Spirit in the Sky: Best of Norman Greenbaum [Import]

Product Description
1997 collection on Repertoire with 24 vital hits, including top five 1970 smash 'Spirit In The Sky', plus 'The Day They Sold Beer In Church', 'California Earthquake', 'Canned Ham','Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys And Bum', theB-sides 'Jigsaw' & 'Daddy I Know' and more!

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Spirit in the Sky: Best of Norman Greenbaum [Import]

Average customer rating: As a Christian.... Norman Connection love the word and tune Folk Singer Sings Silly Songs Goofy, but fun.

The Best of Norman Greenbaum: Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music | Dance Pop | Easy Listening | General | Oldies | Traditional Vocalists General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Spirit in the Sky The Best of Sugarloaf Rock On Spirit in the Sky: Best of Norman Greenbaum The Lovin' Spoonful - Greatest Hits ASIN: B0000014XO Release Date: 1995-10-24

Tracks:

1. Spirit In The Sky
2. Weird - Dr. West's Medicine Show And Junk Band
3. Daddy I Know - Dr. West's Medicine Show And Junk Band
4. Hook And Ladder
5. Skyline
6. Canned Ham
7. Marcy
8. California Earthquake
9. The Day The Well Went Dry
10. Damper
11. Petaluma
12. The Eggplant That Ate Chicago - Dr. West's Medicine Show And Junk Band
13. Back Home Again
14. The Day They Sold Beer In Church
15. Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys, And Bums - Dr. West's Medicine Show And Junk Band

Customer Reviews:

As a Christian...........2006-10-22

I remember listening to and liking the song "Spirit in the Sky" back in '70, about 13 years before I gave my life to Jesus Christ. Had you told me then that it was a pretentious song, I wouldn't have believed it (but then again, I wouldn't have known what "pretentious" meant). None the less, it would be interesting to know how many people, since the inception of the song, have come to know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior because of this song. It is like Paul the Apostle preached, "whether in pretense or in truth , Jesus Christ is preached, and in that I rejoice!"

I find it interesting that out of all of the songs N.G. wrote, this is the only one to have the kind of impact on the world that it had. If you were to ask Him, I don't even think J.C. would find this song pretentious. Things will happen in your life when you touch the heart of God, and I think Mr. Greenbaum did, in a big way.

Norman Connection.......2005-01-11

Now if you ask me, and quite a few folks who happen to be fans of guys named Norman do now and again, this is probably the third or maybe fifth best "Norman" album of all time. (Larry Norman probably takes the cake, and the Norman Sisters and their singing mina birds is up there near the top).

Before you commence to thinking Norman Greenbaum was a one hit wonder, in the mode of so many other one-hit wonders, take a listen to this here album and see if you don't discover a certain depth that you might not have heard before. The testament to the depth of "Spirit in the Sky" is the fact that it was covered and became a hit all over again in the 80s. In fact Larry Norman done a cover himself a few years ago. (a mysterious "Norman" connection)

Junior hates this album because he don't understand it... but that boy is a s dumb as a sack of hammers, so I don't pay him no heed. The twins like it plenty good and me and Mama like to listen up and reminisce about the 70s when we do. I suggest you buy it and rediscover one of the underrated artistes of the 70s.

love the word and tune.......2003-10-17

this song is the first one i heard after i was told i had parkinson and i said that is the song i want played when I die it is so fitting. thank you for a song so well written and sung.

Folk Singer Sings Silly Songs.......2003-08-01

Norman Greenbaum is a folk singer, he writes simple songs about
simple things, which is what folk singers do. Some of the songs
on this album are from the "Pentaluma" album which he wrote about his farm in Pentaluma, California (chicken capital of the world). It was all about the hippie idea of going back to nature
and it was all done with Ry Cooder and other great musicians.
Spirit in the Sky is not spiritual. It is a song making fun of the TV preachers. (With a name like Greenbaum, one might get a
clue about his background.) His work is not top ten. It is not
in the category of The Beatles or The Fifth Dimension or Dusty
Springfield. His music is personal and silly. It is taken from
the California feeling of the sixties and early seventies when
people really believed that peace would be accomplished by our personal manner of living. Too bad people need slick pop music
to make them happy in this modern age. chatnoir in Canton, Ohio

Goofy, but fun........2001-11-07

I wasn't a teenager in the 60's, but I still enjoy this album. Most of the songs are amusing, if not great. Spirit in the Sky is the big hit that most people have heard. There are other good songs though. Weird, Daddy I Know, The Day the Well Ran Dry, The Day They Sold Beer in Church and Gondoliers are strange, whimsical and entertaining. Marcy is pretty. I've seen a couple of people mentioned Canned Ham, I don't get, it's too goofy - unless Canned Ham was a 60's euphamism for something else... Hook & Ladder - which was later covered by Nancy Sinatra - has some excellent guitar work by Ry Cooder.

Average customer rating: norman greebaum spirit in the sky NOT YOU'RE EVERYDAY ONE HIT WONDER Much more than a 1 Hit Wonder This one song is worth buying the whole CD!

