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"I get put in the back in the discount rack..."

wildwielder | Macungie, PA United States | 11/03/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

""...like another can of beans." -- Billy Joel



No, I don't mean that as a put down; but I can answer the question of why this compilation was released: "What Do I Have to Do."

Stabbing Westward fans will quibble over which tracks should have been here as opposed to others, as they do with "The Essential" collection. But when it comes to actual airplay, it's rare if you hear anything but this title track on mainstream radio. This disk is manufactured for those people who know nothing about SW except this one actually played "hit".

Likely, you will find it stocked in grocery stores, dollar stores and other like places who have the traditional "5.99" CD rack on their sales floors. And though SW is too great an artistic force to be truly "one hit wonders", that is what the general public thinks they are, hard as this may be to accept. Because, let's face it, to the industry who publishes chart positions, commercial success is all that matters.

But, really, almost any Stabbing Westward is good, and a discount disk like this one can do much to introduce a great band to an even wider audience, who may then seek out their back catalogue.

If your looking to explore Stabbing Westward without shelling out a lot of cabbage, this will do nicely."