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Fine compilation of songs by The Murmaids

Matthew G. Sherwin | last seen screaming at Amazon customer service | 12/25/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Murmaids sang beautifully with voices clear as bells and also quite strong and powerful. This album gives us thirteen of their wonderful songs; and I doubt you'll be disappointed! The quality of the sound is quite good.



"Popsicles And Icicles" is perhaps their biggest hit; and when they sing this you'll want to listen to it over and over again. The Murmaids harmonize perfectly; and this sweet tune is so catchy it's positively infectious. "You Cheated" has a slower beat but The Murmaids sing this every bit as sweetly; and I really like "Mr. Sandman." The Murmaids give "Mr. Sandman" an early rock and roll flavor that works well. The guitars on "Mr. Sandman" work wonders for the musical arrangement.



Listen also for "Wild And Wonderful;" this pop tune features The Murmaids singing an unblemished performance and I like the sound effects of the musical arrangement. The Murmaids sing of how much each of them wants romantic time with their special true love.



"So Young" has a great early rock and roll beat and The Murmaids never miss a note! They handle the very subtle tempo changes well and the key changes also make "So Young" a very good tune. "Bull Talk" also has the group harmonizing well.



"Three Little Words" shows again The Murmaids in a good light as they switch keys and tempos quickly as only pros can. I predict you will enjoy "Three Little Words" very much.



The liner notes give us information about this great act. I just wish they had added an extra song or two. That disappoints me so I will rate this CD as a four star album.



Overall, The Murmaids weren't together for the longest time; but what they did together truly deserves recognition. The harmonized and sang well; and they could handle tempo and key changes like pros!

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"No-bull Bull-bull Talk-bull", Still a fun collection to own

uthungus | San Francisco, CA | 10/08/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"By listening to this diverse range of the Murmaids' work (and reading in the liner notes about how the members changed around a few times - sort of like Reparata & the Delrons) it seems like the most they had going against them was settling down in to one style and sticking to it. My vote would have been to go for the novelty value tunes, but who knows how profitable that could have been in those days unless something really caught on big! Instead it looks like they did what the Pretenders tried a number of times by re-writing a big hit ("Back in the Chain Gang" - "Never Give in"; Pretenders); and recreate the magic again- "Popsicles" being mirrored both in "Heartbreak Ahead" and a little of the same tempo style in "Three Little Words". The mesmerizing "bloop-bloop-blee-bloops" changing to "blip-blip-blip-bleep" in "Heartbreak" particularly. To me this is very funny, actually. Just like one of my favorite campy tunes on this collection - "Bull Talk" (..if-bull you-bull love-bull the-bull boy-bull..." etc.) what a scream! "Playmates" was interesting done in a jazzy tempo, but the things other artists did like "Alone" (Petula Clark) and "Mr. Sandman" (The Chordettes) probably should have been left alone unless they were going to tweak these popular hits and make them their own, IMO. Hopefully more of their "lost" works will resurface at some point."