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Back Off Customer-a-loo!!!

10/03/1999

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Dear fellow customers. DON'T ORDER THIS ALBUM!!! Donna is light years beyond the quality of this recording. It has been released in so many forms that someone will soon make the mistake of re-releasing it in its original form....thinking of course it's new! UGH!!! Let it go...for those record companies thinking that you can make a buck on Donna's success and fame, I have one thing to say.... DON'T DO IT ANYMORE!!! We don't want to see this release ever again!!!!!! We have it! -Been there, done that; bought, designed, handpainted the t-shirt (and matching coffee mug) and are OVER IT!!! (There, I feel better!) -Doug-a-loo!"

Even Donna doesn't acknowledge this one!

09/29/1999

(1 out of 5 stars)

"All the previous reviews are correct - this is a bum album. The production values are nil, and Donna can barely be heard above the muffled backup singers. It's been released under several different titles, not one of them any better than the other. Even hardcore fans of Donna's have a tough time appreciating this one."

Where's Summer?

03/11/2000

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Donna Summer is practically a background singer on this recording. What a beautiful and powerful voice Donna has but you would never know it by the sound of the compilation of these early recordings before the woman became the true Queen of Disco and the tremendous vocalist she remains today. These songs are Summer along with other singers and musicians. Occasionly you can hear her voice shine through but this is not a true Donna Summer album. I thought I would be getting an historical recording of some of her earlier efforts before her rise to fame. Don't make the same mistake I did. Leave this one alone. Back Off! Try her "I'm A Rainbow" disc instead (that one is spectacular!) Even the songs on this one are just hastily thrown together as many were back in the days when everything was going to dance and disco. What a shame people keep trying to make money off of these recordings and off of her good name! Buyer be advised that this is not a true Donna Summer recording. She is practically non-existent on this one (and she's probably glad she is because the songs are less than memorable) and the recording is inferior especially by today's standards. The one good song is Back Off Boogaloo. However, if you like that tune, buy Ringo Starr's version instead."