Track Listings (18) - Disc #1| All Artists: Herman's Hermits Title: Original Hits Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Musicrama/Koch Release Date: 2/2/1996 Album Type: Import Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock Styles: Oldies, British Invasion Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 738476909021 |
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CD ReviewsExcellent In Small Doses George Stevens | United States | 09/04/2000 (4 out of 5 stars) "At 18 songs, it is about as many of Peter Noon's bubblegum songs I can stomach and still call myself a fan of Herman's Hermits. The CD is a decent collection of the origional hits -- hence the title. This is important, being the first two H.H. CDs I bought contained remakes of the songs. While I can't honestly say that I like to spend an entire 50 minutes listening to the album it tastes great when taken in small doses of a song or two." Incomplete Aaron | USA | 07/03/2000 (2 out of 5 stars) "I am very dissapointed that this CD doesn't include all of the Hermits US (or UK, for that matter) hits. It lacks their best song "This Door Swings Both Ways", but includes the lame music hall tunes "Henry the 8th", "Mrs. Brown", and "Leaning On The Lamp" as well as the "I'm Into Something Good" wanna-be "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat". This CD should be at least 25 tracks and include at least a couple of LP cuts. Unfortunately, their do not appear to be any Hermits CD collections that have all the US top 40 hits. Stand-out material on this CD are "I'm Into Something Good", "What A", "Must To Avoid", and "No Milk Today"." Mickie Most, You've Got A Lovely Herman Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 03/11/2007 (4 out of 5 stars) "Perhaps one exists, but I've yet to find a single disc that contains all of Herman's Hermits charting singles and 'B' sides. Even in the late Sixties, MGM issued THE BEST OF HERMAN'S HERMITS in three volumes, sprinkling top sellers among less-popular album tracks. Of the eighteen songs on HERMAN'S HERMITS * ORIGINAL HITS, only four ("My Sentimental Friend," "Something Is Happening," "Years May Come, Years May Go" and "Sleepy Joe") can be considered filler. That's a darn good ratio.
This band's story is familiar, and has direct parallels to the MONKEES. These Manchester lads (Manks) cashed in on BEATLEMANIA, even releasing the film HOLD ON! soon after the Fab Four's HELP! reached movie screens worldwide. Producer Mickie Most backed up the Hermits' vocals with hired musicians, and chose material from songwriters with proven track records (like the Goffin/King team). For a few years, Herman's Hermits were easily as popular as their prototypes, for reasons obvious from the songs in this collection. A peculiarity of this set is the printed playlist doesn't match track order of the CD. The above program description is accurate. There's also no liner notes with this Dutch import compilation. Sound quality is very good. TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 46:30 " |