Winger - Very Best of Winger (Ocrd)
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Artist: WingerEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
- On the Inside (New Recording)
- Blind Revolution Mad
- Down Incognito
- Spell I'm Under
- Who's the One
- Junkyard Dog (Tears on Stone)
- Hell to Pay [outtake][Outtake]
- Can't Get Enuff
- Under One Condition
- Easy Come Easy Go
- Rainbow in the Rose
- Miles Away
- Seventeen
- Madalaine
- Hungry
- Headed for a Heartbreak
Free Music Notes for Very Best of Winger (Ocrd)
Free Music Review: Great mix from the often scorned Winger
Hit: 5 Stars
THE BAND: Kip Winger (lead vocals, bass), Reb Beach (guitars), Rod Morgenstein (drums & percussion), Paul Taylor (keyboards - 1st and 2nd albums only), John Roth (guitars on track 1 only).
THE DISC: (2001) 16 tracks clocking in at approximately 73 minutes. Included with the disc is a 14-page booklet containing song titles/credits, several band photos, 9-pages of band history from writer Doug Ling (Classic Rock Magazine), studio album cover artwork, what songs came from which albums and year released. This compilation follows the band from 1988-1993 (with the new song - track 1 - being recorded in 2001). Elements from each of the band's studio album artwork appear on this 'Best Of' cover. Label - Atlantic Recording Corp & Rhino.
COMMENTS: I know I'm not alone here... but to this day, when Winger comes to mind, I still think of Beavis and Butthead making fun of the geeky kid Stewart next door (while Beavis and Butthead wore their Metallica and AC/DC t-shirts, Stewart was often found wearing a Winger t-shirt). It's too bad - because Kip Winger & Company had some great tunes. The musicians were extremely talented - all the guys can play. As much as this was Kip Winger's band, listen to Reb Beach tear it up on guitar - the guy could shred with the best of them. Ever since I heard his guitar work on "Seventeen" (beginning, middle solo and ending) I was a fan - including his albums with Dokken. Drummer Morgenstein is an accomplished lefty behind the kit - honing his chops in the 70's with the Dixie Dregs and several side projects, including teaming up with Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess in 1997. Kip Winger is no slouch on bass - he's put in his time too with the likes of Alice Cooper, Kix, Jordan Rudess, Bob Dylan, Twisted Sister, Fiona, and several solo projects. For all intensive purposes, Winger had 3 studio albums in their prime (though they'd get together on and off in the years to come, release some solo material, join other bands, put a live album out in 2007, and reunite with Winger's "IV" in 2006). The tracks are presented in reverse order - starting with the new unreleased tune, then to the underrated "Pull", followed by songs from "In The Heart Of The Young" and Winger's debut. THE GOOD: The Winger staples are all here in glorious remastered sound - "Madalaine", "Hungry", "Seventeen", "Headed For A Heartbreak", "Miles Away", "Easy Come Easy Go", "Can't Get Enuff", "Junkyard Dog (Tears On Stone)", "Down Incognito", "Blind Revolution Mad", etc. The unreleased song "On The Inside" is classic Winger - trademark vocals, a funky heavy beat with an ultra crunchy rhythm guitar. Another bonus is "Hell To Pay" - previously only available on the Japanese edition of "Pull"... fits right in with the other songs from the time. The remastered sound is deep and crisp. THE NOT SO GOOD: As far as compilations go, this "Very Best Of Winger" is outstanding. To me, only one thing sticks out - Five tracks each from "Pull" and "In The Heart Of The Young"... and only four tracks from Winger's debut. There was room at the end of the disc - why not throw the only glaring omission - "Hangin' On" - at the end to make it complete. "Miles Away" is the band's sappiest power ballad, but it's the band's highest charting single (#12)... so of course I understand it's inclusion here. OVERALL: If you were into the other hair bands of the 80's and early 90's (Poison, Motley Crue, Dokken, Bon Jovi, White Lion, Ratt, Slaughter, etc), you probably liked some Winger too... even if you still refuse to admit it. All being said, this is a great introduction to the band (5 stars).
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