Comprehensive retrospective of Hitchcock's quirkiness
06/14/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This album covers Hitchcock's early work w/ the Egyptians, his later work w/ the Egyptians and his brilliant solo acoustic ablum, Eye. Unfortunately it offers nothing from his most upbeat, poppy album, Globe of Frogs, and because of its nature as a compilation, fails to replicate the unity of any of the individual albums. For someone wanting to sample from RH's broad album mix, this is a good start, though not as rewarding as the 2-CD Soft Boys (his early band) compilation, "1976-1981.""
Greatest hits if there'd been any
blunderboy | louisville, ky USA | 08/07/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"As other reviewer notes, probably for tempo and pacing purposes 'balloon man' was left out. But that makes sense if you listen to this album with its Nick Drake-esque songs from EYE. I am biased as a fan, but to be honest I don't think I could have come up with a better selection of tunes to prove that RH was one of the best songwriters of his era. Unfortunately his era was dominated by Duran Duran and Culture Club."