Search - Various Artists :: Did Somebody Say Swing

Another mediocre compilation disc

Doug Hillman | 11/26/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Yet another in the long list of tolerable compilations which have sprung up over the last couple of years. Note that if you already own a couple compilations of Neo-Swing tunes, you've probably already got most of what's on here. I didn't pay much attention, and thought that I was ordering the full Speak Easy Spies album. Instead I got a disk filled with the same Bill Elliot, Lee Press-On, Acme Swing Co., New Morty Show, etc. tunes that fill every other similar disk out there. And the same Speak Easy Spies song ("Speak Real Low") that caused me to look for their full album in the first place. None of these songs are great (with the exception of the groovin' "Speak Real Low" & maybe "Boozin' and a Cruzin'" by Dem Brooklyn Bums), but none are really BAD either. A wishy-washy disc gets a wishy-washy review. :)"