Best of the Del Fuegos: Slash Years [Import]

Product Description
UK compilation for U.S. roots-rocker's who debuted in 1984 with 'The Longest Day' on Slash & whose catalog is out-of-print domestically. 21 tracks in all including 'Nervous And Shakey', 'Backseat Nothing', 'I Should Be The One', 'Missing You' & 'Longest Day'. 2001.

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Best of the Del Fuegos: Slash Years [Import]

Average customer rating: An Outstanding Anthology Of A Great Lost New England Band Will buy as the only song I have is One of the best indy rock bands of the 80's Fantastic, could've been even better THE OTHER REVIEWERS MISSED THE REAL GEM HERE

Best of the Del Fuegos: Slash Years The Del Fuegos Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Get Tough: The Best Of The Del-Lords Smoking in the Fields Catch That Train! The Best of the Long Ryders Memory Girls ASIN: B00005Q566 Release Date: 2001-10-08

Tracks:

1. Nervous and Shakey
2. Backseat Nothing
3. I Should Be the One
4. Missing You
5. Anything You Want
6. When the News Is On
7. Longest Day
8. Out for a Ride
9. Mary Don't Change
10. Have You Forgotten
11. Call My Name
12. Don't Run Wild
13. Hand in Hand
14. I Still Want You
15. Sound of Our Town
16. Fade to Blue
17. It's Alright
18. Night on the Town
19. Coupe de Ville
20. Wear It Like a Cape
21. I Can't Take This Place

Album Description

UK compilation for U.S. roots-rocker's who debuted in 1984 with 'The Longest Day' on Slash & whose catalog is out-of-print domestically. 21 tracks in all including 'Nervous And Shakey', 'Backseat Nothing', 'I Should Be The One', 'Missing You' & 'Longest Day'. 2001.

Album Details

Del Fuegos were Part of the Initial Campaign by Slash Records to Establish a Credible Roster of Bands, which also Included Rank and File, the Blasters and X. Over the Years, the Produced Three Albums on Slash, Mostly to Critical Acclaim, but Tragically Not in Unit Sales. As Roots Or Americana Becomes More Popular by Word of Mouth, Many People Eventually Discover the Great Sound of this Band. This Disc Serves as a Great Introduction to their Work.

Customer Reviews:

An Outstanding Anthology Of A Great Lost New England Band.......2007-03-25

BEST OF THE DEL FUEGOS: SLAH YEARS is an oustanding anthology of this great lost Boston band, including all of their debut album (THE LONGEST DAY), most of their second (BOSTON, MASS.), and two songs from their third. It would have been even better, though, if the first two albums had been included in their entirety, along with five or six songs each from the third and fourth albums. Given the extra space available on a CD, or the possibility of a double-disc set, it could have been done. Still you can't argue with what IS here, especially the poignant, cautionary "Don't Run Wild", which was actually written as a warning to a young pregnant woman, but could be interpreted as a general warning against the road to ruin. Course Of Nature bandleader Mark Wilkerson and actor Freddie Prinze, Jr., the latter of whom lost his father to suicide at the age of ten months, must have heard it that way, because they kept their heads and ended up with, respectively, actresses Melissa Joan Hart and Sarah Michelle Gellar, thus proving that songs can seep into the consciousness many years after their initial release. When I do get to hear the song, it'll probably inspire me to hang up more pictures of SMG as a deterrent to self-indulgent behavior. Even so, it's not the only great song here, even if it's obviously the one that reached the most people and still gets played on some classic rock stations (most notably Portland, Maine's WBLM-FM). This CD belongs in any great roots-rock collection alongside Southern rock bands such as the Allmans, Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker, and the Outlaws, as well as heartland rockers like Springsteen, Joe Grushecky, Tom Petty, Seger, and Mellencamp.

Will buy as the only song I have is.......2006-09-23

Dont Run Wild and that is the kind of song you want to hear, no make that have to hear when your crusing in your ride and you look over at the car right next to you and in that car there is a great looking female that you're sure just checked you out a smiled.
You pray for no police to be within 5 miles of you and your on a stretch of road that has curves like the fine babe in the car and no stop signs like that ring on your finger has given you.
But ahhh that dont matter right at that moment because you start to hear the thumping of the guitar and the strains of, "Oh baby whats gone wrong, we dont have no fun like we use to"
Hit the gas and be cool once again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the best indy rock bands of the 80's.......2005-12-28

I saw the Del Fuegos in Manchester, NH during their tour with the Georgia Satellites and Tom Petty, for their second or third album. They were hands down one of the best indy rock bands of the 1980's. They toured with Petty when he was hitting the big time, kind of like when the Meat Puppets toured with Nirvana. They put on a smokin' good show, true blue rockers. This is American music.

Fantastic, could've been even better.......2004-07-13

As great as it is to have the whole of the 1st album The Longest Day available at last on cd for this compilation it seems an opportunity lost not to have spread the selection more evenly over the first 3 albums. It's hard to call really because if they never release the 1st album on cd then this will be indispensable. Nonetheless this could only be a minimum 5 star review. The Del Fuegos were (please get together again guys)one of the most underrated bands ever and should have made it absolutely huge. They had everything you'd ever want from a rock and roll band but what set them miles apart from other bands of the time was their excellent songwriting (for a starter just listen to Backseat Nothing, I Still Want You and I Can't Take This Place). The 2nd album Boston, Mass. is my favourite of the 3 and it's criminal that they left off two of the best songs (Hold Us Down & especially the blistering Shame). The 3rd album is great,very underrated and although not as good as the first two it would have been nice to have had some more songs on the compilation such as Long Slide (for an out), Town Called Love and Name Names.
All this said, I can 100% recommend this album to anyone who loves rock and roll. They were an absolutely fantastic band and unbelievable live and let's hope one day all the albums are re-released on cd plus maybe a live cd and dvd (there must be stuff recorded - it doesn't hurt to dream). PLAY LOUD!

THE OTHER REVIEWERS MISSED THE REAL GEM HERE.......2003-09-09

I must admit, i bought this album soley for one song, and no it wasn't "THE LONGEST DAY" although now that i've heard it, i can see other's facination with it. No, my introduction to this band, came through "DON'T RUN WILD". My, God, this song is the S@#$! I was in the navy, over in the med, when i first heard this song, the lyrics just seemed to speak so personal to me, especially;"Oh baby, what's gone wrong?/You don't laugh on the phone like you used to/Have I been gone too long?/ Where's the love that I'd gotten used to?" Imagine yourself,in your very early 20's, on the other side of the world, and a wife at home, pregnant, and not happy with the situation. I think you'll get the idea. The song itself is awesome, it is to me one of the perfect rock songs, killer riff, killer hook, a little backward guitar every couple bars, pick slide from hell!, and the singer is doing a better Mick, than Mr. Jagger himself was doing at that particular time. In fact, there is not a song on here that you couldn't "easily" imagine the Stones doing, but, you can't imagine a Stones version being "easily" better, and that says something big about the talent in this band. If i had to burn a CD or tape with the ten songs i could not live without, and it was all i had on a desert island, this song "DON"T RUN WILD" would definitly be on there. That was worth the price of admission for me.

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