Search - Bangles :: September Gurls

Strange selections, especially for a 10 song budget release

Benjamin Lukoff | Seattle | 07/15/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This is nice in that it contains "September Gurls," "Crash and Burn," "Dover Beach," and "James," all of which were left off the regular-priced Greatest Hits CD. "September Gurls" and "James" were glaring omissions and I'm glad to see somebody thought they were worth including here. But this is just a strange track listing otherwise. Just as no Bangles collection should be without "September Gurls" and "James," a Bangles collection without "Walk Like an Egyptian" and "Eternal Flame"--regardless of what you think of those songs--is plain strange. It'd be like a Kinks collection without "You Really Got Me" or a Who Best Of without "My Generation." I give it three stars because it did include those songs omitted on the Greatest Hits CD and because it led off with and took its title from "September Gurls," a great performance, but I think this is really only worth buying if you're a Bangles completist. Nothing new here. At least the Greatest Hits CD had the two songs previously unavailable on an album and the one song previously unreleased anywhere. If you're curious about the Bangles, get the Greatest Hits CD...or if you can afford it, just get the three-CD pack that has all their 80's albums."