Spirit in the Sky: Best of Norman Greenbaum Norman Greenbaum Manufacturer: Repertoire ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music | Dance Pop | Easy Listening | General | Oldies | Traditional Vocalists General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of the Original Fleetwood Mac Spirit in the Sky The Best of Norman Greenbaum: Spirit in the Sky Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods The Essential Jefferson Airplane ASIN: B000007VL1 Release Date: 2001-04-10

Tracks:

1. Spirit in the Sky
2. California Earthquake
3. Lucille Got Stealed
4. Canned Ham
5. Tars of India
6. Marcy
7. Hook and Ladder
8. Rhode Island Red
9. Junior Cadillac
10. Skyline
11. Jubilee
12. Milk Cow
13. Back Home Again
14. Titfield Thunder
15. Damper
16. I.J. Foxx
17. Petaluma
18. Country Lad
19. Day the Well Went Dry
20. Jigsaw
21. Weird
22. Daddy I Know
23. Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bum
24. Day They Sold Beer in Church

Album Description

1997 collection on Repertoire with 24 vital hits, including top five 1970 smash 'Spirit In The Sky', plus 'The Day They Sold Beer In Church', 'California Earthquake', 'Canned Ham','Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys And Bum', theB-sides 'Jigsaw' & 'Daddy I Know' and more!

Album Details

His Classic 1970 Sngle, 'Sprit in the Sky', Got to Number Three in the Us Billboard Chart and Was a Resounding Hit around the World. 24 Tracks, Including Such Unforgettable and Improbable Items as 'California Earthquake', 'Canned Ham', and More.

Customer Reviews:

norman greebaum spirit in the sky.......2006-02-22

It tak`s me back some years.Great to relax to.

NOT YOU'RE EVERYDAY ONE HIT WONDER.......2001-03-22

I got this cd a couple years ago because I've always had a guilty pleasure for the song "SPIRIT IN THE SKY", which was heavily played on am radio when I was in highschool. It was a way overplayed hit back then that everybody eventually grew tired of, and it finally faded away. I also vaguely remembered his other single "CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE", which was a minor hit for about 5 minutes. But it was "SPIRIT IN THE SKY", with it's fuzzy guitar tone and the hand clapping rhythm that I found myself missing after all these years. To my surprise, after playing this album, I found Greenbaum to be an excellent songwriter. I expected to hear a lot of that Spirit in the Sky sound on here. But instead, this album has more of a country rock sound to it, with songs like "CANNED HAM", the hook laden "HOOK AND LADDER" (shoulda been another single), "DADDY I KNOW", with a great sounding fiddle, and a song that begs for a listen "THE DAY THEY SOLD BEER IN CHURCH". He even offers a little R&B sound with "JUNIOR CADILLAC", and a little gospel with "JUBILEE". And you get a few psychedelic rockers thrown in for good measure. This Best Of cd has a lot to offer with all his singles, b-sides, and rarities included. And there's not a clanker in the bunch. I think Norman Greenbaum, with his songwriting talents, could have been a big star. But he quit the music business for good in 1972 at the height of his popularity, and never looked back. For me, this album was a great trip down memory lane, and a pleasant surprise to boot!

Much more than a 1 Hit Wonder.......2000-04-18

German reissue giants Repertoire Records have done fans of early '70s rock and roll a wonderful favor by compiling 24 tracks, 76 minutes in all, of tasty, mainly guitar-driven tracks by Mass. born Norman Greenbaum. Known almost exclusively for the classic single "Spirit In The Sky" Greenbaum recorded 2 fine albums, "Spirit In The Sky" and "Back Home" in 1970 and a passable lp, "Petaluma" in 1972 before retiring to the dairy farming career from whence he had come. Besides the classic single, this anthology collects his follow-up singles, "Canned Ham," "California Earthquake," and "Petaluma," along with many album tracks from the two 1970 lps, a handful from the 1972 lp, and some pre-1970 a- and b-sides. While none of his subsequent releases approached the success of "Spirit In The Sky" they were nonetheless spirited efforts. "Canned Ham" for instance has an excellent riff and while the lyrics are humorous as opposed to meaningful, its a shame that the public was not more receptive. This compilation covers only Greenbaum's solo efforts to the exclusion of his Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band recordings from the mid-1960s, thus not including the top 50 single "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago," which in my mind is doing the listener a service rather than disservice. Overall the anthology is a mixture of Greenbaum's hippie humor and fuzz-guitar. For fans of psychedelia this is a real winner. For some the title track alone will make this a value. This is by far the best Greenbaum compilation available, having nine more tracks than the only other anthology available. In addition, the track selection is far superior, excluding the Dr. West recordings. Kick back and revisit 1970 at its best.

This one song is worth buying the whole CD!.......1999-07-16

Call me weird, but when my husband and I pass on we are going to donate our bodies to science. I have told my husband that at my memorial I want the song "Spirit in the Sky" played as the memorial service is ending! I've also told him that I will do the same at his memorial service (if he should pass on first)!

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