Search - Pseudo Echo :: Best Adventures

Nice Compilation

12/30/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This band had always impressed me with their catchy and melodic synth pop. Though it seems they didn't take themselves too seriously (in some of their video clips, check Funkytown), good for artists to have a sense of humour.Many songs on this compilation are from the 1985 album Love an adventure, my favourites would include Don't Go, Listening, A beat for you.(I also liked I will be you, which is not on this compilation). Over tomorrow is a nice song from Race which is included as the last track.This is a good compilation with a wide variety of songs spanning the bands career, which has recently re-activated after a decade away with Teleporter,a 2 disc set.For those of you who haven't heard Race from 1988, it's definitely a keeper, its probably hard to get, but if you can, its worth it. If I lost my copy I'd want to get a new one. This is when the band made a stylistic change from synth pop to guitar. Hard rock ruled the airwaves in the mid-late 80s, with bands like Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, and Whitesnake. It seems like Pseudo Echo wanted to just pick up the guitar and Rock. A few tracks from Race are included on this compilation. The first 4 tracks of Race are great. `Fooled Again, Over tomorrow, Caught and Imagination'. `Over tomorrow'(included here) reminds me of Van Halen's `Dreams', but has its own legs as a song. `Caught' has this gorgeous keyboard melody with some meaty guitar hooks and great drums fills, however its left off this compilation. Isn't that always the case with compilations, they don't include every song you like. Some people don't like the hard rock style, but hey in the mid-late eighties, thats what was hot.Try and find 1985s Love an adventure also,if you are a synth pop fan of the era, its 80s but had that crispness and spark to it. However this compilation is a good intro/taster to Pseudo Echo."

A Synth pop must

Wil Foster | Indiana | 03/01/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This cd is a true ride through synth pop love land,Pseudo echo were ahead of their time with Pure synth pop anthems void of any cheese ( well untill funky town) The first half of this cd is brillant. The last half could have been left off, no need to bring those out of the closet"

Avoids cheese, did you say?

bornjaded | Florida | 05/13/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I'm sorry, did I read a comment here that describes Pseudo Echo as having "[avoided] cheese"?As far as I know, Pseudo Echo is nothing _but_ cheese. Yes, enjoyable cheese, in a retro-camp sort of way, but cheese nonetheless. And I'm still awaiting the reissue of their debut album "Autumnal Park" (or simply "Pseudo Echo," here in the US), which is the most enjoyable of their three albums. It's quite faithful to, and almost singularly representative of, the wiry new-wave synthesized stuff of the early to mid-eighties, which, at this point, is more dated than any music from any other era; the kind of music that evokes visions of pink mohawk spikes, subway graffiti, and leather jackets on girls. Sadly, Pseudo Echo's two latter albums are complete garbage, particularly "Race," which is one of the worst albums of the '80s (in which the band infamously apes Van Halen in the worst way)."