Flipping over the first 9 singles and their flipsides.
Tad Nastic | place USA | 11/06/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The review title refers to what this CD consists of: This influential band's first 9 singles along with their flipsides chronologically ordered. I gave this CD five stars because even the flipsides are great (e.g., "I Want You", "As I Ride By"). Simple and raw mostly. Caveman rock (a precursor to the punk sound). Other influences? "Give It To Me" sounds like a pre-evolved Bay City Roller's "Saturday Night." Also: a Troggs session was recorded with the band bickering in the studio (available elsewhere as the Trogg Tapes), which supposedly became the inspiration for the movie "Spinal Tap." I mention this only because "Love is All Around" reminds me of Tap's "Flower People" and the rest of the CD sounds like 60's alternatives to "Big Bottom." Not necessarily the music, but the mind-set is pretty much in the same place. Much more than "Wild Thing," but more of the same, as well."
Who can't relate?
William Smith | Pauline, SC USA | 01/11/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Who can't relate to being a teenage boy. You're at a dance, and there she is, the most otta sight girl. You never dreamed her up in any of your fantasies. Yet there she stands, and all you need to do is smile, be polite, and ask her for a dance. By the time you decide to do it, guess what, the music stops, and the lights come back on. All you can do is sigh, and hope she's there (alone) at the next one. Maybe you can do it then. That type of image of "love" was what The Troggs was all about.
Something so close, but yet so far away."
No "dogs" from the "Troggs"
Ranger Reid | Pittsburgh, PA | 08/13/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This disc is incredible. It starts off with the Troggs biggest hit (and one of the most recognizable garage/punk sounds of the 60's) and then it gets better from there. How these guys weren't way bigger is certainly a mystery. True, "I Want You" is similar to "Wild Thing" the way the Kinks' "All Day and All of the Night" resembled "You Really Got Me", but they're all good tunes. "Gonna Make You" brings back memories of the McCoys hit, "I Want Candy" only this one has more bite. "665-4321" has a hard driving beat that you can't resist. The rockers dominate this CD, but the softer songs such as, "With a Girl Like You', "Anyway That You Want Me", and "Love Is All Around" are top notch. No dogs on this one! If I could, I'd give it ten stars!"
