" and "Rush" benefit from a tighter reign. A definitive collection. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Spread The News The Maestros Back.......2006-12-04

From the acrimonious breakup of The Clash - though Joe Strummer later colllaborated with Big Audio Dynamite - came several bands with varying sound from Mick Jones. The group has been known as Big Audio Dynmaite, Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio due to the changes in band personnel and approaches to music.

With elements of the sound he refined as guitarist/vocalist in "The Only Band That Matters," Jones delivers lyrics that are sometimes comparable with the snapshot mosaics of John Dos Passos in his classic USA Trilogy and the spoken performances by Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg. Many of the earlier songs intertwine lyrics with cuts from TV shows, movies and music.

Jones especially shows his brilliance in the still politically timely The Bottom Line, guitar-powered E=MC2 and C'mon Every Beat Box. In Sightsee M.C.! and I Turned Out A Punk, Jones pounds away at issues like mindless hate & how many let a musical movement narrow their thinking to extreme levels of nothingness.

The band somewhat devolved from a post-punk dance/rock to a heavier sound comparable with The Clash, and then - with the addition of the legendary Ranking Roger - began to explore the ingredients that made ska essential and timeless.

Planet BAD is a great sampler and shows that a greatest hits package is only as good as the band whose name appears on the cover.

Got to be one of the Worst Bands I heard.......2006-10-02

I was forced to listen to this band because everytime I got into a friend's car that loved this band had it blasting in his car. I couldn't stand that ridiculous voice from the lead singer and the band's wacked sound. Don't get me wrong here. I'm not a hater, I love all type of music, from rock, rap, metal, new wave, pop, jazz, freesyle, opera, classical, country, R&B, blue grass, gospel, nu metal, industrial, techno, to the homeless guy on the boardwalk beating on pots and pans for a nickel. I LOVE music. But....WHAT THE HELL DO YOU FIND IN THIS BAND????? THEY SUCKED!!!! BAD....LY!!

This collection is dynamite........2006-09-13

This obviously works well for someones first or only B.A.D. album, which of course is the intent. Everything that any casual fan might know is present. There's no doubt that the biggest hits here are "Rush" and especially "The Globe", but the rest is good too. Minus those two songs, the strongest stuff is the first 4-5 tracks. All are sample-filled and hit-worthy. The rest is decent and fun, which I think sums up the band as a whole also. Truth be known, if all you know is "Rush" and "The Globe", you may just want to get "The Globe" album. It has both hit songs and is solid front to back with killer tunes. Can't go wrong here though.

Fantasic Band!.......2006-02-07

This compilation covers most of the best BAD songs, not that you wouldn't want to collect the individual albums, but if you just have a casual interest then you can't go wrong here.

Nearly all the songs still sound innovative and enjoyable. I personally don't think they sound "dated" at all. And even if they did, so what? This type of music still towers over the dumbed down, depressing, cookie cutter garbage that dominates the pop charts today. And what about the lyrics? I think BAD's lyrics are some of the funniest, most clever I've heard. You just don't find any other band quite like them when it comes to song material.

Even if you don't remember BAD from the eighties and nineties, if you give this CD a chance to let it grow on you, you won't regret it. Listen to this, and then turn on the radio and compare it to the hip-hop and teeny bopper regurgitated pap pushed on the masses today. I know you'll find BAD still sound refreshing and catchy with memorable lyrics.

Songs are good, if sounding a bit dated.......2005-04-12

Big Audio Dynamite is one of those bands that did not achieve major crossover success, despite the fact that they appealed to so many different segments. Their Clash roots lent them punk and indie credibility. They also appealed to those who liked the new wave/synth bands of the 80's. Finally, their music was embraced by the dance community and was a staple of early 90's club play.

This CD assembles some of those excellent tracks, including their 2 biggest hits: "Rush" and "The Globe". But many other songs are good as well including "C'mon Every Beatbox" and "I Turned out a Punk". The one thing that hampers the songs and makes them seem somewhat dated is the often heavy use of sampling and sound bytes. I know sampling still goes on today, but I think it is more subtle now than it was then. If anything turns people off on this CD, I would say it is the fact that almost every track uses some kind of sound byte. The way these sound bytes have been used are often clever, but the songs stand up on their own and the sound bytes are not necessary. Recommended.

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