Track Listing

1. It's A Long Way There
2. Help Is on Its Way
3. Reminiscing
4. Man On Your Mind
5. The Other Guy
6. The Night Owls
7. Lonesome Loser
8. Take It Easy On Me
9. Down On The Border
10. Happy Anniversary
11. Lady
12. Cool Change

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54747 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Good collection, but something lost between LP and CD...
I was excited to find a collection of Little River Band music on CD. I was even more excited to find that it included my personal favorite, "A Long Way There." When I received it, I listened and realized something was wrong with that cut - on the LP, it was 8:49 in length; on the CD it was only 4:12. For some reason, they cut the middle out of this wonderful song. The remaining tracks sounded fine. Little River Band always had their own sound and I am still delighted to have them on CD, just disappointed that the music industry saw fit to butcher one of the compositions for whatever reason - as if their marketing people can improve music by cutting it to fit. Gentlemen in the *music industry*, if you are going to ruin a piece of music in the future, just leave it off.

All the Original Hits
Missing only two minor U.S. hits ("We Two" and "You're Driving Me Out of My Mind"), this is a superb collection of songs by the AC-popsters from Down Under. To reach the American Top 20 a total of 10 times is astounding, and since the CD includes only one disposable song ("Down on the Border"), it's a great deal.

Reminiscing Good Ol' Late 70s Rock
Little River Band is one of the earliest Aussie bands that made huge success in US charts during 70s though early 80s. Particularly late 70s hit sensation was remarkable. I can say this compilation is a nice proof how the musicians of the era created excellent songs still memorable to music fans. CD version from '82 original greatest hits has less tracks than the recent extended version. Yet 12-track version is more than enough for you to enjoy their music. Because all 12 songs are so great.

Among their great songs I would pick...

REMNISCING: This nostalgic hit no doubt represents their entire music career. Also one of the most hard-to-remember-title songs.

LONESOME LOSER: A touch of Styx or Kansas dramatic progressive hard rock style. I used to misrecongnize this song as Kansas's CARRY ON WAYWARD SON.(Introducing part is so similar).

TAKE IT EASY ON ME: Feel of westcoast rock, somewhat Eagles or Jackson Browne styled.

LADY: Masterpiece ballad track that can easily rival Eagles and Abba.

Verdict: Shorter than recent version but still keeps core hits.
Rating: 92 out of 100
Recommended: Anyone who like late 70s rock. Particularly Eagles, Doobie Brothers, and some of Styx fans.